Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 18, 1994 TAG: 9401180189
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ROB EURE STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
On Monday, 11th District Chairman Dan Alcorn announced he would not make the race and endorsed Robb. A day earlier, party Chairman Mark Warner likewise decided not to run.
That leaves Richmond lawyer Sylvia Clute as the only announced opposition to Robb's renomination in the June 14 primary.
Alcorn said Wilder's decision last week against the race made his challenge moot.
Many people were seeking an alternative to a Robb-Wilder contest, said Alcorn, a Northern Virginia lawyer and Roanoke native who had been exploring a run for the Senate seat for several months.
"Without that contest, there is not the same need for an alternative."
Alcorn added his endorsement for Robb's re-election and said he will consider running for the Senate in 1996 when Republican John Warner's term ends.
Still mulling a race this year is Rep. Norman Sisisky, a Democrat from Petersburg. He said over the weekend, however, that his entry is doubtful.
Robb is likely to face Oliver North, the front-runner for the Republican nomination, in the fall.
North is being challenged in his party by former Reagan budget director Jim Miller.
The Republicans will choose their candidate at a convention.
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