OFFICIAL: Webb Beats Macaca

by Taylor Marsh

It's official.

James Webb has beaten Macaca Allen.

It is a great day for Virginia. A great day for this country.

Democrats control the Senate.

Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party complete domination of Capitol Hill for the first time since 1994.

Jim Webb's squeaker win over incumbent Sen. George Allen gave Democrats their 51st seat in the Senate, an astonishing turnabout at the hands of voters unhappy with Republican scandal and unabated violence in Iraq. Allen was the sixth Republican incumbent senator defeated in Tuesday's elections. ...

Democrats take control of the Senate

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