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If Virginia Republican voters lost the war, they at least won some of the battles. Tenth I bstrict Republican incumbent congressman Frank Wolf served as a reminder of the good ole days of the (MU’ in Fauquier, easily winning a seventh term, his first as a representative for Fauquier. Wolf defeated Democratic challenger Ray Vickery in the newly-drawn 10th district hv 5,144 votes, taking 63 percent of the votes to 34 percent for the challenger.
Wolfs victory cek'bration in Northern Virginia was tempered by the national loss. “I think, if anything, the House might be a little more Republican this time around,” he said Tuesday night, “hut things will certainly be different under a Democratic administration.
“I think that we are going to miss President Bush, es|)ecially in the realm of foreign affairs ami as commander-in-chief. Some of his accomplishments —the end of communism and the fall of the> Berlin Wall, for instance — are historic, ami I think that we were very fortunate to have him for four years,” Wolf said.
Wolf said that he will continue to work hard for local issues for the residents of Rappahannock, as he has done for his Northern Virginia constituents during the |>ast six terms.
Vickery’s characterization of him as a “pothole congressman" didn’t work, Wolf said, and may even have benefited his fight for the House seat. “People want to feel as though they have a champion working for them on local issues in the Congress,” he said.
For his part, Vickery may not be ready nor content to ride quietly into the sunset. “Obviously I take great pleasure in the election of Bill Clinton and A1 Gore,” Vickery said by telephone from Fair Oaks, as results were becoming known.
“It is regretable that the people of Virginia have not seen clear to make a choice for change,” he said, “and I think that will be proven to be very short-sighted for the 10th District and for the Commonwealth. But I am committed to further these issues in the district and throughout Virginia,” Vickery added.
The Vienna lawyer said that he would do everything that he could to “make Clinton be the best president he can be, and make this administra
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