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Modest Turnout Foreseen in Virginia Primary Balloting
Five state senators including senate president pro tempore and 19 house members faced primary challenges as turnout was expected to be modest. Races centered on local issues with few statewide questions, as candidates vyed for party nominations in multiple districts across Fairfax, Richmond and coastal regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Senate
Virginia House
Senate
House
Fairfax County
Philip B. Morris
Edward E. Willey
Richmond
Willey
Morris
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
Thomson
Del
Frank E. Mann
Richard R. G. Hobson
Sen
H. Selwyn Smith
D-Manassas
Gainesville
Charles J. Colgan
Smith
Prince William Commonwealth
Virginia Electric & Power Co
Virginia
Leslie D. Campbell
Elmo G. Cross, Jr
Hanover
Campbell
Senate Transportation Committee
Herbert H. Bateman
Newport News
J.W. Hornsby Jr
William E. Fears
Accomac
Judith H. Fried
Bateman
Fears
Fairfax City
Falls Church
Dels
Wyatt B. Durrette
Vienna
Vincent F. Callahan Jr
McLean
Carrington Williams
Dorothy S. McDiarmid
Raymond Vickery
Warren E. Barry
Springfield
Robert E. Harris
James H. Dillard
Fairfax
Walter H. Emroch
George E. Allen
Edward E. Lane
Eleanor P. Sheppard
Richmond- Henrico
Howard H. Car