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DATE: THURSDAY, March 24, 1994                   TAG: 9403240031
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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VIRGIL GOODE

VIRGIL GOODE U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE\ Home: Rocky Mount.\ Age: 47.\ Occupation: Lawyer.\ Education: University of Richmond; University of Virginia Law School.\ Background: Youngest person ever elected to the state Senate, at age 26 in 1973.Sought Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in 1982, just two weeks before theconvention that nominated then-Lt. Gov. Dick Davis.\ Quote: "Virgil is the total, consummate politician. He doesn't miss a church meeting, he doesn't miss a funeral, he doesn't miss any function in his district." - then-Senate Clerk Jay Shropshire, describing Goode in 1988.\ From his 1982 Senate race: "The big issue is whether the average citizen is getting a fair shake with the government actions out of Washington, D.C. The tax laws favor the few, and the many have to pay the bill." 


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