1978 United States Senate election in Virginia
The 1978 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 1978. Incumbent Republican Senator William L. Scott did not run for re-election to a second term. Republican former Secretary of the Navy John Warner narrowly defeated Democratic Attorney General of Virginia Andrew P. Miller to succeed him.
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Republican nomination
Candidates
- Linwood Holton, former Governor of Virginia (1970–74) and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs (1974–75)
- Nathan H. Miller, State Senator from Harrisonburg
- Richard D. Obenshain, Chairman of the Virginia Republican Party since 1972 and nominee for Attorney General in 1969
- John W. Warner, former United States Secretary of the Navy
Convention
| 1978 Virginia Republican Convention[1] | ||||||
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| Ballot | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Obenshain | 1,192 | 1,261 | 1,338 | 1,521 | 1,516 | 1,580 |
| Warner | 853 | 908 | 996 | 1,338 | 1,393 | 1,474 |
| Holton | 780 | 751 | 620 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miller | 262 | 160 | 122 | 201 | 166 | 0 |
Obenshain's victory set up the general election as a rematch of the 1969 Attorney General race between him and Andrew P. Miller, the Democratic nominee who defeated Obenshain in 1969.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | John Warner | 613,232 | 50.17% | -1.28% | |
| Democratic | Andrew P. Miller | 608,511 | 49.79% | +3.67% | |
| Write-ins | 513 | 0.04% | +0.04% | ||
| Majority | 4,721 | 0.39% | +0.39% | ||
| Turnout | 1,222,256 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
See also
References
- https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=776609
- Ken Ringle (4 August 1978). "Crash Kills Obenshain". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- Harden, Blaine (August 4, 1978). "Pilot of Obenshain Plane Called 'Very Cautious'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
- http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5329
- Clerk of the United States House of Representatives (1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
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