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open “Stop Coleman” movement afoot among conservatives both within the GOP and the vast body of independent conservatives.
Those who oppose his nomination do so on at least two grounds. They say he has come too far too fast, and they feel he is entirely too liberal to carry the now conservative banner of the GOP.
Coleman, 36, has indeed had a rapid rise. He was first elected to the House of Delegates in 1973 and went on to the Senate in a special election in 1976. The following year he was elected Attorney General.
His moderate stands on a number of issues, including his support of the Equal Rights Amendment, have seriously alienated him from the conservative wing of his party.
At least four names are being prominently mentioned to head up a conservative Republican ticket. They are former delegate and now state GOP Chairman George McMath of Accomac, former Democratic Seventh District Congressman John O. Marsh. Sen. Herbert H. Bateman of Newport News and former Del. Wyatt Durette of Fairfax.
McMath and Marsh are probably the front-runners at this point, although Marsh may have a problem. While he left the Democratic party, he has never formally associated himself with the Republicans.
He has, however, strongly supported GOP candidates in
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