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

DATE: THURSDAY, October 28, 1993                   TAG: 9310290361
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-10   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG                                LENGTH: Short

RUSH WINS CHAMBER'S STRAW POLL

House candidate Nick Rush got a boost Wednesday when guests at a Christiansburg-Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce lunch pushed him over the top in a staw poll.

Rush, a Christiansburg Republican, outpaced Blacksburg Democrat Jim Shuler 34-23.

Though the audience included his wife and a table of partisans, Rush couldn't be there to savor the ``victory.''

He had to hop back in his Federal Express truck and return to making deliveries ``Win or lose, I'll be back at work Wednesday morning,`` he said of next week's election.

The two men appeared at the noon ``Meet the Candidates'' event at the Blacksburg Marriott, along with a host of other House of Delegates and Montgomery Board of Supervisors candidates.

The crowd also narrowly favored 8th District Democrat Howard Packett over Republican Morgan Griffith.

by CNB