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By GEORGE BOWLES
A hitter feud between rival Republican factions in the state’s 3rd Congressional District could become a decisive factor in the party's five-way race for the lieutenant governor’s nomination. The district includes Chesterfield and Henrico counties and the City of Richmond.
The feud, which had been simmering for several years, burst into the open in 1983. As it unfolded, it was as spectacular a display of political fireworks as the Commonwealth has seen in recent memory.
The bruhaha began early in the year when veteran Del. George W. Jones of Bon Air announced he would seek the GOP nomination to oppose incumbent Democrat Frederick T. Gray of Chesterfield for the latter’s Senate seat. Joel Chandler Harris IV, legislative aide to Del. A. R. “Pete” Giesen of Waynesboro, promptly let it be known he would seek the nomination to fill the House vacancy created by Jones' Senate candidacy. Jones forthwith endorsed Harris’ bid.
Gray, however, decided not to run for re-election, and the Democrats were unable to find a candidate to replace him. It thus appeared that Jones had a clear shot at the Gray seat.
But then two things happened which split the local Republican Party down the middle and inflicted the wounds which fester to this dav.
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