
                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, June 3, 1994                    TAG: 9406030688 
SECTION: FRONT                     PAGE: A4    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: BY GREG SCHNEIDER, STAFF WRITER 
DATELINE: 940603                                 LENGTH: Medium

ROBB HAS RAISED $2.2 MILLION FOR HIS SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN

{LEAD} The Cubs didn't win a pennant, the sun came up this morning and Chuck Robb is clobbering all Democratic challengers in fund raising for the U.S. Senate race.

Robb, who as the incumbent has consistently out-raised his three Democratic challengers, raked in more than $484,000 between April 1 and May 25, according to campaign finance reports filed on a Thursday deadline with the Federal Election Commission.

{REST} Robb has raised a total of almost $2.2 million over the course of the campaign, and has more than $950,000 still on hand.

His closest competitor has about a tenth of that amount: State Sen. Virgil H. Goode Jr. of Rocky Mount filed a report showing just under $99,000 in the bank. He raised $150,016 from March 31 to May 25. Goode's campaign tried to paint Robb's hefty total as a liability, saying the former governor has gotten most of his money from Hollywood moguls and New York slicksters while Goode's contributions are 99 percent Virginian.

Robb is ``beholden to out-of-state interests. . . . It's another sign that Virginians are not responding to his campaign,'' said Craig Bieber, Goode's spokesman.

Robb staffer Bert Rohrer dismissed Goode with a huff. ``We've raised three times as much money in Virginia as he's raised total for this election,'' Rohrer said, adding a swipe at Goode's rural roots:

``You know, this is not a race for a Franklin County seat. This is the big-time,'' he said. ``You can't run against Oliver North with $150,000, no matter where it comes from.''

North, favored to win the nomination over former Reagan budget director James C. Miller III at this weekend's Republican convention, makes even Robb look underfunded: North has raised $6 million so far and has set his sights on a total of $20 million.

Robb's other Democratic challengers are not even in the same financial ballpark. Richmond lawyer Sylvia Clute reported raising $113,000, but has spent all but $1,724 and has $25,300 in debts. Numbers were not available from the campaign of Lyndon LaRouche follower Nancy Spannaus. The candidates will vie for the Democratic nomination in a primary election on June 14.

{KEYWORDS} U.S. SENATE RACE VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATES CAMPAIGN FINANCING

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