George Allen (American politician)

George Allen
Official Senate portrait
United States Senator
from Virginia
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byChuck Robb
Succeeded byJim Webb
67th Governor of Virginia
In office
January 15, 1994 – January 17, 1998
LieutenantDon Beyer
Preceded byDouglas Wilder
Succeeded byJim Gilmore
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 7th district
In office
November 5, 1991 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byFrench Slaughter
Succeeded byThomas Bliley
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 58th district
In office
January 12, 1983 – November 5, 1991
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byPeter T. Way
Personal details
Born
George Felix Allen

(1952-03-08) March 8, 1952 (age 72)
Whittier, California, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Anne Rubel
(m. 1979; div. 1983)
Susan Brown
(m. 1986)
Children3
Residence(s)Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA, JD)

George Felix Allen (born March 8, 1952) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 67th governor of Virginia from 1994 to 1998 and as a United States senator from Virginia from 2001 to 2007.

The son of National Football League 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 the 1993 election. He defeated Democratic Attorney General of Virginia Mary Sue Terry by 58.3% against 40.9%.

Barred by term limits from seeking reelection to a second term in 1997, he worked in the private sector until the 2000 election in which he ran for the United States Senate, defeating two-term Democratic incumbent Chuck Robb. Allen ran for reelection in the 2006 election, but after a close and controversial race, he was defeated by Democratic former U.S. Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb.[1] When Webb decided to retire, Allen ran for his old seat again in the 2012 election but was defeated again, this time by fellow former governor Tim Kaine. Allen now serves on the Reagan Ranch Board of Governors of Young America's Foundation, where he is a Reagan Ranch Presidential Scholar.

  1. ^ Mulkern, Anne C. (June 2, 2009). "George Allen returns, tries to counter Democrats on climate". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2012.