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governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and, yet again, 100 members of the House of Delegates.
In addition to all this, next year both the Democratic and Republican parties will name the members of new state central committees and party officers at their respective state conventions. They will also choose delegates to their national conventions.
It is in the nature of Virginia politics that candidacies for just about all of these posts are in various stages of gestation. Some hopefuls have already declared, some have all but declared, some are being mentioned, and still others are trying to get themselves mentioned.
The ensuing list is unauthorized, tentative, and admittedly incomplete, but from the vantage point of a hot summer night a year or two in advance, the following are seen as either “getting around the state” in quest of public office, or of thinking of doing so.
If anything is certain about the future, it is that incumbent Republican Sen. John Warner has a lock of the GOP nomination for re-election in 1984. Democratic former Del. Edythe Harrison of Norfolk has said she will seek her party’s nomination to oppose him. State Sen. Hunter Andrews of Hampton is reportedly being urged by some senior Democratic leaders to also make a bid for the nomination. The early interest of lobbiest William Thomas of Alexandria is reportedly waning.
Moving on to 1985, at least two Republicans are actively eyeing the gubernatorial nomination. They are former Del. Wyatt Durrette of Fairfax and Eighth District Congressman Stanford Parris, also of Fairfax. Former Gov. John Dalton disclaims interest in getting his old job back, but observers note he is doing a considerable amount of political travelling for a non-candidate. A number of GOP and independent conservative coalition members are quietly supporting Secretary of the Army John 0. Marsh, a former 7th district Congressman. Former 6th district Congressman M. Caldwell Butler may also be available.
State Sen. John Chichester of Stafford is being mentioned with increasing frequency as a potential GOP candidate for lieutenant governor. State Party Chairman Alfred Cramer of Culpeper is also reportedly exploring a candidacy for the number-two spot.
Del. William R. (Buster) O'Brien of Virginia Beach is said to be testing the waters for the Republican nomination for Attorney General.
As noted before in this space, there are three potential Democratic candidates for governor. They are Lt. Gov. Dick Davis, Attorney General Gerald Baliles and Del. Richard Bagley of Hampton. If Bagiev does not win the gubernatorial nod, it is generally believed he will settle for the lieutenant governor’s slot on the ticket.
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