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Warner Tries
To Keep Seat
By CARRINGTON C. TARR and
GINA VOSS EDWARDS
Tines Newspapers Staff Writers
In seeking re-election, U.S. Sen. John W. Warner (RVa.) is delicately walking through a lion’s den filled with roaring-mad party loyalists who will never forget his opposition to fellow Republican Oliver North and also with Democrats who hail his actions — but maybe not enough to vote for him.
Then there are those voters who may not bother with the June 11th primary at all.
But the Warner campaign is making an.unusual bet on its ability to convince Democrats, independents and moderate Republicans to vote in the primary, where Sen. Warner is running against former federal budget director James C. Miller.
And if these voters fail to turn out?
“We’re toast/’ said U.S. Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R11th), Sen. Warner’s campaign chairman.
Mark Rozell, associate professor at the University of Virginia, said that while Sen. Warner has major advantages, such as a broad base of support, money, high name recognition, and incumbency, he questions the Warner camp’s effectiveness in the race against Mr. Miller. He points to the fact that party primaries usually experience low turnout,
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