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Virginia House Returns Highlight Election Night Upsets
The report details late results from Virginia elections with incumbents Holdovers and upsets. Del. Charles K. Hutchens of Newport News will oppose Moore for speaker. Newcomer Junie L. Bradshaw won the Chesterfield-Henrico seat. James W. Davis captured the Amherst-Nelson seat by a narrow margin. Several districts reported late counts and referenda including Buena Vista industrial park approval. Local returns show shifts across Greensville Sussex Brunswick-Lunenburg and other districts as party loyalties and candidate names emerge.
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Brown
Del
Charles K. Hutchens
Newport News
Moore
Junie L. Bradshaw
Chesterfield - Henrico Colonial Heights
Bradshaw
T. Dix Sutton
Frost
Bruce Noland
John R. Woodward
James W. Davis
Agricola
Amherst-Nelson
Julian B. Hesson
Gladstone
Davis
Hesson
Robert Whitehead
Portsmouth
Willard J. Moody
Donald H. Sandie
Inez D. Baker
Moody
Sandie
Richmond
Dave E. Satterfield III
E. Tucker Carlton
Madge D. Zacharias
Colson A. Lewis
Buena Vista
del. R. Maclin Smith
Joseph W. Bland
Brunswick-Lunenburg
Edward M. Hudgins
Chesterfield-Colonial Heghts
Hudgins
Walton
Greensville-Sussex
del. L. C. Harrell Jr
Emporia
George B. Ligon
Waverly
Robert R. Gwathmey III
Sumpter T. Priddy Jr
Hanover-King William
J. Lewis Rawls
Laura Elmore
Suffolk- Nansemond
Willis E. Cohoon
Rawls
Elmore
Accomack County
Melvin L. Shreves
George N. McMath
Shreves
McMath
Commonwealth
William F. Parkerson Jr
James M. Minor Jr
Henrico
J. J. Williams Jr
Parkerson
Mioe
Pittsylvania County
Dels
Carrington Thompson
Randall C. Reynolds
Preston Moses
Thompson
Reynolds
Moses
Nat Ww. Pendleton
Reno
Noah S. Akers
Wytheville
Wythe Coun