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VA US Senate - R Convention
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Office | Senate |
Honorific | Senator - Abbr: Sen. |
Type | Republican Primary Election |
Filing Deadline | 00, 1978 - 05:00pm Central |
Polls Open | June 03, 1978 - 06:00am Central |
Polls Close | June 03, 1978 - 08:00pm Central |
Term Start | January 03, 1979 - 12:00pm |
Term End | January 03, 1985 - 12:00pm |
Contributor | Mr. Matt |
Last Modified | An_62190 April 13, 2020 12:59pm |
Data Sources | NY Times, 6/5/1978
On the sixth ballot: Obenshain won 1579.89 votes (a majority of 1541.51 votes is needed for nomination), Warner won 1473.74 votes
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Obenshain died before the general election; John Warner was then picked as the party's nominee
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Richard D. Obenshain |
Secretary of the Navy
John Warner |
Gov.
A. Linwood Holton Jr. |
St. Sen.
Nathan Huff Miller |
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Party | Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
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Certified Votes | 1,580 (51.74%) |
1,474 (48.27%) |
0 (0.00%) |
0 (0.00%) |
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Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-106 (-3.47%) |
-1,580 (-51.74%) |
-1,580 (-51.74%) |
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Predict Avg. | 0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
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Ballot Round 4 |
1,516 (49.30%) |
1,393 (45.30%) |
0 (0.00%) |
166 (5.40%) |
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Ballot Round 3 |
1,521 (49.71%) |
1,338 (43.73%) |
0 (0.00%) |
201 (6.57%) |
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Ballot Round 2 |
1,338 (43.50%) |
996 (32.38%) |
620 (20.16%) |
122 (3.97%) |
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Ballot Round 1 |
1,261 (40.94%) |
908 (29.48%) |
751 (24.38%) |
160 (5.20%) |
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Ballot Round 0 |
1,192 (38.74%) |
853 (27.72%) |
780 (25.35%) |
252 (8.19%) |
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