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State Democratic Party Chairman Lawrence H. Framme III announced last week that delegates and alternates have been apportioned to represent Virginia at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta on July 18-21.
The allocations to each candidate were based on the results of the March 8 “Super Tuesday” primary election. Each candidate had to receive at least 15 percent of the total vote state-wide in order to be awarded any delegates.
Only Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis, Reverend Jesse Jackson and Tennessee Senator A1 Gore topped the 15 percent threshold, and the state’s committed delegates were apportioned among the three.
Rev. Jackson carried the Commonwealth with 48 percent of the vote, and will receive a total of 87 delegates and 14 alternates.
Sen. Gore finished second statewide, tallying 28 percent of the estimated one-fifth of eligible voters who cast a ballot. He will take to Atlanta 22 pledged delegates and six alternates among the state’s contingent.
Gov. Dukakis, though he finished first in Rappahannock County, slipped to third in the totals for the entire state, receiving only 20 percent of the total vote. He takes 16 delegates and five alternates to the national convention.
The story in Rappahannock County was somewhat different. The county-wide tallies showed Gov. Dukakis narrowly edging Rev. Jackson, 84 percent to 38 percent. In ac
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