George Allen

Who is George Allen?

George Felix Allen is an American politician and member of the Republican Party from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The son of NFL head coach George Allen, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1983 to 1991, resigning after he won a special election for Virginia's 7th congressional district in November 1991. After his district was eliminated during redistricting, he declined to run for a full term in 1992, instead running for Governor of Virginia in 1993. He defeated Democratic Attorney General of Virginia Mary Sue Terry by a large margin and served as the 67th Governor from 1994 to 1998.

Barred from seeking re-election to a second term in 1997, he worked in the private sector until 2000 when he ran for the United States Senate, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Chuck Robb. Allen ran for re-election in the 2006 election, but after a close and controversial race, he was defeated by Democratic former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb. Allen ran for his old seat again in the 2012 election but was defeated again, this time by Democratic former Governor Tim Kaine, as Webb had decided to retire.