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By PATRICK GRAHAM
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Will Gov. L. Douglas Wilder challenge beleaguered U.S. Sen. Charles Robb in 1994?
From what Wilder has been uttering lately about his fellow Democrat, the nation’s first black governor sounds like someone gearing up to run for the party’s 1994 Senate nomination.
Wilder has never ruled out a bid against Robb and until recently his critiques of Robb’s misfortunes and political future have been tempered and carefully chosen. But Wilder is now sharpening his blasts and warning that Robb “will be challenged” either by him or some other Democrat.
Wilder and Robb have a longstanding rivalry that intensified after the senator’s role in a ploy to embarrass and discredit Wilder with an illegally obtained recording of a Wilder phone call to a supporter that was made public.
‘The record speaks for itself,” said Wilder, referring to the “chicanery and machinations (Robb) has been involved in.”
Wilder, during a press conference last Friday, also expressed his dislike for Robb’s support of the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and for his backing of a 50cent tax on a gallon of gasoline.
In mid-January, following a Norfolk grapd jury’s decision not to indict Robb for his involvement in
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