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Although Guest got approval to continue the study for a Virginia Horse Center, he and Del. Thomas M. Moncure Jr. (R-53rd) lost another horse-related resolution.
It would have called for a study of the economic impact of pari-mutuel horse betting.
Although a statewide referendum on the subject was defeated in 1978, a majority of voters in Clarke, Fauquier, Fairfax, Loudoun and Rappahannock counties supported it.
Among Sen. Kevin G. Miller’s (R-26th) successes
92.2%