In the same year Douglas Wilder, another black candidate, was 11 points ahead the day before the Virginia gubernatorial election, and won by only 0.5.

同年，另一位黑人候选者道格拉斯·怀尔德在弗吉尼亚州长正式选举的前一天还领先对手11点，结果只以0.5的优势赢得对手。

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"Bowman Gilfillan had identified him as a superstar, " recalls McGuire partner George Martin, who accompanied Motsepe and Virginia's then governor Douglas Wilder on a trade mission to South Africa the following year.

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