VIRGINIA 1 GROVER NORQUIST NIL

Grover's candidates lost in the Republican primaries, 5 to 1. Even more encouraging, Grover's opponents outraised and outspent him.

House Centrists Prevail In Va.
By Michael D. Shear
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wed Jun 15, 1:00 AM ET
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Voters in yesterday's Virginia primary rallied behind moderate Republicans in the House of Delegates, turning back a concerted effort by state and national anti-tax activists who had vowed to oust them for passing a tax increase.All but one of the six GOP delegates who faced conservative challengers were renominated as the state's voters got their first chance to weigh in on the tax and spending issues that divided the General Assembly in last year's historic session.

Anti-tax activists vowed to punish the Republicans. Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, created a "Virginia's Least Wanted" poster with mug shots of the offending lawmakers.
The effort succeeded in ousting Del. Gary A. Reese (R-Fairfax). Challenger Chris S. Craddock, a youth minister, won the GOP nomination.

But the other delegates won their primaries. In Northern Virginia, Dels. Joe T. May (Loudoun) and Harry J. Parrish (Manassas) defeated their youthful challengers, who had attempted to stoke anger over the tax increases.

A group called the Virginia Conservative Action PAC raised more than $230,000 to defeat the delegates, including contributions of more than $60,000 in the last week. A competing group, called Leadership for Virginia, raised more than $1 million to defend the delegates and doled out more than $130,000.