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==Controversy==

==Controversy==

Jim Webb's ancestors were officers in the [[Confederate]] army. <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10994.html , POLITICO Webb's rebel roots: An affinity for Confederacy, June 10, 2008</ref> He maintains that "Most Southern soldiers viewed the driving issue to be sovereignty rather than slavery." He said "Love of the Union was palpably stronger in the South ". That doesn't make sense to the majority of  people. Many detractors consider his statement sovereignty to continue slavery.

Jim Webb's ancestors were officers in the [[Confederate]] army. <ref>http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10994.html , POLITICO Webb's rebel roots: An affinity for Confederacy, June 10, 2008</ref> Webb has voiced sympathy for the notion of state sovereignty as it was understood in 1860, and seemed to suggest that states were justified in trying to secede.  He echoed the neo-Confederate line saying, "Most Southern soldiers viewed the driving issue to be sovereignty rather than slavery." Nevertheless the great majority of black voters (85%-15%) voted for Webb over Allen, who had an even worse record in race relations. The black vote proved decisive in Webb's victory since Webb lost the white vote 41%-58%.<ref> Vote returns from [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/VA/S/01/epolls.0.html CNN Exit Poll]</ref>

 

==External Links==

==External Links==

*[http://www.webb.senate.gov/ Official Website]

*[http://www.webb.senate.gov/ Official Website]