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NORFOLK — The “Old Guard” re-established its power within the Republican Party Saturday as the state GOP nominated a conservative slate of candidates for governor, lieutentant governor and attorney general.
As expected, Wyatt Durrette won the Republican gubernatorial nomination by acclamation. Mr. Durrette, a 47-year-old attorney and former legislator from Fairfax County, was opposed for his nomination until 8th District Rep. Stanford Parris withdrew from the race May 1.
Virginia Republicans rounded out the statewide ticket that they hope will comer the market in conservative voters.
“I will suggest to you in all candor that John Chichester will bring to this ticket a response from that great army of conservative independents and conservative Democrats ... those who have voted with us in past elections,” former Gov. Mills Godwin said Sunday at a “unity breakfast.”
Mr. Chichester, state senator from Fredericksburg, won the fiveway race for lieutenant governor at the state convention here Saturday after five hours and four ballots that saw a slow and steady attrition of his opponents.
Mr. Chichester, 47, is an insurance executive who touts his business success and legislative career as vital ingredients of “electability.” He was first elected to the Senate in 1977 to succeed the late Democratic Sen. Paul Manns of Bowling Green and was re-elected in 1979 and 1983.
A Virginia Tech graduate with a ready smile and amiable manner, he espouses a philosophy “based upon a firm belief in individual worth, self reliance, discipline and hard work.”
Mr. Chichester had the support of the Coalition, the old guard conservative establishment of lapsed Democrats led by Mr Godwin.
Mr. Godwin also had given an early endorsement to Mr. Durrette, who swept into his political comeback as the nominee for governor by acclamation.
Del. W.R. “Buster” O’Brien of Virginia Beach became the attorney general nominee after a surprisingly strong showing by Winston Mathews, a Charles City County lawyer. Expected to offer token opposition, he garnered more than a quarter of the vote.
“We have a splendid ticket for November. We have three individuals who are compatible with each other in
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