Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-19
81 Legislative
Seats al Issue
In Virginia
Sc Positions in All
Will Be Involved in
Democratic Primary
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

RICHMOND, July 19.-At least
80 General Assembly seats will be
at issue in the Democratic pri-
mary August 7.
BY other means, however, as
many as Sc seats have been or may
be involved by action of the Demo-
Gratis. This is why:
OF the 40 State Senate members.
there are IL primary contests to
be settled by ballot; there is one
unopposed nominee to succeed a
candidate who is not running
again, and there are six party
conventions or Democratic COM
mittee nominations scheduled.
The House of Delegates, with
100 members, finds races involved
for 20 seats; four unopposed can
didates named either to replace
Democrats or run against Re-
publicans in November. and Is
party conventions or committee
nominations scheduled.
Two Republicans in Senate.
Democratic nomination in Vir-
ginia is. in most cases, tantamount
to election. For example, there
now are 38 Democrats and only
two Republicans in the Senate
There are 81 Democrats, seven
Republicans and two Independents
in the House.
This is considered an "off year"
for elections in Virginia because
of no national. congressional or
Statewide issues to be settled.
Nevertheless it is one of the
most important election years for
the 100 counties because they
choose their local legislative rep
resentatives. policy making bodies
and important administrative and
law enforcement officials.
The State Senators are elected
for four-year terms and the Dele
gates for two years. In addi-
ton, the court clerks are being
named for eight-year terms and,
local boards of supervisors, treas
urers, sheriffs, commissioners Of
revenues and Commemorative
attorneys are elected to four-year
terms.
How Contests Shape Up.
In brief, this is how the Senate
primary contests shape up:
First DisIrict-V.. Alfred Ethe-
ridge and w. Russell Hatchett
vieing for the seat of Senator
BENJAMIN T. Gunter, Democrat:
Ex-senator Major M. Hillard OPP
posed by Earl A. Cadmus; 4th--
A f1ve-way contest for the seat Of
Senator I. Paul Wales, Democrat,
between Walter H. Carter, Donald
Sewage, j. v. Howell, Boiling Lam
beth and Aubrey E. STROBE; 18th
Senator Mosby G. Perrow, jr., op-
posed by Robert Boyer, CLIO
leader: 20th-Senator j. C. Car
penter, jr., opposed by Eldon K.
Crowder; 21st-Frederick L. Ho-
back and John B. Spiers seek
nomination for seat now held by
Senator Ted Dalton, Republican;
26th-Senator o. E. McCue, jr.,
by j. T. Henley; 29th-
Andrew w. Clarke opposed
BY John A. K. Donovan.
NATURALIZATION P. Wilson,
now a Delegate, opposes G. Alvin
Massenburg, Democratic State
chairman, for the seat of Senator
=. U. holland, Democrat. Mr.. Will
son beat Mr.. Massenburg by about
',130 to 1910 votes in the House
primary in 1949 and in the general ,
election Mr.. MaSsenburg polled %
votes to more than 1000
Tor the nominee. Mr.. Wilson.
irty-fourth-Senator Lloyd c.
Bird opposed by C. Virgil Feather
ton.
Thirty Senators Charles w.
James E. Gardner and
frank S. Richeson seek renomina-
ion against Alvin V. Leake, G. Ed
nund Massie, Beecher E. Stall
ard and Edward E. Wiley. Both
Senator Earl A. Fitzpatrick OPP
'osed by Arnold Schlossberg.
In the 9th, Benjamin L. Camp
,ell is unopposed for the seat Of
Senator Morton G. Goode, Demo-
rat. Conventions or committee
nominations are scheduled for the
.4th, 18th, 18th, 18th, 18th and
9Th districts.