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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine (center) is joined by Anh Hong Do (left) and Kim-Ha Ly (right) as he arrives to meet customers and business owners at the Eden Center in Falls Church, Va., Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Rep. Todd Akin, Missouri Republican and U.S. Senate candidate, is backed by family members as he concedes to Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill on Nov. 6, 2012, in Chesterfield, Mo. (Associated Press)

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Gail Bowman of St. Louis reacts Nov. 6, 2012, after hearing that Todd Akin, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Missouri, lost to Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill during Akin's watch party in Chesterfield, Mo. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), left, cheers on Tim Kaine (D), right, 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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Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), left, Tim Kaine (D), right, and his wife Anne Holton, center, as they get word that President Barack Obama wins reelection during Kaine's 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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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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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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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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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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Jill Ward of Richmond, Va., second from right, Nass Era [cq], second from left, visiting from Morocco, cheers as they watch returns 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)

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U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson hugs supporters after conceding the election Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Pewaukee, Wis. Thompson ran against Democratic challenger Tammy Baldwin who won the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Herb Kohl. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

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Wendy Long, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in New York, gives her concession speech to supporters on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Linda Lingle hugs a supporter at her campaign headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)

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State Sen. Joe Kyrillos, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, with his daughter Georgia, wife Susan and son Max by his side, waves after giving his concedes to Democratic incumbent Bob Menendez, at his election night headquarters at Nanina's in the Park in Belleville, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Rich Schultz)