Live results: Two former governors clash in Virginia Senate race Republican and Democratic signs line the way for voters as they make their way into the Boys and Girls Club to cast their votes Tuesday on Election Day in Charlottesville, Va. Andrew Shurtleff, The Daily Progress / Associated Press / November 6, 2012 November 6, 2012, 3:04 p.m. Virginia boasts being one of the nation's top battlegrounds for both the presidency and the U.S. Senate, with two of the commonwealth's top political figures butting heads on the ballot. The Senate clash between Republican George Allen and his Democratic opponent, Tim Kaine, brings not only the careers of two former governors to bear against each other but also a wave of outside money. The race was expected to be close.