George Allen, who served as Virginia's governor before taking a seat in the U.S. Senate, officially announced his plans yesterday morning to reclaim the Senate seat in November 2012. He ended his six-year run in the Senate after losing to current Sen. Jim Webb, D, in 2006. Allen, whose climbing political aspirations were derailed by a scandal surrounding his off-the-cuff use of the word "macaca" - a term some deemed to be a racial epithet - made his announcement in a video sent to his supporters.
"You know me as someone willing to fight for Virginia, and I am asking that you hire me on for six years to fight on behalf of Virginia's voices and values, which are being ignored by Washington," Allen wrote in an e-mail to supporters.
If elected, Allen, who identifies himself as Republican, said he hopes to repeal the federal health care reform bill passed last year, support a balanced budget amendment and line-item veto and reduce energy costs by "unleashing our American resources and creativity."
Allen currently leads the American Energy Freedom, a conservative think tank, and is also president of George Allen Strategies, a consulting and lobbying firm in Alexandria, Va.
Allen will formally kick off his election tour later this year.
-compiled by Callie Herod
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