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By JOHN GOOLRICK The aftermath of the bitterly contested nomination fight between Michael Farris and Bobbie Kilberg may hurt the entire Republican statewide ticket this year.
GOP strategists had hoped that the party would leave the June state convention unified behind its candidates for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general, but that isn’t proving to be the case.
Gubernatorial nominee George Allen and attorney general nominee Jim Gilmore seem to have picked up the vast majority of supporters of those who opposed them'for the nominations, but it appears hundreds and perhaps thousands of Kilberg supporters are not inclined to back Farris, who won the nomination for lieutenant governor.
In fact, a group that may call itself either Republicans for Bever or Virginians for Beyer is ii) the formative stages now and may go public soon.
Such a group would be used as a vehicle for Republicans who consider Farris a right-wing extremist to lend support to Beyer while also endorsing Allen and Gilmore.
Several Republican activists have already urged such a ticket in letters to the editor of various state newspapers.
A prime example of the building revolt against Farris by some party regulars occurred in Spotsylvania County, which sent a delegation to the state convention with Fanis delegates outnumbering Kilberg delegates nearly five to one.
But after the convention, party regulars who still' control the local GOP committee called a special meeting and voted to give nearly all the money in the unit’s treasury to Allen and Gilmore, with none going to Farris.
Farris supporters were incensed when they learned what had happened, and when the local unit held its next meeting they turned out in force to voice their displeasure. Some of the Farris supporters vowed retribution against local GOP * officials when the time comes to elect new officers.
Kilberg backers who say they won’t support Farris contend the Farris forces ran roughshold over them and their candidate at the state convention and that Farris is a tool of fundamentalist interests who is far removed from the mainstream.
Some say they will vote for
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