It wasn't as big of a long shot as, say, intercepting Peyton Manning and returning it 99 yards for a touchdown — as he did in 2008 — but former Green Bay Packers safety Aaron Rouse won his election for State Senate District 22 in Virginia on Tuesday, the second time he's won an election in less than a year.
A Democrat, Rouse had been representing District 7 after winning a special election in January, having defeated Republican Kevin Adams for the spot. The same two men were vying for the newly drawn District 22 seat (representing 70 percent of the same area previously in District 7), and Rouse was way ahead at last check, with 55% of the vote and nearly all ballots counted.