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Tim Kaine (D) arrives to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Tim Kaine (D) arrives with his wife Tim Kaine (D) arrives with his wife Anne Holton, right, to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Tim Kaine, Democrat and former Virginia governor, arrives Nov. 6, 2012, to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott in Richmond, Va., after defeating George Allen in the race for the U.S. Senate seat of the retiring Jim Webb. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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George Allen, R, delivers his concession speech after losing the Virginia election for U.S. Senate at his election night party at the Omni Hotel Richmond, in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Tim Kaine (D) waves to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Virginia governor Bob McDonnell consoles George Allen, R, after he delivered his concession speech after losing the Virginia election for U.S. Senate at his election night party at the Omni Hotel Richmond, in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey, Jr./The Washington Times)
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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), second from left, cheers on Tim Kaine (D) as he delivers his victory speech after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Gov. George Allen is joined on stage with his wife Susan Allen and family as he concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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John Wallmeyer, of Ashland, Va., listens as Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Tim Kaine (D) holds up a fist as he delivers his victory speech after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Supporters in the crowd listen as Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Tim Kaine (D) with his family as he arrives to a cheering audience at his election night party at the Richmond Marriott after winning the Virginia election for U.S. Senate, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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George Allen campaign finance director Gina Padrone collects campaign signs from the lectern after Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen conceded the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Supporters in the crowd listen as Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen concedes the senate race to former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine during his election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Marty Grabett, her daughter, Mauren Campbell, 22, her husband, Mark Campbell, and their friend Patty Nicholas, all of Richmond Va., find a couch in a quiet corner just outside the Tim Kaine (D) for U.S. Senate election night party as they wait for election results to come in at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Mark Early (left) Erica Giovanni (center) and Andrew Hemby (right) all of Richmond, Va., react to election results at Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen's election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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People fill the ballroom at Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen's election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA, 7th congressional district) prepares to be interviewed by CBS News at Republican U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor George Allen's election night party event at the Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Stephanie Turner, bottom center, and Phillip Ricks, top center, of Richmond, Va., reacts as they watch results come in on CNN at the Tim Kaine (D) for U.S. Senate election night party at the Richmond Marriott, Richmond, Va., Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)