By SHARON KILPATRICK

By SHARON KILPATRICK

Rappahannock New* Staff Writer

WARRENTON — The 10th District Democratic Convention chose Robert L. Weinberg of Rappahannock County to oppose incumbent Congressman Frank Wolf in the November contest for the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mr. Weinberg faced no opposition at the Saturday afternoon convention at the Warrenton Middle School. He previously ran against Rep. Wolf in 1988 when the 10th District was made up of Arlington, Alexandria, Loudoun and part of Fairfax.County. Rep. Wolf won that contest, and' Mr. Weinberg said Rep. Wolf beat him by “half a million dollars.”

Mr. Weinberg acknowledges that he will be outspent again in 1996 but said, with the larger district, money for television will be less important.

The 10th District Republican convention was also held Saturday at Handley High School in Winchester.

At that convention Jim Rich of Fauquier County was reelected as chairman of the district, and he and two others were elected as delegates to the Republican National Convention in San Diego. Three alternates were also elected including Rappahannock County Republican Chairman Walter Longyear.

Mr. Rich said, “We are...ready to go into full battle operation to re-elect our great Congressman Frank Wolf. The Democrats made a tactical error in running a sacrificial lamb against Frank because we will fully gear up the solidly Republican 10th District for Congressman Wolf. This will mean an even greater loss in our district for (Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate) Mark Warner and his running mates fiUWwnd Hiltary Clinton.”

Mr. Weinberg and his wife Wendy bought property in the county in the Slate Mills area in 1968. They built a house on the property in 1970 and used it as a second home while living in Arlington and practicing law in the Washington, D.C. area.

Mr. Weinberg turns 65 later this month and has decided to retire from his law practice and