Virginians face primary choices for Senate, Congress

ASHBURN, Va. — Virginia voters on Tuesday will choose a Republican U.S. Senate challenger to face Democrat Tim Kaine this fall and sort out a pair of Northern Virginia congressional contests.

Republican George Allen, a former governor and one-term senator running to regain the seat he lost in 2006, is heavily favored in the Republican Senate primary, and on Monday Allen was already looking past his three primary challengers and ahead to November.