Webb Wins Democratic Senate Primary Race in Va.
Well Wayne Madsen they answered the call
James Webb, a former Reagan administration Navy secretary who left the Republican Party over the Iraq war, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to take on GOP Sen. George Allen in the fall.
Webb defeated lobbyist and longtime Democratic Party activist Harris Miller after a bruising primary in which voters decided between a traditional and unabashed liberal (Miller) and a former Republican (Webb) whose populist campaign was aimed at so-called Reagan Democrats _ namely, rural, white moderates.
With 80 percent of precincts reporting, Webb had 69,256 votes, or 54 percent, compared with 58,716 votes, or 46 percent, for Miller. Except for the Washington suburbs, turnout was paltry across Virginia, a state unaccustomed to primaries. The last Democratic Senate primary was in 1994.
Allen is seeking a second term and also pursuing a 2008 bid for president. He had no GOP challenger.
Four other states also held elections Tuesday, including primaries for governor in Maine and South Carolina; a Democratic runoff for the nomination for lieutenant
governor in Arkansas; and referendums on constitutional amendments in North Dakota.
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James Webb, a former Reagan administration Navy secretary who left the Republican Party over the Iraq war, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to take on GOP Sen. George Allen in the fall.
Webb defeated lobbyist and longtime Democratic Party activist Harris Miller after a bruising primary in which voters decided between a traditional and unabashed liberal (Miller) and a former Republican (Webb) whose populist campaign was aimed at so-called Reagan Democrats _ namely, rural, white moderates.
With 80 percent of precincts reporting, Webb had 69,256 votes, or 54 percent, compared with 58,716 votes, or 46 percent, for Miller. Except for the Washington suburbs, turnout was paltry across Virginia, a state unaccustomed to primaries. The last Democratic Senate primary was in 1994.
Allen is seeking a second term and also pursuing a 2008 bid for president. He had no GOP challenger.
Four other states also held elections Tuesday, including primaries for governor in Maine and South Carolina; a Democratic runoff for the nomination for lieutenant
governor in Arkansas; and referendums on constitutional amendments in North Dakota.
Link Here
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