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By GEORGE BOWLES
Nothing like it has happened in Virginia since the Republican Party became a serious political force in the state in the late 1960s.
A long-simmering feud between two GOP party factions, which had been mainly confined to the 3rd Congressional District and Chesterfield County, unexpectedly burst into the open last week. What had been an essentially local squabble suddenly took on statewide significance as it crackled across both district and party boundaries.
At a Capitol news conference last Tuesday, former GOP* Del. George W. Jones of Chesterfield announced the formation of a statewide Republican organization in support of Democratic candidate for governor Gerald L. Baliles.
The leadership and steering committee of the organization, which will be called “Republicans for Baliles,” is made up of an impressive list of GOP regulars. While it does not contain the names of heavy hitters in terms of present or former high-ranking office holders, it does list a number of long-time Republican stalwarts, most of whom were active in the party long before it was invaded and effectively taken over by conservative Democratic refugees from the old Byrd organization.
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