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By JOHN GOOLRICK Rappahannock News Special Writer J Amid Democratic jubilation over o another apparent clean sweep in statewide elections, there may be at least some slight portent of future problems. t Republicans picked up four seats * in the House of Delegates, bringing their total to a record 39. And with a considerable number of veteran conservative Democratic delegates growing older and nearing inevitable retirement, Republicans have a reasonably good chance of re0 placing them, given the present configuration of their districts. But 1991 redistricting is a cold reality that looms ahead for the GOP, and, despite their impressive House numbers, with a Democratic „ governor and a Democratic legis« lative majority, the party can expect * a hatchet job to be done on it. Once new boundaries have been drawn, some of them undoubtedly < lumping Republican incumbents into « the same districts, it is difficult to * see how the GOP can take control of « the House of Delegates by the time a " new century rolls around. Yet the redistricting process * may also pose a ticklish situation for > the Democratic Party that will call the tune. Because of rapid population growth, Virginia will get an ad4 ditional congressional district, * raising the total from 10 to 11. * The historic election of L. Douglas Wilder as governor can only in
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