Election Name: | 1984 United States Senate election in Virginia |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1978 United States Senate election in Virginia |
Previous Year: | 1978 |
Next Election: | 1990 United States Senate election in Virginia |
Next Year: | 1990 |
Election Date: | November 6, 1984 |
Turnout: | 52.4% (voting eligible)[1] |
Image1: | File:John Warner 1984 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | John Warner |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,406,194 |
Percentage1: | 70.05% |
Nominee2: | Edythe Harrison |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 601,142 |
Percentage2: | 29.95% |
Map Size: | 300px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | John Warner |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | John Warner |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
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] Warner became the first Republican ever re-elected to the Senate from Virginia, and the only one ever to serve more than one term.