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

DATE: THURSDAY, September 30, 1993                   TAG: 9309300013
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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VOTERS TO CHOOSE NEW STATE DELEGATE

Voters in Salem, Southwest Roanoke County and the Montgomery County precincts of C-81-1, C-81-3, D-81-1, D-81-2, D-81-3, D-81-4 and part of C-81-2 - roughly from Shawsville through part of Christiansburg to the New River - will elect a new member of the House of Delegates in November. O Del.

Steve Agee, R-Salem, is retiring. Vying to succeed him are Democrat Howard Packett and Republican Morgan Griffith.

The top two issues so far: Jobs and guns. Both say their top priority would be attracting high-wage jobs to Western Virginia. Packett backs a proposed five-day waiting period for purchasing handguns; Griffith opposes it.

Here's a closer look at each:

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by CNB