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Virginia primary shocks Byrd organization as incumbents lose
Unofficial totals show Sen A Willis Robertson and Rep Howard W Smith edged by moderates by margins of 764 and 364 votes. Byrd Jr. led over Armistead Boothe by over 8,000 as the party contemplates image changes while calls for unity echo in Richmond and across Virginia.
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John F. Daffron
Riond
Byrd Democratic Organization
Virginia
A. Willis Robertson
Howard W. Smith
Congress
Robertson
Smith
State Board of Elections
Harry F. Byrd Jr
William B. Spong Jr
Byrd
Boothe
Virginia 8Th Congressional District
George C. Rawlings Jr
Fredericksburg
Smith J
Senate
Robertson- Spong
Byrd Jr
Washington
Richmond
Spong