The public revelation last Monday of Senator Allen's Jewish heritage has national eyes closely watching this increasingly interesting and tightly contested race.  While recent reports show Allen leading his challenger former Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb 12 to 1 in fund raising, the election grows increasingly close.  Ken Rudin, National Public Radio's (NPR) host of "Political Junkie," noted on his segment on Saturday September 23 that Virginia is decidedly a tidewater state, where President Bush the thinnest of electoral majorities in 2004 at 50.4%.  Meanwhile, former Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards campaigned in Virginia for Webb.  This weekend, Allen will be making an appearance at the "2006 Values Voter Summit" in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Family Research Council.  For information on this, and other contested races in 2006, NPR's interactive map of campaign 2006 provides an excellent summary of candidates, issues and elections in each state, highlighting which party's seat is up election.