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

DATE: SATURDAY, January 18, 1992                   TAG: 9201180344
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

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GUN CONTROL ADVOCATE TO RUN FOR CONGRESS

A veteran state legislator who has championed gun control announced Friday she will seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in Virginia's new black-majority district.

Del. Jean Cunningham of Richmond joined state Sen. Robert Scott of Newport News in the 3rd District race. The black-majority district was created by the General Assembly last year to meet federal Voting Rights Act requirements.

In the House, Cunningham pushed unsuccessfully last year for a three-day waiting period on gun purchases. Although her bill was rejected, then-Speaker A.L. Philpott - a gun control opponent - praised her speech on the House floor as the best he had ever heard.

- Associated Press

Keywords:
POLITICS

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