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By JOHN GOOLRICK

Too much should not be read into the tea leaves left from the recent election in Virginia, yet Republican and Democratic gubernatorial aspirants next year must take note of some of its implications.

President Clinton's strong showing, the best by any Democratic presidential candidate here in more than 30 years, may hearten Lt. Gov. Don Beyer who will be the Democratic nominee for governor. And the fact fellow Democrat Mark Warner ran a better than expected race against Republican incumbent Senator John Warner is also good news for Democrats, though his pumping $10 million into his own campaign undoubtedly played a very major role in his performance.

But John Warner survived by more than 100.00 votes after two years or relentless attacks from the right wing of his party, furious with him for abandoning GOP nominees for high office in two successive years. One has to wonder if some of those voters.associ

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