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...state of Virginia honors its traditions faithfully, preferring, in its genteel political combat, mediocrity over notoriety. But this year's Senate race, starring the wounded Democratic incumbent, Charles Robb, and his probable Republican challenger, Oliver North, of Iran-contra fame, competes with the soaps for sensationalism. Tales of sexual adventures and charges of mendacity were already staples when the subject of mental instability popped up last week. "This is the most bizarre race in the state's history," says Larry Sabato of the University of Virginia, an expert in ugly campaigns. "To have two scandal-drenched candidates is a breakdown...
...particularly North's published assertion, in 1991, that "President Reagan knew everything" about the scheme. "I am getting pretty steamed about ((North's)) statements," Reagan wrote. The steady assault on North's character has hurt his standing; a recent poll by Mason-Dixon Political/Media Research showed Miller tied with Robb among all voters, while North trailed the incumbent by 17 points...
...Democratic side of the race, voters have been treated to salacious accounts of Robb's behavior. While Governor (1982-86), Robb frequently spent weekends at Virginia Beach without his wife Lynda. He has since been haunted by tales of cocaine-scented parties attended by young women with few inhibitions. When Robb's Senate aides investigated the charges, they recorded their findings in private memorandums. The papers depict the Governor as having oral sex "with at least half a dozen women 20 to 25 years his junior at random times." His assistants also obtained information indicating that Robb had associated with...
Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder used his State of the Commonwealth address to announce that he had dropped plans to run for the U.S. Senate. He would have battled arch-nemesis Senator Charles Robb for the Democratic nomination in a contest that many had expected to be a mudslinging embarrassment to the party...
...CHARLES ROBB...