Senate Leader Concedes Defeat In Primary

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has conceded defeat to Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd in Australian elections. The sweeping defeat ends an 11-year conservative era. (Nov. 24)

November 24, 2007: John Howard tells a sombre Liberal crowd at Sydney's Wentworth Hotel that he has phoned Labor leader Kevin Rudd to concede defeat.

Nov. 7: Rep. Harold Ford concedes Senate race in Tennessee to Republican Bob Corker.

February 20, 2008: A top opposition leader has called on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections.

Republican Senator George Allen concedes defeat to Democrat Jim Webb at a news conference. Webb won the race by about 72-hundred votes, giving Democrats control of the Senate.

November 24, 1007: (10:30pm update) John Howard tells a sombre Liberal crowd at Sydney's Wentworth Hotel that he has phoned Labor leader Kevin Rudd to concede defeat.

Conservative leader Michael Howard has conceded defeat to Labour in the 2005 general election.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has conceded defeat to Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd in Australian elections. The sweeping defeat ends an 11-year conservative era. (Nov. 24)

Oct. 1 - The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on a revised $700 billion bailout plan.

Oct. 1 - The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on a revised $700 billion bailout plan.