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By ESTHER and

FRANKLIN SCHMIDT

Rappahannock News Contributing Writers

(In the winter of 1990, Franklin and Esther Schmidt spent three days with newly elected Lt. Governor Don Beyer preparing a story about him for Virginia Country Magazine. Last week, they were with him when he closed out the Virginia Senate for his last time. He ends his tenure of eight years as the Senate’s presiding officer. The following piece notes some of the changes, the contrasts in his perceptions between now and then, and the impact, eight years as Lt. Governor might have had on Don Beyer.)

On Saturday, Feb. 22, Lieutenant Governor Donald S. Beyer Jr. stood before the Virginia Senate presiding

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