Democratic contender James Webb is on the verge of one of the great political upsets in the history of Virginia. As we move to the election on Tuesday, polls continue to show him with a thin but perceptible lead over incumbent U.S. Senator George Allen in a race that has attracted a huge amount of national attention. Former military hero and Secretary of the Navy under a Republican administration, James Webb lifted himself out of comfortable obscurity earlier this year to run his first ever campaign for public office.
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