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adage, “As goes Stonewall District, so goes the state,” didn’t hold true this time around. The Woodville area was the single precinct in the county to give an edge to Republican candidates in the statewide races.
A poll taken the week before the election by the Rappahannock News showed Coleman, Miller and Durette leading. “However, the percentage of undecided voters was substantial: 14 percent in the governor’s race, 18 percent in the lieutentant governor’s contest and 25 percent in the attorney general's contest.
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