U. S. Senate

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

May 13, 1982 By GEORGE BOWLES By GEORGE BOWLES Rappahannock News Special Writer The ill-conceived U. S. Senate campaign of Del. Owen Pickett of Virginia Beach came crashing down last week. Its final collapse was the result of two major factors. The first was- the unprecedented...
May 20, 1982 By GEORGE BOWLES ...sort of sentimental front runner for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate. It would be inaccurate to describe him as the leading candidate for the party’s nod for the simple reason that he has not declared his candidacy....
May 27, 1982 By GEORGE BOWLES ...News Special Writer If the Democrats nominate Sam Wilson for the U. S. Senate, it could send Republican strategists back to the drawing boards in the planning for this fall’s general election campaign. And just who, yoir might ask, is...
Jun 3, 1982 By GEORGE BOWLES ...The main task facing both is nomination of a candidate for the U.S. Senate to succeed retiring Harry F. Byrd, Jr., and each party is approaching this task in a somewhat grumpy mood.
Jun 17, 1982 By GEORGE BOWLES ...change his mind about retiring and seek another term in the U. S. Senate. When they revealed they were doing this with Sen. Byrd's tacit approval, those of us who are supposed to be attuned to the nuances of Virginia...
Jul 15, 1982 By GEORGE BOWLES ...of the episode last spring when he threatened to run for the U.S. Senate as an independent because of his objections to the candidacy of Del. Owen Pickett of Virginia Beach. The day after Pickett withdrew from the race. Sen....
Aug 26, 1982 vice ricMucm ocuigc Bush and his wife Barbara will ...Warner near Middleburg. Congressman Paul S. Trible. Jr., GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate, heads the list of state Republican leaders to be honored at the sixth annual Atoka Country Supper. Congressmen J. Kenneth Robinson (7th-Va.). Stanford E. Parris (8th-Va.)...
Sep 23, 1982 On Saturday, October 8, Delegate and Mrs. Raymond R. ...Kenneth Robinson and his wife Kit and candidate for election to the U.S. Senate Paul Trible and his wife Rosemary. Senator John Warner will
Oct 7, 1982 supported the failed ...District Democratic Committee, spoke for Dick Davis, Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate, w ho was campaigning elsewhere in the state and unable to attend in person. Besides steadfast opposition to Reagonomics, and the high rate of unemployment, bankruptcy...
Oct 7, 1982 With elections just a month away, a pre-election poll ...by the Rappahannock News on Monday evening shows Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Richard Davis with a slight edge in the county over his Republican opponent Paul Trible. The random telephone survey of registered voters in Rappahannock found 44...
Oct 14, 1982 Built 1966 Dedtc.itcJ 1963 ...stimulating ideas of this outspoken woman who is currently running for the U.S. Senate in the State of New Jersey is of interest to all who appreciate the thoughts of a person who is an independent thinker. In the non-fiction...
Oct 21, 1982 To the editor. ...philosophy of Senator Byrd and that Virginia’s new representative in the United States Senate would continue to be marked by the senior Senator’s particular brand of conservatism. However, in April of 1982, and subsequently thereto, Owen Pickett was forced to...
Oct 21, 1982 By SEAN ADAMS ...after a hard-fought campaign and was looking forward to presiding over the Virginia Senate for four years, perhaps with an eye toward his party’s gubernatorial nomination in 1985. But the political fates had other plans for Davis, a 61year-old lawyer...
Oct 21, 1982 By SEAM ADAMS ...As far as Republican Paul S. Trible Jr. is concerned, his U. S. Senate race against Democrat Richard J. Davis is a matter of "direction.” Trible, a congressman from the First Congressional District and a strong supporter of President Reagan,...
Oct 21, 1982 Corner Shelf Bookstore in ...high school principals seeking nominations of high school juniors for the 1983 Japan-U.S. Senate scholarship program of Youth for Understanding (YFU). Winners of the scholarship program will spend eight weeks in Japan next summer. Each student will live with a...
Oct 28, 1982 Random telephone surveys conducted Monday night by the Rappahannock ...papers show Democratic candidate Richard Davis leading in the race for Virginia's U.S. Senate seat long held by the Byrds. The same surveys give Republican incumbent J. Kenneth Robinson a comfortable margin over his challengers for the 7th District slot...
Oct 28, 1982 By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON ...home on behalf of both Robinson and Trible, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate. “If I had indigestion, I might have to take cod liver
Nov 4, 1982 Byrd Named To Senate Gov. John Garland Pollard had Byrd Named To Senate Gov. John Garland Pollard had no difficulty in choosing a replacement tor Swanson. He promptly appointed former Gov. Harry F. Byrd. Sr. Sen. Bvrd, after a brief interregnum. had succeeded Mr. Martin as the acknowledged chieftain...
Nov 11, 1982 The question of why the Republicans were able to The question of why the Republicans were able to win a statewide U.S. Senate race while losing a third of their delegation in the House of Representatives is an interesting one. It is possible that President Reagan himself put his...
Dec 2, 1982 That calm was shaken two weeks when state Sen. ...make what proved to be an abortive bid for the Democratic U. S. Senate nomination. The new chairman's critics charge he has been inattentive to his duties, has failed to move aggressively to build the party and failed to support...
