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Robert Darby, 54, said he was “glad the situation is clearing up . . . I can now focus on the election in November.”
Mr. Darby still seeks the Republican endorsement and, barring a call by Republicans for a special endorsement meeting, he must wait until the mass meeting of the Fauquier Republicans on Aug. 28.
Committee Chairman Betty Quigley said she thinks it is probable that no endorsement will take place before then.
“If they clamor, I’ll have a meeting,” said Mrs. Quigley.
At the Republican Committee meeting last week, Mr. Darby said he “might run anyway,” without an endorsement.
At the committee meeting, Mr. Darby attacked what he called overtaxation and over-spending by the Democratically controlled state government.
He said protecting the family unit and encouraging individualism and market forces were his chief concerns.
“For about 10 years, the state of Virginia began growing,” he said, adding that tax revenue has also gone up.
But “the other shoe fell last year,” he said.
“The library fund was raided by the Democrats ... We were told that they (Lottery fund revenues) would be for capital projects — but it didn’t take long for them (Lottery
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