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ne conunuany oranaea inme a “quitter” for choosing not to run for the U.S. Senate re-election bid against Democrat Charles S. Robb, who took the seat in November.
At the same time, he struggled to shake his label as a “loser.” Gradually, the image of Trible as a quitter began to stick and each attack seemed to pull Coleman higher in the polls.
Then, in June, Virginia GOP voters finally gave Coleman the chance to prove what he had been telling them — that he was the only candidate who could beat Democratic gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. L. Douglas Wilder.
Determination has characterized Coleman’s efforts during his career in politics. After serving as state attorney general from 1978 to 1981, Coleman achieved his party’s nomination for governor in 1981, but failed to draw voters away from popular Democrat Robb.
In 1985, Coleman strived for a comeback, seeking his party’s nomination for lieutenant governor. He lost out to Del. John H. Chichester, 28th District, whose subsequent loss made history. His opponent, Wilder, became the first black to win a statewide election in Virginia.
Coleman now faces the same historic candidate who, if elected, would become the first black ever to be elected governor.
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