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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Bucking the statewide vote the Rappahannock electorate chose Oliver North by a 49 percent to 43 percent with Marshall Coleman gamering a mere 8 percent of the county vote.
An impressive 72 percent of the county’s registered voters cast ballots in the race for U.S. Senate. Statewide Sen. Charles Robb won reelection to his second term collecting 46 percent of the vote to 43 percent for Col. North and 11 percent for Marshall Coleman.
Rep. Frank Wolf easily won reelection against relatively unknown rivals. The state Democratic Party chose not to field a candidate against him. Rep. Wolf won more than 83 percent of the county vote.
On the three amendments to the Virginia Constitution county voters supported the first, which affects the laws on child abuse, but turned down the other two which would allow registration for state races by mail and would change the way governors may veto or amend bills passed in the General Assembly. Statewide all three amendments were approved.
According to Capital News Service, Republican Party heavyweights blamed senior Virginia Sen. John Warner for Oliver North’s loss, vowing revenge in 1996. G.O.P. Chairman Patrick McSweeney said Sen. Warner’s endorsement of Marshall Colemen “hurt out
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