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

DATE: THURSDAY, October 20, 1994                   TAG: 9410200053
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-5   EDITION: METRO 
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TODAY'S TOPIC: OUT OF-STATE-CONTRIBUTIONS

When a candidate accepts a lot of out-of-state campaign funds, won't those fund-raisers expect him to favor their interests?

- Carolyn Creener, Roanoke

COLEMAN: "My opponents have 85 percent [North] and 71 percent [Robb] of their contributions coming from out of state, according to a newspaper analysis. As a result, Oliver North spends hundreds of thousands of dollars promoting himself in television ads and mailings to people in California, Texas and Alabama so he can spend millions of dollars trying to convince Virginians that despite his past he is OK. Chuck Robb accepts special-interest money from all over the country so that he, too, can hide his own record from Virginians, including his support of pork-barrel projects like the Supercollider in Texas.

"I am a native Virginian, unlike my opponents. The vast majority of my support comes from Virginians, and that's whom I will listen to in the U.S. Senate."

NORTH: "Fund-raisers from both in state and out of state might expect a candidate to favor their interests. There is nothing intrinsically wrong with a candidate accepting funding. The important thing is the integrity of the candidate and his judgment on the issues. I have issued a 54-point 'An Agenda for Change,' which states what I favor and what I oppose. This makes it clear to voters and donors where I stand. I am most influenced by what is best for the people of the commonwealth of Virginia."

ROBB: "No. I believe those who contribute to my campaign support my record on fighting for a strong defense, advocating fiscal responsibility and promoting social progress."

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