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Yet quietly, almost in whispers, some political observers seek to measure what factor, if any, race A’ill be in determining the election’s outcome.
After the Greekfest trouble in Virginia Beach over Labor Day weekend some were saying privately that the fact large numbers of blacks were involved might hurt Wilder. This assessment came despite Wilder’s strong statement that no form of law breaking could be tolerated in Virginia. ' Wilder’s presence on the gubernatorial ballot draws more national attention to the election than would ordinarily be the case, for should he become governor he would be the nation’s highest ranking elected .(slack official. > Since the time of his historic election to the State Senate, becoming Jhe first black to serve there in modem times, Wilder has made clear that he has no use for racial politics. * He reached a quick accomodation ■with the late Sen. Edward Willey, Vho was the other senator from ^Richmond and one of the most powerful men in the state. The two of 3them were able to get the city what £ome thought was more than its fair ■share of state financial assistance. 2; When Wilder was nominated for lieutenant governor in 1985, he ,again said race should be of no consequence in any election in an enlightened Virginia of the 1980’s. He iiallied to this cause a collection of conservation Democrats led by Speaker of the House A.L. Philpott. j He even went to the home of a ■citizen who displayed a Confederate 'flag in his yard and got a nice cam
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