U. S. Senate

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

Sep 15, 1988 A'- “I want Virginians to ask themselves who they ...were the questions dSked by Maurice Dawkins, Republican candidate for the U. S. Senate, as he addressed a rally of Rappahannock County Republicans last Saturday. v “What do we stand for? If it is for limited government, a strong defense...
Oct 20, 1988 Coftie Join Us ...HONORING President Ronald Reagan Vice-President George Bush V.P. Nominee Senator Dan Quayle U.S. Senate Candidate Maurice Dawkins Senator John Warner Senator Paul Trible Congressman D. French Slaughter Congressman Stan Parris Congressman Frank Wolf SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22nd 3:00 - Dusk Picnic,...
Oct 27, 1988 Robb for Senate Robb for Senate We feel that former governor Charles S. Robb is the right man to fill the U. S. Senate seat being vacated by Paul S. Trible Jr. Gov. Robb is a man with experience in government , a...
Oct 27, 1988 Gov. Robb’s Republican opponents have made much ...the nation as a whole, if he is elected to the U. S. Senate. 'Yes' for racing Virginia voters are again being asked to vote on a referendum which will bring state-approved gambling to the Commonwealth. Last year, we opposed...
Nov 10, 1988 There were no surprises in Tuesday s presidential election, There were no surprises in Tuesday s presidential election, and Virginia’s Senate contest was a foregone conclusion. The number of people who went to the precincts, however, surpassed the predictions of the pre-election pollsters, as voter turnout averaged about 80...
Nov 10, 1988 U.S. President, U.S. President, Vice President* U. S. Senate U. S. House of Representatives Pari-mutuel Referendum Precincts Dukakis Bush Bentsan Quayle Robb Dawkins Slaughter (unopposed) Yes No Washington Amissville Sperryville Scrabble Chester Gap Flint Hill 243 302 401 147 380 163 386...
Jan 12, 1989 conclude that only a very few special persons — ...member of the United States Congress? No. volunteers abound. For the “hopeless” U.S. Senate race against former governor Charles H. Robb, four fine candidates appeared, devoting much time and energy competing for the Republican nomination. Is there a high turnover?...
Feb 23, 1989 WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. ...and weapons programs. But in the 10 years I’ve been in the U.S. Senate, I’ve often thought of this — that no matter how modem and sophisticated the weapons, the bottom line is the hu
Apr 27, 1989 candidates, absent Del. Guest, are woefully short of credible ...Trible as a “quitter” for not running for re-election to the U. S. Senate and has hounded
May 4, 1989 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...Baliles decide to get the Democratic nomination and take on Republican indtimbent U.S. Senate John Warner. - It would certainly be Virginia’s most exciting and hard-fought senatorial contest since Sen. Warner, fallowing the tragic death in a plane dtash of...
May 4, 1989 he had when he first arrived in the Senate, he had when he first arrived in the Senate, and as the top ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee and a pal of Sen. Nunn’s wields clout in protecting defense installations in Virginia and the tremendous boost they give...
May 11, 1989 Republicans and Democrats alike criticized the governor’s plan and ...speculated that he will challenge Republican Sen. John W. Warner for the U.S. Senate seat,, but Baliles insists he has not decided on his future plans. “I haven’t announced any plans because I haven’t developed any plans yet for the...
Aug 24, 1989 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...primary when his 1987 decision not to seek , re-election to the U.S. Senate came back to haunt him with a vengeance. It wasn’t so much Sen. Trible’s quitting the Senate that bothered many fellow Republicans, but the way he...
Sep 28, 1989 BY JOHN GOOLRICK ...track of men and women running for governor, lieutenant-governor, attorney-general and the U.S. Senate. The finest campaigner I ever saw, or at least the most ebullient, was the irrepressible Henry Howell. While he might not have been the inventor of...
Oct 19, 1989 ne conunuany oranaea inme a “quitter” for choosing not ...conunuany oranaea inme a “quitter” for choosing not to run for the U.S. Senate re-election bid against Democrat Charles S. Robb, who took the seat in November. At the same time, he struggled to shake his label as a “loser.”...
Oct 26, 1989 This if passed would have nullified part of Virginia’s ...as illustrated by his vetoing Owen Pickett’s bid for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, indicating that if Pickett didn’t withdraw,
Dec 28, 1989 By MARY K. BLEWITT ...after former Attorney General Andrew P. Miller was narrowly defeated for the U.S. Senate seat by current U.S. Sen. John W. Warner. The Dec. 20 recount was the first statewide recount in Virginia. Having erased all question marks from behind...
Jan 4, 1990 Old ...bolt from the party in 1982 if Owen Pickett were nominated for U.S. Senate, and the same Mr. Wilder who has engaged in some well-publici2ed differences with both Mr. Robb and Mr. Baliles. Though Gov. Baliles campaigned
Apr 5, 1990 PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT ...1990 State Democratic Convention will convene for the purpose of electing a U.S. Senate candidate. The convention shall continue until all business set forth in accordance with the 1990 call to convention and any subsequent agenda providedby the convention rules...
