U. S. Senate

Named 374 times. These are the 346 blocks the name was read from, in the order the paper printed them.

Jan 12, 1978 While Virginia Republicans have been winning statewide elections at ...for his seat in the first truly wide open two party U. S. Senate race in Virginia in a half century. And it is providing a wealth of promising Democratic and Republican candidates. Among those now seeking the Republican bid...
Mar 23, 1978 The Rappahannock ...in Williamsburg June 9, where the Democratic Party Candidate for the U. S. Senate race this fall will be nominated. The Mass Meeting will select in addition, four delegates and two alternates to attend a Seventh Congressional District Convention set...
Apr 6, 1978 WANTED ...is called for the purpose of nominating a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate to run in the general election of November 7,1978. In addition, the meeting will select 4 delegates and 2 alternates to a 7th Congressional District Convention...
Apr 13, 1978 At a meeting of the Rappahannock County Democratic Party’s ...in Williamsburg on June 9, where a Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate will be selected. The meeting will also elect four delegates and two alternates to go to a Seventh Congressional District Convention in Charlottesville on June 3,...
Apr 20, 1978 Candidates ...contending for the Democratic Party's nomination as a candidate for the U. S. Senate in this November’s election. The Phillips came, as they said, "To persuade the four uncommitted delegates elected at the mass meeting to support Rufus.” These delegates....
May 25, 1978 Delegate George P. Beard Jr., Rappahannock’s representative in the ...is vying for the Republican nomination in the November election for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat.
Jun 1, 1978 regulation, supporting capital punishment and local control of education, ...abortion. According to the YAF, of the three legislators running for the U.S. Senate this year, only state senator Nathan Miller "did well, scoring an 80.” Seven legislators ranked higher than Miller in supporting what the YAF perceives as the...
Jun 15, 1978 By LINDA B.kINES ...was acclaimed the Democratic nominee last Saturday in Williamsburg for the U. S. Senate seat of retiring Sen. William L. Scott, a Republican. Miller will face his Republican opponent, former GOP national co-chairman Richard D. Obenshain, in face-to-face debates before...
Jul 27, 1978 Black Caucus ...to attend. Democrat Andrew Miller and Republican Richard Obenshain, candidates for the U.S. Senate, will participate as well as incumbent ]. Kenneth Robinson and his opponent in the contest for House of Representatives seat, Del. Lewis Fickett. The forum will...
Jul 27, 1978 Slaughter ...Republican Representative M. Caldwell Butler in heading Richard D. Obenshain’s campaign for U.S. Senate. Slaughter, a former Democrat turned Independent, said he made his decision to support Obenshain because the Republican candidate has "demonstrated a sincere dedication to those principles...
Jul 27, 1978 By GEORGE BOWLES By GEORGE BOWLES Rappahannock New* Correspondent The race for the U.S. Senate" between Republican Richard Obenshain and Democrat Andrew Miller is, as expected, shaping up into a battle for the broad mass of voters who compose the state’s largely independent...
Aug 3, 1978 Thursday, August 3: Rappahannock Board of Supervisors. 10 a.m., ...District Black Caucus forum with candidates for Virginia’s seats in the U. S. Senate and House of Representatives for the Seventh Congressional District. 3 p.m., Shenandoah College and Conservatory of music, Winchester. Monday. August 7: Rappahannock Athletic Association organizational meeting...
Aug 10, 1978 The tragic death last week of Republican senatorial candidate ...captured a majority of the state's congressional seats, a seat in the U.S. Senate and the Governor’s Mansion for three consecutive terms. At the time of his death last week, many felt that Obenshain was on his way to a...
Aug 17, 1978 late Richard D. Obenshain as the GOP candidate for late Richard D. Obenshain as the GOP candidate for the U. S. Senate, the party leadership faces
Sep 14, 1978 The Seventh District Black Caucus will present its second ...open at 2 p.m. Andrew P. Miller, the Democratic candiate for the U.S. Senate will be present to face his Republican counterpart. John Warner, in the last 30-minute segment of the program. Questions from the audience will be allowed. The...
Sep 14, 1978 president of the American Farm Bureau Federation and a ...conference compromise. Farm Bureau has sent letters to members of the U. S. Senate, calling for immediate deregulation of the pricing on natural gas.
Sep 14, 1978 Northern Virginia ...by phoning John Warner Headquarters at 703-2568845. Warner, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, and his wife Elizabeth Taylor Warner will greet guests at their home
Sep 21, 1978 Slaughter ...For Warner, arf independent group supporting Republican candidate John Warner for the U.S. Senate. A member of the Virginia House of Delegates for 20 years. Slaughter was a Democrat for 16 and an Independent for four. He is a senior...
Sep 21, 1978 ALL BREEDS: will go ...candidate for U. S. Congress, and Andrew P. Miller, candidate for U. S. Senate, contact Registrar Mary Cleverley on Thursdays at the Washington Court House. Mrs. Cleverley will also be registering voters in each precinct prior to Oct. 7 See...
Oct 5, 1978 Mrs. Bolling L. Robertson, Jr., Seventh District Republican Women’s ...event held September 16 at Atoka Farm, the residence of Republican U. S. Senate candidate John Warner and his wife, Elizabeth Taylor Warner. The proceeds were divided equally between Robinson, the Republican candidates for Congress in the Eighth and Tenth...
