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By GEORGE BOWLES
Far from settling the question of who the 1985 Democratic nominee for governor will be, the party’s caucuses held on March 30 and April 1 appear to have set the stage for a potentially bruising contest between the candidates for the Democrats’ gubernatorial nod.
While they were indecisive, the caucuses (formerly called mass meetings) resulted in a dramatic reversal of the relative standings in the race between the two hopefuls, Lt. Gov. Dick Davis and Attorney General Gerald Baliles. Going into the caucuses, Davis was generally regarded as the front-runner. He apparently had the better organization, his campaign was better financed, and he was believed to have the support of the party’s liberal, black and labor constituency groups, the members of which normally take active roles in the Democrats’ nominating process.
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