Democrat Tim Kaine has taken a lead over Republican George Allen in the Virginia Senate race.
Kaine leads 51 percent to 44 percent, in a new Quinnipiac poll commissioned by CBS and the New York Times. The survey of 1,474 likely voters was conducted Sept. 11-17, and has a 3 percent margin of error.
The PollTracker Average shows Kaine narrowly ahead, 47.4 percent to 45.7 percent.