                                ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, June 2, 1996                   TAG: 9606030098
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL   PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
DATELINE: LOS ANGELES

PEROT'S REFORM PARTY MAY HAVE A CANDIDATE

Former Colorado Gov. Richard D. Lamm signaled an interest Saturday in seeking the presidential nomination of Ross Perot's new Reform Party ``under the right circumstances'' and if Perot himself doesn't run.

Moments after Lamm made the surprise declaration during a California Reform Party convention, supporters were circulating petitions to put his name in nomination.

Perot, who associates suggested was encouraging such a move by Lamm, remained publicly noncommittal on a specific candidate but brought the house down as he told about 1,000 of his loyalists: ``We can do it.''

``Thank you for showing America that it is possible to create a new political party,'' he told the first statewide convention of his fledgling party. - Associated Press

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KEYWORDS: POLITICS  PRESIDENT

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