SURVEY: WARNER COULD BEAT TERRY

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, January 14, 1992                   TAG: 9201140258
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: From wire reports
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SURVEY: WARNER COULD BEAT TERRY
Republican U.S. Sen. John Warner could claim the statehouse for his own if the 1993 election for governor were held today, according to a survey of Virginia voters.
Warner would defeat Democratic Attorney General Mary Sue Terry 50 percent to 36 percent, according to the poll, which was taken Jan. 6-8 by Mason-Dixon Research Inc. of Columbia Md. Fourteen percent were undecided.
Warner has declined to comment on prospects of running for governor since Republican activists floated rumors several months ago that he might run. Warner faces re-election to the Senate in 1994.
Seventy-three percent of Republicans favored Warner for governor, and 65 percent of Democrats said they would vote for Terry.
The poll of 821 registered voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
In other possible matchups for governor, Warner would beat Lt. Gov. Don Beyer 56 percent to 17 percent, with 27 percent undecided.
Without Warner in the picture, Terry would handily defeat two of the other potential Republican candidates, according to the poll. Terry would defeat U.S. Rep. George Allen, R-Charlottesville, 53 percent to 27 percent, and Del. Clinton Miller of Shenandoah, 56 percent to 23 percent.
Miller has said he is considering a race for governor. Allen was elected to the House in November to finish the term of retired Rep. French Slaughter Jr. But a redistricting plan drawn up by the Democrat-controlled legislature lumped him in a new district with Rep. Tom Bliley, R-Richmond. Allen has said he is considering running for governor.
Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.

by Archana Subramaniam by CNB