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in me jevenm lmmuci, Democrat Lindsay Dorrier of Scottsville is waging an energetic but financially strapped campaign to unseat incumbent Republican J. Kenneth Robinson of Winchester, the odds-on favorite to win.
Mr. Dorrier's task is complicated further by the presence in the race of a third candidate. Citizens’ party nominee David Toscano of Charlottesville. Mr. Toscano is expected to drain off a substantial number of normally Democratic votes, especially in the Charlottesville area.
There is also a three-way contest in the Eighth District which, for the Democrats, could be a much more serious matter. Former Congressman Herbert Harris of Fairfax is mounting a major drive to recapture the seat taken from him two years ago by incumbent Republican Stanford Parris.
Polls seem to indicate Mr. Harris is leading Mr. Parris, but the third candidate, liberal independent Austin Morrill of Lorton, is expected to deprive Mr. Harris of many critically needed votes.
In spite of this, Mr. Harris is considered to have an excellent chance of regaining his seat, although Mr. Morrill could garner enough normally Democratic votes to throw the election to Parris.
Incumbent Republican William Wampler in the Ninth District is receiving his toughest challenge to date from state Sen. Rick Boucher of Abingdon. Although Wampler is seen as ahead in the race, observers do not rule out an upset as the campaign draws to a close.
There is yet another three-way race in the Tenth District. Incumbent Republican Frank Wolf of Vienna appears marginally ahead of Democrat Ira Lechner of Arlington. The third man in this race, however, is independent Scott Bow-din. a conservative who may take votes from Mr. Wolf. Nevertheless, the GOP is expected to retain the seat.
Thus it appears that the Democrats have an excellent chance of picking up two districts, a possibility of gaining three, and an outside shot at four. While any losses at all would be seen as a serious setback by Republicans at both the state and national levels, the recapture of three or four districts by the Democrats would amount to an electoral calamity. It would set Republican alarm bells ringing from the sunny climes of California to the rock-bound coasts of Maine.
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