United States Democrats win House majority
{{date|November 8, 2006}} __NOTOC__

===House of Representatives===
The [[w:United States Democratic Party|United States Democratic Party]] is projected to win control of the [[w:United States House of Representatives|United States House of Representatives]], the [[w:lower house|lower house]] of the [[w:United States Congress|United States Congress]], the federal [[w:legislature|legislature]]. The Republican leadership has conceded defeat.

===Senate===
In the races for the 33 open seats of the [[w:United States Senate|United States Senate]] or [[w:upper house|upper house]], the Democrats are projected to win five of the six seats they need to gain a majority. Several races are too close to call.

The key race in [[w:Virginia|Virginia]], upon which the outcome of majority control of the Senate may rest, Republican incumbent [[w:George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]] was asked to concede on Wednesday by Senator and chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, [[w:Charles Schumer|Charles Schumer]]. Allen's opponent, Democratic challenger [[w:Jim Webb|Jim Webb]] garnered an unofficial win by the slim margin of 7,000 votes in over 2 million cast.

By state law, the Virginia State Board of Elections will perform a vote recount when election results are within one percentage point difference between candidates. The time table for the election to be certified November 27.  The losing candidate has 10 days from the certification to appeal.

==Related news==
*{{wikinews|title=2006 U.S. Congressional Elections|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{wikinews|title=Midterm election polls open in United States|date=November 7, 2006}}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6127216.stm
|title=Democrats seize control of House
|author=
|pub=BBC News Online
|date=November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149191584471 
|title=Allen urged to concede
|author=Kiran Krishnamurphy and Peter Hardin
|pub=Richmond Times-Dispatch
|date= November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://sbe.virginiainteractive.org/index.htm 
|title=November 7, 2006 General Election
|author=
|pub=Commonwealth of Virginia
|date= November 8, 2006}}
*{{source|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/08/AR2006110801491.html 
|title=Virginia Senate Recount -- Frequently Asked Questions
|author=
|pub=The Washington Post
|date= November 8, 2006}}

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The key race in Virginia, upon which the outcome of majority control of the Senate may rest, Republican incumbent George Allen was asked to concede on Wednesday by Senator and chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Charles Schumer. Allen's opponent, Democratic challenger Jim Webb garnered an unofficial win by the slim margin of 7,000 votes in over 2 million cast.

By state law, the Virginia State Board of Elections will perform a vote recount when election results are within one percentage point difference between candidates. The time table for the election to be certified November 27.  The losing candidate has 10 days from the certification to appeal.
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