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Question: Since the VRA of 1965, who is the best Senator to come from Virginia?
#1
A. Willis Robertson (1946-1966)		  
#2
Harry F. Byrd, Jr. (1965-1983)		  
#3
William Spong (1966-1973)		  
#4
William Scott (1973-1979)		  
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John Warner (1979-2009)		  
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Paul Trible (1983-1989)		  
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Chuck Robb (1989-2001)		  
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George Allen (2001-2007)		  
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Jim Webb (2007-2013)		  
#10
Mark Warner (2009-Present)		  
#11
Tim Kaine (2013-Present)		  
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Total Voters: 48

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Mr. Smith
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« on: June 12, 2015, 12:45:49 PM »
« edited: June 12, 2015, 01:11:49 PM by L.D. Smith, Bay Area Conservadem »
And here's Virginia.

Past Atlas Votes
Alabama: Howell Heflin (27.9%)
Alaska: Mike Gravel (44.6%)
Arizona: Barry Goldwater (46.9%)
Arkansas: Dale Bumpers (28.6%)
California: Pete Wilson (28.9%)
Colorado: Mark Udall & Ben Nighthorse Campbell (25.5%)
Connecticut: Chris Murphy (28.9%)
Delaware: Joe Biden (63%)
Florida: Bob Graham (23.8%)
Georgia: Sam Nunn & Max Cleland (32.6%)
Hawaii: Hiram Fong (43.2%)
Idaho: Frank Church (68.6%)
Illinois: Paul M. Simon (26.8%)
Indiana: Richard Lugar (35.4%)
Iowa: Tom Harkin (48.9%)
Kansas: Bob Dole (48.8%)
Kentucky: Rand Paul (39.7%)
Louisiana: Russell Long (39.6%)
Maine: Ed Muskie (41.2%)
Maryland: Barbara Mikulski (52.6%)
Massachusetts: Ted Kennedy (31.8%)
Michigan: Carl Levin (52.2%)
Minnesota: Paul Wellstone (34.6%)
Mississippi: Thad Cochran (51.3%)
Missouri: John Danforth (35.9%)
Montana: Mike Mansfield (55.9%)
Nebraska: Chuck Hagel (43.3%)
Nevada: Harry Reid (50%)
New Hampshire: Jeanne Shaheen (30.2%)
New Jersey: Bill Bradley (36.4%)
New Mexico: Pete Domenici (27.3%)
New York: Robert F. Kennedy (31.3%)
North Carolina: Terry Sanford (43.2%)
North Dakota: Byron Dorgan (34.6%)
Ohio: Sherrod Brown and George Voinovich (21.6%)
Oklahoma: Fred Harris (38.2%)
Oregon: Wayne Morse (32.4%)
Pennsylvania: Arlen Specter (22.2%)
Rhode Island: John Chafee (40%)
South Carolina: Ernest Hollings (50%)
South Dakota: George McGovern (51.5%)
Tennessee: Howard Baker (34.2%)
Texas: Ralph Yarborough (42.2%)
Utah: Frank Moss (51.4%)
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« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2015, 12:47:13 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2015, 12:57:22 PM »
« Edited: June 12, 2015, 01:06:01 PM by L.D. Smith, Bay Area Conservadem »
Reluctantly John Warner.

Webb simply didn't stay in long enough to become the same sort of force of reason that Warner did. That said, Spong's probably the closest ideologically speaking.
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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2015, 01:25:00 PM »
Eh, Tim Kaine I guess? Most of these guys seem rather lackluster.
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« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2015, 01:25:42 PM »
Warner.
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« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2015, 01:41:48 PM »
George Allen Smiley

AL: Denton, R-AL
AK: Sullivan, R-AK
AR: Cotton, R-AR
AZ: Goldwater, R-AZ
CA: Hayakawa, R-CA
CO: Armstrong, R-CO
CT: Lieberman, D-CT/I-CT
DE: Roth, R-DE
FL: Rubio, R-FL
GA: Isakson, R-GA
HI: Fong, R-HI
ID: Symms, R-ID
IN: E. Bayh, D-IN
IL: Dirksen, R-IL
IA: Grassley, R-IA
KS: Roberts, R-KS
KY: McConnell, R-KY
LA: Landrieu, D-LA
ME: M. C. Smith, R-ME
MD: Cardin, D-MD
MA: Tsongas, D-MA
MI: Levin, D-MI
MN: Boschwitz, R-MN
MS: Lott, R-MS
MO: Bond, R-MO
MT: Daines, R-MT
NE: Sasse, R-NE
NV: Hecht, R-NV
NJ: Menendez, D-NJ
NH: Gregg, R-NH
NM: Dominenci, R-NM
NY: Five Way Tie between Moynihan, D'Amato, Buckley, Schumer, and Kennedy, but voted Moynihan in the Poll
NC: Burr, R-NC
ND: Hoeven, R-ND
OH: Portman, R-OH
OK: Coburn, R-OK
PA: Toomey, R-PA
OR: G. Smith, R-OR
RI: Pell, D-RI
SC: Scott, R-SC
SD: Thune, R-SD
TN: Baker, R-TN
TX: Hutchison, R-TX
UT: Hatch, R-UT
VT: Stafford, R-VT
VA: Allen, R-VA
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« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2015, 01:59:02 PM »
« Edited: June 13, 2015, 05:56:50 PM by vivaportugalhabs »
Alabama: Howell Heflin
Alaska: Mike Gravel
Arizona: Dennis Deconcini
Arkansas: J William Fulbright  
California: Barbara Boxer
Colorado: Gary Hart
Connecticut: Chris Murphy
Delaware: Joe Biden
Florida: Bob Graham
Georgia: Sam Nunn
Hawaii: Daniel Inouye
Idaho: Frank Church
Illinois: Paul Simon tied with Barack Obama
Indiana: Vance Hartke
Iowa: Tom Harkin
Kansas: Nancy Kassebaum tied with Bob Dole
Kentucky: John Sherman Cooper
Louisiana: Russell Long
Maine: Olympia Snowe
Maryland: Barbara Mikulski
Massachusetts: Ted Kennedy
Michigan: Carl Levin
Minnesota: Paul Wellstone
Mississippi: Thad Cochran
Missouri: Stuart Symington
Montana: Mike Mansfield
Nebraska: Bob Kerrey
Nevada: Harry Reid
New Hampshire: Thomas J. McIntyre
New Jersey: Clifford Case
New Mexico: Tom Udall
New York: Robert Kennedy but Jacob Javits is great too
North Carolina: John Edwards (Not as a person though)
North Dakota: Bryon Dorgan
Ohio: Sherrod Brown
Oklahoma: Fred Harris
Oregon: Wayne Morse
Pennsylvania: Arlen Specter but Bob Casey is just barely behind him
Rhode Island: Lincoln Chafee
South Carolina: Fritz Hollings
South Dakota: George McGovern
Tennessee: Al Gore
Texas: Lloyd Bentsen
Utah: Frank Moss
Vermont: Bernie Sanders
Virginia: Jim Webb
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« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2015, 11:29:22 PM »
I like Mark, Tim, and esp. Jim, but voted John.
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« Reply #8 on: June 13, 2015, 01:37:47 AM »
Sort of lacking good Senators here. Probably Jim Webb.
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« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2015, 02:42:59 PM »
John Warner - Mark Warner would be best Governor.
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« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2015, 03:57:43 PM »
Jim Webb.
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2015, 06:05:45 PM »
John Warner (normal).
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« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2015, 09:03:58 PM »
Mark Warner
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