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loser, the possibility of a narrow Miller win cannot be ruled out.
Even if the Democrats should lose the senatorial election, the day can hardly be described as a disaster for the party.
While they failed to gain ground, they successfully defended the turf they already held. The senate seat was, after all, already occupied by a Republican, such as he was, Sen. William Scott.
In spite of the fact that the Democrats were outorganized, out-glamoured and out-spent, they held on to their congressional seats and actually gained a seat in the House of Delegates in a special election in the Ninth House District.
Democrat Jim Davis of Ferrum handily defeated Republican Bruce Welch of Rocky Mount. - Offsetting this, they lost a Senate seat in the 28th Senatorial District where Democrat-turn ed-Republican John Chichester defeated Democrat H. R. (Peck) Humphries of Lancaster in a special election to replace the late Democratic Sen. Paul Manns.
600,000 Democrats
Most encouraging of all for the Democrats is the fact that some 600,000 Virginia voters pulled the lever for their candidate.
Arrayed against Miller were the vast financial and organizational resources of the GOP, the fame of Elizabeth Taylor, the oratory of Mills Godwin, the editorial broadsides of the Richmond newspapers and the thinly veiled spiritual presence of Harry Byrd Jr.
In spite of all this, Warner was apparently able to muster only a few thousand more votes than his Democratic rival.
Thus the Democratic potential is there, if the party and its leaders can get their wits about them enough to capitalize on it.
You cannot, after all, beat something with nothing. No matter how attractive a candidate may be, he must be backed up by a strong, well managed party apparatus and campaign organization in order to be successful. Warner had both while Miller had neither.
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