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their support is useless in winning the nomination.
That’s why U.S. Rep. George Allen, R-7th Di8t., retired businessman Earle Williams and Del. Clinton Miller, three prospective GOP candidates for governor, and Del. Steve Agee and Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Jim Gilmore, who seek the nomination for attorney general, are seen at every Republican barbecue and chicken dinner around the state they can possibly attend.
At such events they meet the party activists who are most likely to take part in the process and whose support can be most useful to them.
Though occasional media coverage of the budding contests are relegated to the back pages, the infighting is becoming particularly intense in the gubernatorial nomination contest, stirring up fears among some that unity may be damaged.
While the matter of settling the GOP gubernatorial nomination may be tough and intense, Ms. Terry, with no competition, is free to raise money and solidify her base for the general election that will commence once Republicans hold their state convention in early June next year.
Rumors have surfaced that television evangelist Pat Robertson may opt to seek the Republican nomination for governor, although he has given no public hint of such a possibility.
Republicans, of course, are anxious to win back the governorship after three consecutive statewide losses in the 1980s. They believe they can use the record of Gov. Doug Wilder as a bludgeon against Ms. Terry, yet they also know she has won two statewide races.
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