Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, March 11, 1993 TAG: 9303110302
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: BONNIE V. WINSTON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Medium
PARTY LACKS SURPRISES AS CAUCUSES APPROACH
Democrats across the state will begin the long process this weekend of choosing their candidates for the state's top positions. The outcomes, however, already seem assured.Party caucuses will be staged on Saturday in some localities and on Monday in others to elect delegates to the state Democratic convention in Richmond May 7-8.
Former Attorney General Mary Sue Terry is expected to handily win the more than 1,700 delegates needed to sew up the nomination for governor. She is being challenged by Nancy Spannaus, a supporter of Lyndon Larouche.
Lt. Gov. Don Beyer is unopposed for the nomination for lieutenant governor.
And Arlington lawyer Bill Dolan already claims to have secured enough unopposed delegates to guarantee his nomination for attorney general. His opponent, Bedford prosecutor James Updike, has not conceded, however.
While every delegate is supposed to be chosen by Monday night, there will be a few stragglers. Democrats in Poquoson, where local party leaders failed to schedule a caucus, will not meet until sometime later in March or April.
John McGlennon, 1st District chairman, said Wednesday he learned about the problem last week from the Spannaus campaign. Someone from Poquoson wanted to pre-file for Spannaus, but could not find information about a mass meeting in the city.
McGlennon said the 1st District Committee, meeting on March 20, will set up a mass meeting for Poquoson.
"Poquoson has not been an area of tremendous [Democratic] strength in the past," McGlennon said. "They have had difficulty in putting together and keeping together a committee. If anyone feels they would have been left out, they now have a second chance."
Southwestern Virginia meetings are to be held at the following places and times:
\ Saturday, 12 noon:
Bedford: Bedford County Courthouse
Bedford County: Chamblissburg Ruritan Building, Chamblissburg
Botetourt County: Lord Botetourt High School, Daleville
Floyd County: Courthouse, courtroom
Montgomery County: Christiansburg High School
Roanoke: William Fleming High School
\ Monday, 7:30 p.m.
Craig County: New Castle Volunteer Fire Department firehouse behind county courthouse
Franklin County: General District Court courtroom
Giles County: county courthouse
Pulaski County: Circuit courtroom
Radford: Municipal Building
Roanoke County: Cave Spring Junior High School
Salem: Civic Center
Keywords:
POLITICS
Memo: shorter version ran in the Metro edition.