Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-05
IS IN KENTUCKY
SEEK HOUSE SEATS
Three Former Members to
Attempt to Come Back at
General Election.
By the Associated Press.


LOUISVILLE, KY, August 5.-Ten of
Kentucky's IL present Representatives
and three former, two members. who
were defeated in the Republican land
slide of 1928, win be among the ;ls
candidates seeking election to the Ma
tional House of Representatives in No
vember.
The only upset in the primary was
the overwhelming defeat by approx
mately three votes to one of former
Gov. William J. Fields by former Repre-
sentative Fred NJ. Vinson In the Demo-
cratic primary in the ninth district.
E. r. Kendall, Republican incumbent,
was unopposed.
Incumbents. In all districts were re-
turned either by victories in the pri-
mary or by nomination without opposi-
ton except L. l.. Walker, Republican,
eighth district, who was not candi-
date to succeed himself.
Results Of Primaries.
Results of Saturdays primary, as tab
ulated from unofncial returns, and the
nomination without party opposition Of
nine Congressional candidates. made
the following line-up today for No
Yemher:
First district-w. ". Gregory, Demo-
crat, incumbent. no opposition.
; Second district-David H. Kincheloe,
Democrat. incumbent, no opposition.
Third district-John w. Moore, Demo-
crat, incumbent, no opposition.
Fourth district-Cap r. Garden.
Democrat; ]. d. Craddock, Republican,
incumbent. Neither had primary OPP
position.
Fifth district-Maurice~ H Thatcher,
Republican, incumbent. NO opposition.
Contest I'm Sixth District.
Sixth district-Brent Spence. Demo-
crat; J. Lincoln Newhall, Republican,
incumbent Spence unopp0sed In prt-
mary. Newhall defeated Mrs. Marie
C. Haller in primary.
Seventh district-Virgil Chapman,
Democrat; Robert Blackburn, repub-
lican, incumbent. Chapman defeated
L. c. Littrell IN primary. Blackburn
defeated Mrs. Minerva Allen.
Eighth district-Ralph Gilbert, DEM
ocrat; Patrick H. Taylor, Republican.
Gilbert defeated o. p. jackson and
Thomas p. Reed. Taylor was unop-
Ninth district--Fred M. vinson, Dem
ocrat; Elva r. Kendall, Republican, in
cumbent Vinson defeated william j..
Fields and w. c. Hamilton in the pri-
mary. Kendall was unopposed.
Mrs. Langley Beats Two.
Tenth district-A. j. May. Democrat;
Mrs Katherine Langley, Republican,
incumbent. May defeated D. Glenn
Sublette and j. C. Coldiron. Mrs. Lang
ley defeated D. H. Baker and Hector
Johnson.
Eleventh district-W. w. Dufield,
Democrat; Charles Finley, Republican,
incumbent. Duffield led Arthur Rhorer,
T. r. McBrayer, H. r. Reed and T. w.
Gallagher. Finley defeated Judge VIII
liam Lewis, Godfrey I. RAIDER and H. l..
Taylor.
Senatorial Nominees Unopposed.
Gilbert, Chapman and Vinson are the
three former Democratic Representa-
tives who are seeking to regain the seats
they lost in the Republican landslide
two years ago.
L. L. walker, Republican, Of the
eighth district, was the only Repre-
sentative not to seek reelection.
Candidates for United States Senator
are M. M. Logan and Ben Williamson,
Democrats, for the long and short terms.
and John M Robson, Re-
publican, incumbent. candidate for both
the long and short terms. All were
without primary opposition.