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cent white electorate is ready to elect a black to statewide office.
Thus, in the view of the Republicans, the nomination for the number two spot will be a very hot political property next year. That is so, of course, because the lieutenant governors chair may be the prime launching pad for the nomination for governor in 1989. Indeed, it is possible, if the GOP captures the office, the incumbent may very well head the Republican ticket without opposition four years hence.
And so, as events are working out, the struggle for the lieutenant governor nomination may . be every bit as bloody and nearly as costly as that for the gubernatorial nod itself. The candidates and potential candidates see for the winner a clear shot at the governorship down the road, and they are ready to go for it hammer and tongs.
Beside Coleman, the lieutenant governor hopeftila are state Sen. John Chichester of Stafford, Del. A. R. “Pete” Giesen of Waynesboro, Dr. Maurice Dawkins of Northern Virginia and Del. Frank Hargrove of Hanover. Others said to be interested are state Sen. Wiley Mitchell of Alexandria and Botetourt businessman John Alderson. Dawkins heads the Virginia Black Republican Council and Alderson was chairman of the Reagan for President campaign in Virginia both in 1980 and this year.
Which of the gubernatorial candidates does the Coleman withdrawal benefit?
The jury is still out, but the conventional wisdom seems to be that Durrette has gained at least a marginal advantage from the Coleman move. . The picture is not mud) clearer with respect to Coleman’s new situation. He is by no means a shoo-in for the lieutenant governor’s nomination, although he now should probably be considered the front-runner. Many of the negatives which haunted him as a potential candidate for governor, however, haunt him still.
But the guess here is that he has made an astute political derision. By his willingness to wait he has probably improved his chances of one day moving into the Executive Mansion, although thatday is a long time in the feture.
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But then, as we said, Coleman is a patient man.
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