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New Virginia lawmakers emerge from busy primaries
Amid district upsets and incumbents opting out, Virginia eyes a raft of new members in 1976. Primary results toppled Sen. Leslie D. Campbell Jr. and Sen. H. Selwyn Smith, with several House members also defeated or choosing not to run, signaling substantial turnover across all 140 General Assembly seats.
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Associated Press
Virginia General Assembly
General Assembly
Leslie D. Campbell Jr
Elmo G. Cross Jr
Walter H. Emroch
Richmond
Philip B. Morris
Senate
Edward E. Willey Jr
Stanley Owens
William Murphy
Loudoun
Prince William
Manassas
Lester Schlitz
Portsmouth
Sanley G. Bryan
Chesapeake
Randall O. Reynolds
Pittsylvania