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And there is no doubt that Democrat Andy Fox’s near upset of Rep. Bateman in the First District was driven almost totally by the anti-incumbent feeling.
Mr. Huffman, for his part, has said he wants to finish his current term which ends in 1992, but that he will step aside if it becomes obvious he no longer enjoys majority support of the party’s state central committee. The committee will meet in Roanoke next month.
Even his political enemies acknowledge that Mr. Huffman is a nice guy and a smart lawyer. But they also say that as the man at the top of the Virginia GOP for the last seven years, he must accept his part of the blame for erosion of the party’s share of congressional seats from nine out of 10 to four out of 10, and for Democratic sweeps of statewide elections in 1985 and 1989.
Said one member of the central committee who will be seeing others to call for Mr. Huffman’s ouster if he doesn’t resign, “I don’t know what makes him possibly think he should keep the job. Not only has he presided over disasters, including the latest one, we’ve had scandalous financial problems at the headquarters. . .what we need is a top-tobottom housecleaning at RPV (Republican Party of Virginia).”
Mr. Huffman in pre-election
97.2%