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

DATE: FRIDAY, April 13, 1990                   TAG: 9004131015
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Richmond bureau
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

WARNER GATHERS 93,748 SIGNATURES

Republican John Warner had collected signatures from 93,748 Virginians by Thursday endorsing him for a third term in the U.S. Senate.

He said letters of endorsement were still being received by his campaign and he expected they will total more than 95,000 by tonight.

Warner needed 13,865 signatures to get on the ballot for this fall's Senate election, in which he is not expected to have opposition.

Meeting with reporters outside the office of the state Board of Elections where he filed the petitions, Warner said his successful drive for names "represents what the people of this state are willing to do at the grass roots level to make Virginia's political system work and I accept this with the greatest degree of humility."

Though the state's Democratic party leadership has effectively decided not to field a candidate to challenge Warner, the Republican promised to campaign throughout Virginia anyway.

Nancy Spannaus, a supporter of Lyndon LaRouche, is attempting to get the Democratic Party's nomination. Although her chances would appear to be slight, Warner said he is not taking it for granted that he'll have no rival.

by CNB