Oct 26, 1978 With election day less than ...Republican opponent John Warner in Rappahannock County in the race for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat. In a survey conducted last week by the Rappahannock News, 43 per cent of the county residents polled indicated they favored Miller with 35 per...
Oct 26, 1978 The Warner for U.S. The Warner for U.S. Senate Committee today filed a financial report with the Secretary of the Senate and the Virginia State Elections Board showing receipts totaling $334,691.93 and expenditures of $268,493.59. The report covers the period from Aug. 12, when...
Oct 26, 1978 Rappahannock Clerk of ...constitutional officers who have endorsed Andy Miller, Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate. Miller also received endorsements from the Commonwealth Attorney,
Oct 26, 1978 ALL RAPPAHANNOCK ...CHILI DINNER and to talk with Andy Miller Democratic Candidate for the U.S. Senate at The Culpeper Agricultural Enterprises Mon., Oct. 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. No charge for admission or meal
Oct 26, 1978 John Warner for U.S. Senate. He listens to Virginia. John Warner for U.S. Senate. He listens to Virginia. He’ll work for-Virginia.
Nov 2, 1978 # Andrew Miller, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, Andrew Miller, Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, has worked for the people of Virginia for seven years as Attorney General. Based on his record of service and knowledge of state issues, the Rappahannock News endorses Miller in his race...
Nov 9, 1978 Republican John Warner appears to have edged out Democrat ...have edged out Democrat Andrew Miller in the race for Virginia’s U. S. Senate seat. Unofficial returns show Warner with 611,725 votes, or 50.13 per cent, and Miller with 608,457, or 49.87 per cent. With only one-third of one per...
Nov 16, 1978 Warner ...7 election night reports and give Andrew Miller an edge over apparent U.S. Senate victor Republican John Warner. Reports at the end of last week indicated that Warner’s lead over Miller had grown as the tally on 1869 of Virginia’s...
Feb 15, 1979 A preliminary study by the U. S. Department of ...by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, recently released by the U. S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, shows that 17,100 acres of Virginia farm, crop and woodlands were bought by foreign investors during an 18-month period covering...
Jan 10, 1980 Senator Miller, who has ...who has represented Rappahannock, Culpeper, Madison, Page and Rockingham counties and Harrisonburg in Senate District 26 since 1976, gave *‘a few random observations” before the state legislature convened Jan. 9. Miller, 36, served two terms in the House before election...
Jul 17, 1980 Washington and Sperryville carnival ...victor in Rappahannock's Democratic primary election to select a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Virginia. Rawlings tallied 45 votes to 25 for Du Val and 24 for Colvin. James Leake was installed as president of the Rappahannock Jaycees, receiving...
Oct 23, 1980 budget deficit will be about $60 billion. Does anyone ...fact: in 1976, Senator Harry F. Byrd Jr., ran for the U. S. Senate as an independent. His Democratic opponent was retired Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, a strong Carter supporter. The Monday, October 13, 1980, edition of The Washington Post...
Mar 26, 1981 By ROBIN COOPER ...the SCA. As ? junior, Sharon was a finalist in the U. S. Senate Youth Program. She has been a member of the chorus for three years and of the NHS for the last two years. She has an interest...
Dec 3, 1981 Virginia entered the last year of an era Monday ...had a member of the Byrd family representing her in the United States Senate. Come January 1983, that nearly half century of service will end. However, it would be foolish for anyone to predict that Sen. Byrd s retirement will...
Dec 3, 1981 up to its fiscal problem. We cannot continue forever ...serving as an independent in Washington, Sen. Byrd continued to meet with the Senate’s Democratic caucus, much to the consternation of Virginia Democrats. As the Republican Party gained strength in Virginia during the ’70s pressure mounted on Sen. Byrd to...
Dec 17, 1981 There is a possibility that former Delegate D. French ...Delegate D. French Slaughter Jr., of Culpeper may be interested in the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Harry Byrd, Jr. Slaughter represented Rappahannock, Culpeper, Orange and Madison in the Virginia House of Delegates for twenty years, first...
Mar 4, 1982 People; black leaders of expeditions to the New World; ...an American woman; Edward Brooke, the first black elected to the U. S. Senate; Patricia Harris who as secretary for Housing and Urban Development was the first black named to a Cabinet post; Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court...
Apr 8, 1982 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY ...and 5th, 1982 for the purpose of selecting a candidate for the U.S. Senate. All participants in the mass meeting must sign a standardized form stating that they are voters in Rappahannock County and will not oppose the candidate nominated...
Apr 15, 1982 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY ...and 5th 1982 for the purpose of selecting a candidate for fhe U.S. Senate. All participants in the mass meeting must sign a standardized form stating that they •re voters in Rappahannock County and will not oppose the candidate nominated...
May 6, 1982 Democrat Owen B. Pickett ...(Virginia Beach) announced Tuesday that he is dropping out of the U. S. Senate race, an action which leaves Democrats with no major candidate a month before their state nominating convention in Roanoke. Mr. Pickett had said Friday on a...