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tral base from which to wage his campaign, and over the last three years has been assiduously lining up support for this year’s big push.
His effort has paid off, at least in terms of his support among GOP unit and congressional district chairmen around the state. He appears to have the backing of a clear majority of the party officials.
But among the rank and file Republicans, as well as among the “Main Street money boys”— the state’s famed independent conservative coalition—there are nagging doubts. They note that he lost the attorney general nomination by a hair to Marshall Coleman in 1977 and then was defeated by Baliles for that office in 1981. There is concern that he may have acquired a loser’s image.
Then three months ago, Parris plunged into the race with what promises to be the most lavishly financed campaign for the governorship in the history of the Commonwealth. This, coupled with a recent financial report which showed Durrette’s fundraising to have been disappointingly low, has reportedly caused deep concern in the Durrette camp.
To date, the Durrette campaign has raised $350,000 and expects to raise $500,000 before the convention. His anticipated expenditure in the general election drive is “conservatively” estimated at $2 million.
Parris, however, has banked $600,000 to date and he expects to spend $850,000 for the nomination. His staff says he expects to raise an additional $3 million for the general election, an alltime high in a gubernatorial campaign in Virginia. In his 1981 race, Gov. Chuck Robb raised and spent $2.5 million.
Durrette knows as well as the next person that for many Republicans, mongy is a sex symbol, and that in political
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