Nathan Huff Miller is a graduate of Bridgewater College

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater College, is a private, coeducational, four-year liberal-arts college located in Bridgewater, Virginia, a town in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States...

 and T.C. Williams School of Law

University of Richmond School of Law

The University of Richmond School of Law , a school of the University of Richmond, is located in Richmond, Virginia...

 (University of Richmond

University of Richmond

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) and was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the Virginia General Assembly

Virginia General Assembly

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Political career

Nathan Miller was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates

Virginia House of Delegates

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 1972-1975 and a member of the Virginia State Senate 1976-1984. Miller was an unsuccessful candidate for the Virginia Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate

United States Senate

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 in 1978. He won the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

Lieutenant Governor of Virginia

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 in 1981, but lost the general election

General election

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 to Richard Joseph Davis

Richard Joseph Davis

Richard Joseph 'Dick' Davis Jr. was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1982-1986. He also ran for United States Senate in 1982, but lost to Republican candidate Paul S. Trible Jr....

, Democratic State Chairman and mayor

Mayor

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 of Portsmouth, Virginia

Portsmouth, Virginia

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