Apr 12, 1990 PAID POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT ...1990 State Democratic Convention will convene for the purpose of electing a U.S. Senate Candidate and the convention shall continue until all business set forth in accordance with the 1990 call to convention and any subsequent agenda provided by the...
Apr 19, 1990 Put together a salty mixture of Mark Twain and ...job to run for (or from as he likes to say) the •U.S. Senate on the peace and freedom ticket in 1968. • After the campaign he decided ■the election process wasn’t the best Iway to change the world so...
May 23, 1991 I am pro-gun and support the ...punishing the abuser for his or her acts! Please write our senators (U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510) and urge them to vote against the Brady Bill, to vote for proper punishment for those who misuse all guns. JOHN L. MAROCCHI...
Sep 5, 1991 She accused Mr. Reed and Mr. Green of “making ...any money “to avoid the appearance of any impropriety,” but acknowledged that U.S. Senate rules prohibit him from raising any because he is an employee of the Senate Banking Committee. He is on unpaid leave. Were he to be nominated...
Dec 19, 1991 10 YEARS AGO ...Delegate D. French Slaughter Jr., of Culpeper may be interested in the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. Slaughter represented Rappahannock, Culpeper, Orange and Madison in the Virginia House of Delegates for twenty years,...
Jul 30, 1992 Sen. John Warner has praised a bill passed late Sen. John Warner has praised a bill passed late Thursday by the U.S. Senate to allow governors a stronger hand in regulating the flow' of imported trash into states, including Virginia. Virginia is one of four states nationwide that received...
Aug 6, 1992 WASHINGTON, D.C. — By a WASHINGTON, D.C. — By a vote of 93-3, the U.S. Senate approved National Energy Strategy legislation containing a landmark financing package for the troubled retiree health insurance program of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA). “This is good news...
Aug 6, 1992 —. UN Covenant not equivalent to Bill of Rights ...shall have nothing to say about them. On April 2, however, the U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Enthusiasts for the UN always state that this Covenant is the equivalent of our Bill of...
Oct 22, 1992 Clinton has been Governor of Arkansas for several terms. ...No Vote; Gore 0. Other comparisons: Helms of North Carolina — 93; U.S. Senate — Warner of Va. — 92; Kennedy of
Nov 11, 1992 dates for governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor and ...1993 draws to a close, we will get pronouncements from candidates for U.S. Senate and Congress in 1994. There are some good reasons for separating, as Virginia does, federal from state elections since it gives an opportunity to sharply focus...
Nov 11, 1992 At the risk of heresy, I suggest that some ...that system now, We would sit out 1993, vote for statewide offices, U.S. Senate and Congress and House of Delegates and State Senate in 1994 and take another year off in 1995. Of course, in 1996 we would vote for...
Feb 10, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...year. In our state while elections to the House of Representatives or U.S. Senate are regarded as highly important, the stellar attraction has always been considered by journalists the odd numbered year every four years when Virginians elect a governor,...
Mar 31, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...being carried to new extremes, Ollie North, a prospective Republican candidate for U.S. Senate next year, was being denounced by gay rights groups and others for his role in a black-tie roast in Northern Virginia during which jokes were made...
Mar 31, 1993 he had meant only to call attention to what ...special interest groups. No doubt was left that the battle for a U.S. Senate seat in 1993 in Virginia will be one of epic proportions that may become the mother of all political battles in the state. Wilder is clearly...
Apr 7, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...Special Writer The jockeying for postition in the 1994 race for a U.S. Senate seat in Virginia continues to overshadow the gubernatorial race that is coming up this fall. Governor L. Douglas Wilder seems increasingly to be leaning toward taking...
Jun 2, 1993 — w ^ Rappahannock New. Special Writer In my ...then and there had been a real dogfight for the nomination for U.S. Senate to succeed William L. Scott, whose name is seldom heard in political circles these days. The front runner from the beginning had been Richard D. Obenshain,...
Jun 23, 1993 mainstream Virginia voters hold. ...in Virginia politics. He is clearly getting ready to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Charles S. Robb. Some of the media make the mistake of comparing North’s and Robb’s past legal problems as if they were...
Jun 30, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK ...Gov. Doug Wilder may already have indicated whether he will seek the U.S. Senate seat in 1994 now held by Charles S. Robb. My guess is he will, but if he doesn’t I can always use the excuse that throughout...
Jun 30, 1993 nominee and himself, he could attract enough votes to ...time Wilder is the state’s chief executive and Robb is in the U.S. Senate, the two Democrats will probably play very limited roles in this year’s statewide races, mainly because the various Democratic nominees are being advised they might do...
Aug 18, 1993 By JOHN GOOLRICK By JOHN GOOLRICK Gov. L. Douglas Wilder says he Wfill run for U.S. Senate next year as a Democrat and not an independent. While there is still a chance he may change his mind about that, perhaps the governor may...
Sep 22, 1993 less populist campaigning that has played a major role ...statewide races would take a back seat to the 1994 election for U.S. Senate, there will be a race after all — and very likely an exciting one. The Washington Post, always the last to get the word about such...