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There are, at the moment, five Republicans eyeing the party’s gubernatorial nod. They are former Fairfax Del. Wyatt Durette, former Attorney General Marshall Coleman, 1st District Congressman Herbert Bateman, former 6th District Congressman Caldwell Butler and 8th District Congressman Stanford Parris.
Those considering bids for the lieutenant governor nomination are state Sen. John Chichester of Fredericksburg, state Sen. Wiley Mitchell of Alexandria, Del. A. R. (Pete) Giesen of Waynesboro, Del. Frank Hargrove of Hanover and Maurice Dawkins of Springfield, chairman of the Virginia Black Republican Council. Coleman may also consider the numbertwo spot if his gubernatorial prospers do not prosper.
In the attorney general’s race, Del. William R. (Buster) O’Brien of Virginia Beach thus far has the field to himself.
Like the Democratic hopefuls in San Francisco, the potential Republican candidates or their surrogates will be working the delegates in Dallas in search of support. The only exceptions are Bateman and Parris, who have to be a bit circumspect in their campaigning. They are both'candidates for re-election to Congress this year. If either were elected governor in 1985 he would have to resign his congressional seat after less than a year of service, and after having spent much of that year away from Washington campaigning. Aside from being considered by some to be poor form, such double candidacies are also risky politics.
But beyond their preoccupa
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