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By BILL WALSH
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
According to political analysts covering the Republican convention in Richmond, GOP Attorney General nominee James Gilmore has a better chance of winning his race than either lieutenant governor candidate Mike Farris or gubernatorial standard bearer George Allen.
“Whatever happens in the general election, the Republicans potentially have the best shot to win the Attorney General’s contest,” University of Virginia polical maven Dr. Larry Sabato said as the GOP convention ended.
“This is because the Democratic nominee, Bill Dolan, is relatively unknown. He is not an incumbent, he is not known even in his home region in Northern Virginia. The [Republican candidate] is also unknown, but ... has been in public office,” Sabato noted.
Dolan concedes his lack of name recognition, but made light of it at a fundraiser at Airlie recently.
After touting the credentials of Mary Sue Terry and Don Beyer, Dolan noted that “it really is true that they could put a rock in the third spot and see whether or not they could drag it across.
“People are talking about this ticket,” Dolan continued. “Terry for governor; Beyer for lieutenant governor; what’s his name for attorney general. My plea tonight is very simple: don’t forget what’s his name.”
Prior to the evening reception, Dolan met with the Rappahannock News during a campaign swing through Warrenton, and presented some of the ideas on attorney generalship that he would like to see become more familiar to 10th District voters.
“I see the office as kind of two sides,” he said. “First, the kind of technically enumerated duties. Then, secondarily, modern attorneys general have almost a bully pulpit, maybe best illustrated by Mary Sue and drunk driving.”
Identifying himself as “basically an education kind of guy,” Dolan said much of what he will preach from the bully pulpit concerns juveniles and juvenile crime, t “I have been talking about juvenile crime, about education, and what we ought to be doing differently as a matter of public policy in those areas,” Dolan said.
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