Dec 16, 1982 Its <,KOl«,KB<WI.KS As many of us have written in ...era will end when Harry F. Byrd, Jr. steps down from his U.S. Senate seat in January. While this may be true in the historical sense that, for the first time in half a centurv, no Byrd will represent the...
Dec 16, 1982 stale today. He has that ...factors are related only incidentally to his being a member of the U.S. Senate. Hence, when he ceases to be a member a few weeks from now. he w ill take them with him when he returns to private life....
Dec 30, 1982 By SEAM ADAMS ...rilrr Although Harry F. Byrd Jr. is letting go of his U. S. Senate seat next month, he won’t be letting go of politics. “I do not intend to retire in the accepted sense of that word," said Byrd, who...
Mar 3, 1983 -From Both BarrelsA ...the General Assembly, two-thirds of the House of Delegates and fourfifths of the Senate are Democrats. Last year, although the party failed to win the U.S. Senate race, it reclaimed three congressional seats from the Republicans. In addition to all...
May 26, 1983 From Both Barrels ...might be a good year for a woman to run for the U.S. Senate in Virginia. Next year’s balloting is less than 18 months away. No candidate of either gender has stepped forward to seek the Democratic nomination to oppose...
Jul 14, 1983 From Both Barrels ...in Norfolk. Its main order of business will be to nominate a U.S. Senate candidate to oppose incumbent Republican John Warner. If Gov. Chuck Robb is to avoid receiving his party’s Senate nomination at that convention, he may have to...
Aug 18, 1983 range of available options is fairly limited. Robb could ...limited. Robb could run - or be drafted - for the U. S. Senate seat now held by GOP Sen. John Warner. That seat will be up for election next year. The governor, however, has repeatedly disclaimed interest in the...
Aug 25, 1983 All this becomes very important when one takes the ...worried about this year’s General Assembly elections or about next year’s U. S. Senate race. They would, of course, like to make some gains in the legislature in 1983, and they do not believe Sen. John Warner will have serious...
Sep 1, 1983 From Both Barrels ...his hat into the ring for the Democratic nomination for the U. S. Senate next year. Indeed, some Capitol observers believe they see signs, however miniscule, of movement on Sen. Andrew’s part toward a candidacy. That nomination will be bestowed...
Sep 1, 1983 still, however small \ that chance may or may ...is perceived as a liberal. An attempted giant step to the U. S. Senate on her part would be a bit much for the independents to accept. On the other side of the spectrum is conservative Alexandria attorney William Thomas....
Nov 17, 1983 Compounding their lack of numerical progress was the stunning ...served in the House from 1968 until 1980, when he moved to the Senate after his own upset victory over veteran Democrat William Hopkins. In the House, 67th District Del. George Jones of Chesterfield lost a close race to Democrat...
Jan 12, 1984 By GEORGE BOWLES ...of Human Resources Joseph Fisher will capture the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate this year. For many months the former 10th District Congressman has been “testing the waters" as he examined the political realities involved in seeking his party’8...
Jan 19, 1984 Del. Raymond K. “Andy” Guest Jr. (R-31st) has introduced ...elected lieutenant governor in 1981, and then lost a bid for the U.S. Senate in 1982.
Feb 9, 1984 be the best senator the Commonwealth has sent to ...found themselves in 1982. That was the year, you will recall, when a Senate seat was open following the retirement of Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. The Democrats, after an abortive effort by Gov. Chuck Robb and the party leaders...
Mar 1, 1984 unclear. Attempts to reacn \ ’'f \ him were ...so under the Republican banner. Although he was elected twice to the U.S. Senate as an Independent, an independent candidacy for the governorship could prove disasterous. Virginia Republicans are quietly unhappy with Mr. Byrd for a number of reasons. For...
Mar 8, 1984 RAPPAHANNOCK COUNTY DEMOCRATS ...be held in Norfolk 18 May, to endorse a candidate for the U.S. Senate from the State of Virginia and to select candidates to the Democratic National Convention to be held 16-20 July 1984 in San Francisco, where a Democratic...
Mar 29, 1984 enougn. \ \ The unexpected emer- ^ gence of ...he has been unable to come up with a candidate for the U.S. Senate whom he believes would have a fighting chance of defeating incumbent Republican John Warner. Nor has he shown any noticeable enthusiasm thus far for the prospective...
May 10, 1984 By GEORGE BOWLES ...given to the presidential campaign and the Virginia Democrats’ search for a U.S. Senate candidate is the fact the Old Dominion, along with the rest of the nation, will be holding congressional elections this fall. Except for the few districts...
May 17, 1984 r-From Both BarrelsThis ...unrelated, caught the eye last week. The first informed us that the U.S. Senate Finance Committee had approved an increase in the national debt to $1.7 trillion. The new limit is up $207 billion from last year. The second item...
May 24, 1984 When the Republicans gather for their state convention in ...opponent in November will be former Vice President Walter. Mondale. In the U.S. Senate race in Virginia, they are similarly confident that Sen. John Warner will dispatch the Democratic nominee with equal facility. A party spokesperson assured the writer last...