Glenn Nye, the 34-year-old former foreign service officer, will head to Washington as one of the youngest members in the House of Representatives - the average age is 55 - and become part of the expanded Democratic majority.

VIRGINIA BEACH Rep. Thelma Drake late Thursday night conceded the election for the 2nd Congressional District to political newcomer Glenn Nye after a bitterly fought race.

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U.S Rep. Thelma Drake, who’s trailing challenger Glenn Nye as city officials work to tally the absentee ballot votes, would need about two out of three of those votes to win.

Nye has claimed victory, and Drake has declined to concede.

VIRGINIA BEACH U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake on Wednes day refused to concede victory to challenger Glenn Nye and said through a spokesman that she is waiting for the results of absentee ballots to be added to vote totals.

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CHESAPEAKE Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake, easily defeated Democrat and political newcomer Andrea Miller to win his fourth full term in Congress. Forbes has said he will try to pass an initiative that would award cash to groups that achieve important energy goals. "We'd like to see the country deal with the energy issue," Forbes said Tuesday night.

VIRGINIA BEACH The race to represent the 2nd Congressional District remains tight, political observers say. The contest between U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake and political newcomer Glenn Nye is "too close to call at this point," said Quentin Kidd, a Christopher Newport University political scientist. "Whoever wins is going to be surprised and feel lucky."

VIRGINIA BEACH U.S. Senate candidate Mark Warner and congressional hopeful Glenn Nye stumped together Wednesday, hitting notes of optimism about the economy and calling for investment in aging roadways and alternative energy. They spoke in the morning to about 200 employees at Geico Insurance in the Corporate Landing office park.

HAMPTON U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake and her challenger, Glenn Nye, faced off Tuesday night in their third and final debate, a polite and at times tepid exchange in front of about 50 people in an elementary school gymnasium. The event lacked the drama of last month's debate, in which Drake leveled charges against Nye over a tax deduction on a house he owns, an accusation that turned out to be false.

VIRGINIA BEACH In a push to sway military voters and veterans, U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake and challenger Glenn Nye continue to hammer each other on an issue neither will let die: Drake’s two votes this year on the GI Bill.