 The failed re-election campaign of Republican U.S.Senator George Allen of Virginia generated much controversy after he used the word "macaca" in reference to a person of Indian ancestry.On August 11, 2006, at a campaign stop in Breaks, Virginia, near the Kentucky border, George Allen twice used the word "macaca" to refer to S. R. Sidarth, who was filming the event as a "tracker" for the opposing Jim Webb campaign.