June 10, 1978:
Virginia Democrats nominate former state Attorney General Andrew Miller as their Senate candidate to succeed retiring one-term Republican William Scott.
The move comes four days after Republicans chose their nominee, conservative activist Richard Obenshain, a favorite of the party's grass roots. Obenshain won the GOP nomination on the sixth ballot over former Navy Secretary John Warner, who was seen as more moderate.
On Aug. 2, Obenshain, 42, will be killed in a light plane crash near Richmond following a campaign event. The state Republican committee will then select Warner as the replacement nominee, and he will go on to defeat Democrat Miller in November for the first of his five terms.
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