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in their eyes,” Smith said after his speech.
“I think everybody is very upbeat,” Seventh District Democratic Committee chairman George Gilliam said later. “I think there is a feeling French Slaughter may be ripe for an upset. ”
“There hasn’t been this kind of optimism since Lou Costello ran,” said William Barr, chairman of the Fauquier County Democratic Committee. Slaughter gave Costello a drubbing in the 1984 congressional election for the seat left open when Republican J. Kenneth Robinson retired. The incumbent Republican has not been challenged for the seat since.
Even those who retain skepticism
See SMITH, p. 16
93.3%