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Another source of frustration has been the party s inability to field a candidate in the 7th District Congressional race. This will be the only “open” congressional seat in this Fall’s elections following the retirement of incumbent Republican J. Kenneth Robinson. Six candidates are in the field vying for the GOP nomination. As this is written, not one Democrat has thrown his or her hat into the ring.
While this, of course, does not directly reflect adversely on the governor, it does reflect on the basic strength and appeal of his party in this district of more than a half-million Virginians. And since he is the party’s leader, his interest in the 7th District situation should be as obvious as it is urgent.
The governor, as we remarked earlier in this space, earned high marks for the manner in which he piloted his legislative program through the 1984 General Assembly.
But in the view of many of his frustrated followers laboring in the party’s vineyards, a similar display of initiative will be needed in the next few weeks if he is to salvage a passing grade in political leadership in this election year.
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