United States Senate election in Virginia, 1984

United States Senate election in Virginia, 1984

November 6, 1984

Turnout 52.4% (voting eligible)[1]   Nominee John Warner Edythe C. Harrison Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,406,194 601,142 Percentage 70.0% 30.0%

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

U.S. Senator before election John Warner Republican Elected U.S. Senator John Warner Republican

The 1984 United States Senate election in Virginia took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John W. Warner won re-election to a second term. He handily defeated Edythe Harrison, the "first woman in Virginia nominated by the Democratic Party for statewide office."^[2]

Candidates

Democratic

• Edythe C. Harrison, member of the Virginia House of Delegates^[3]

Republican

• John W. Warner, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

General election results[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Warner (inc.)	1,406,194	70.05%
	Democratic	Edythe C. Harrison	601,142	29.95%
	Write-ins		151	0.01%
Majority
Turnout			2,007,487
	Republican hold

References

1. Dr. Michael McDonald (March 25, 2013). "Turnout 1980-2012". George Mason University. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
2. Edythe C. Harrison Papers, 1961-1993 at Old Dominion University
3. Virginia Women in History
4. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=51&year=1984&f=0&elect=0&off=3

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