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By DON DEL ROSSO
Richmond Bureau Chief
Political extremist Lyndon H. LaRouche and 13 other White House hopefuls have qualified to run in Virginia’s first presidential primary on March 8.
The state Board of Elections announced on Jan. 5 that eight Democrats, including Mr. LaRouche, and six Republicans have qualified for the non-binding preference primary.
While the state regards the primary as nonbinding, the. Democratic Party has chosen to asign delegates based on a percentage of the vote received by the candidates.
Mr. LaRouche, who is on trial in Boston for alleged obstruction of a federal grand jury investigation into credit-card fraud in his 1984 presidential campaign, qualified for the so-called “Super Tuesday” primary by collecting the required 12,630 signatures on his petition for candidacy.
Although Mr. LaRouche is included on the primary ballot, unless he is chosen as the Democratic nominee he cannot appear on the general election ballot in Virginia as an independent.
The two-time presidential candidate ran in 1976 as the U.S. labor candidate and as an independent in 1984.
Election laws stipulate that candidates petitioning to appear on the ballot must collect the signatures of one-half of 1 percent of registered voters in Virginia. What’s more, the candidate must collect at least 200 signatures from each of the state’s 10 congressional districts.
Though based in Leesburg, Mr. LaRouche claimed more than 7,500 signatures in the 3rd Congressonal District, which embraces Richmond, Chesterfield County and parts of Henrico County, according to Susan Fitz-hugh, secretary of the state Board of Elections.
Dr. Larry Sabato, a noted political analyst and University of Virginia professor of govern
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