Kaine maintains lead over Allen in Virginia senate race
Tim Kaine enters the final days of Virginia’s U.S. Senate contest with a clear advantage over George Allen, a new Washington Post poll shows, keeping an edge despite a tightening presidential race and an avalanche of outside spending against the Democrat.
Kaine (D) leads fellow former governor Allen (R) among likely Virginia voters, 51 to 44 percent, nearly unchanged from the 51 to 43 margin the Democrat enjoyed in the Washington Post’s mid-September poll. While that survey showed the Senate race mirroring the presidential, Kaine is now in a stronger position than his party’s standard-bearer.
The two Virginians have raised nearly $30 million combined, and more than $40 million has been poured into the race by outside groups.
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