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"Former governor George F. Allen kicked off his ninth bid for elective
office Saturday by telling more than 400 Republican leaders he wants to
join John W. Warner in the U.S. Senate. With Warner at his side, Allen announced
formation of an exploratory committee and all but claimed the Republican
Party nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Charles S. Robb, D-McLean, in 2000"
(Bob Gibson, The Daily Progress, December 8, 1998).
"Warner, a moderate Alexandria Republican who did not support
GOP nominee Oliver L. North in the party's 1994 challenge to Robb, said
after Allen's speech that he will campaign for the 46-year-old son of the
late former Washington Redskins coach George Allen" (Bob Gibson,
The Daily Progress, December 8, 1998).
"Robb narrowly defeated North that year, as Warner backed independent
Republican J. Marshall Coleman. 'I'm going to be right there and do whatever
I can to help him,' Warner said of Allen. He said the chance of anyone successfully
challenging Allen for the GOP nod in 2000 is zero" (Bob Gibson,
The Daily Progress, December 8, 1998).
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