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The 1986 election year could prove to be critical for Republicans in the Old Dominion. > It will find the GOP defending its majority in the state’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives which, along with its Virginia’s two U.S. senators, constitutes the party’s last bastion of controlling strength in the commonwealth’s body politic.
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