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Mr. Smith for his campaign tactics in scathing remarks delivered during a press conference last Thursday, in which they repeated earlier accusations that state Delegate Alson Smith, his father, was attempting to buy a Congressional seat for his son.
The challenger’s staff professed, concern early in the evening, shortly after the polls closed, when the returns from Charlottesville indicated that Mr. Smith had taken the city by a 55-45 percent margin. “That’s not a good as we had hoped,” campaign spokesman Ellis Woodward said. It proved to be a harbinger of worse news ahead.
Congressman Slaughter attributed his .victory to the values he shares with his constituents in the Seventh District.
“The majority felt that I was doing a good job,” said Rep. Slaughter at a campaign victory party held in his hometown pf Culpeper. “People felt like I’ve been working hard.”
The congressman said he plans to continue serving as long as his constituents want him to.
“I’m going to work and do the best job I can,” said Mr. Slaughter.
He told his Republican supporters that the victory motivates him “to attack the challenges of 1990 with renewed energy and vision — let’s keep a good thing going.”
Rep. Slaughter, who has never lost an election, served 20 years in the Virginia House of Delegates before his election to the House of Representatives.
Rappahannock County tracked the Commonwealth with the voting on the four amendments to the state constitution. County voters strongly supported, by an 85-15 percent margin, a proposal to allow lower rates for personal property taxes for certain low-income elderly and disabled residents.
93.8%