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northwest counties, is serving his first term in public office, but he brings to Richmond one of the strongest Republican heritages in the state.
His father, Richard Obenshain, died in an airplane crash in 1978 shortly after winning his party’s nomination for the U. S. Senate. Obenshain’s death resulted in Sen. John Warner winning the nomination. Warner has been elected to five terms.
The senior Obenshain was the head of the Republican Party in Virginia in 1972 and is credited with helping rebuild the party in Virginia. Sen. Mark Obenshain’s sister,
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