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senate race, tor example.
The seat occupied by Sen. John Warner will be up for election, and presumably some Democratic challenger will eventually enter the contest.
The question of who it will be is a very good one.
Now granted, that election is still twenty months away. No one would expect a candidate to be out campaigning at this early date. Nevertheless, as far as anyone can tell, no one is “getting around” the state or so much as laying the groundwork for a potential campaign.
Indeed, on reflection, it seems remarkable that, of the 97 Democratic members of the General Assembly, not one has “broken out of the pack” and emerged as a man or woman of commanding statewide stature who would be widely regarded - and sought after - as a likely Senate candidate.
Although a few names have been mentioned, no such a person burst upon the public consciousness from a field outside of the legislature or government.
This creates an especially chancy situation for the Democrats. A credible showing in the Senate race of 1984 will bear importantly on the fortunes of the party’s candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general in the statewide elections the following year.
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