United States Senate election in Virginia, 1978

November 7, 1978



Nominee	John Warner	Andrew P. Miller
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	613,232	608,511
Percentage	50.2%	49.8%

U.S. Senate election results map. Red denotes counties/districts won by Warner. Blue denotes those won by Miller.

U.S. Senator before election

William Lloyd Scott
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Warner
Republican

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Ballot measures

The 1978 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 7, 1978. Former Secretary of the Navy Republican John Warner beat Attorney General of Virginia Andrew P. Miller.

Candidates

Democratic

Andrew P. Miller, Attorney General of Virginia

Republican

John W. Warner, former Secretary of the Navy

Results

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1978^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John Warner	613,232	50.17%	-1.28%
	Democratic	Andrew P. Miller	608,511	49.79%	+3.67%
	Write-ins		513	0.04%	+0.04%
Majority			4,721	0.39%	+0.39%
Turnout			1,222,256
	Republican hold

References

↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=5329

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1978 United States elections

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