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Reports: Allen to concede Virginia Senate race

The Democrats will take control.

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The inevitable is about to become official: MSNBC and the National Journal are reporting that Virginia Sen. George Allen will concede to Jim Webb at 3 p.m. today, thereby handing control of the U.S. Senate to the Democratic Party.

By Tim Grieve

Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog.

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