Evening star., 1952-11-06
Alexandra Vote
On 10Th District
Race Affirmed
BroyhiII- -CompbeII
TotoIs Now Being
Certified by Convoss

SS'tttsSu ny SOHVOSS
Alexandria election officials to-
day certified the unofficial returns
lin the Broyhill- Campbell contest
for the House as correct for that
|city.
The question Of whether Joel r.
Broyhill, Republican, or Edmund
ID. Campbell, Democrat, was
elected Tuesday in the new 10th
district was being determined by
official canvasses in Arlington,
Falls Church and Fairfax County.
Unofficial returns gave Mr..
Broyhill the victory by 319 votes.
The Alexandria returns in this
contest were reported unoff1cially
as 6.512 for Mr.. Campbell and
I6,450 for Mr.. Broyhill. These fig-
ures were confirmed.
Byrd Vote Larger.
However, Senator Byrd received
LILO more votes in Alexandria
than he was credited with. The
Stars election table for Alexan-
dria yesterday had the correct
vote reported for each of the city's
wards for Senator Byrd, but the
total was enormously reported as
1884. A recheck of The Stars
reports by wards shows that the
total should have been 1894. the
figure which was confirmed by the
Alexandria Electoral Board.
The unofficial total of 2,535
votes for one of Senator Byrd's
opponents. Clarke T. Robb, Social
Democrat. was confirmed. The
figure of 795 for H. M. Wise, sr.,
Independent Democrat, was found
to be one too many.
Mr.. Campbell refused to concede
his defeat in the House contest
and insisted that IAN accurate
count" would give him the elec-
ton. Both candidates claimed
totals different from the unoffi-
cial returns.
BroyhilI Ahead.
Unofficial returns from the 10th
district gave 33,l54 votes to Mr..
Broyhill and 32,835 to MIR. Camp
bell.
Mr.. Broyhill, however, said his
headquarters had computed the
totals as 33,323 for Broyhill and
S2,899 for Campbell. This would
give a Republican margin of 424
votes.
Mr.. Campbell, on the other
hand, said his computations put
him ahead OF Mr.. Broyhill by 80
votes.
Virginia law fails to specify
mechanics for contest or recount
involving Federal Offices, such as
members of Congress. This, legal
authorities say. is on the theory
that Federal statutes prevail. Each
branch of Congress is the sole
judge of the qualifications to
membership.
Tydings Case Recalled.
For instance, recent case in-~
Ivolved a protest last year by for
mer Senator Tydings, Democrat.
to the election Of Senator Butler,
Republican, in Maryland. That
was decided by a Senate Rules
subcommittee.
Virginia law does specify pro-
Icedure for recounts and contests
involving purely State Offices. A
few years ago there was recount
Of the vote in Fairfax County
between former Delegate Robert
j. McCandlish, jr., and Edwin w.
Lynch, the present Delegate, in a
Democratic primary contest.
Virginia Attorney General j,
Lindsay Almond, jr., could recall
no contest involving member of
Congress which was resolved
within the State. The last such
contest he could recall was when
John Paul of Harrisonburg, now a
Federal judge, successfully con-
tested as a Republican the elec-
tion Of Thomas w. Harrison in
the 7th district in 1922. But this.
too, was resolved in the House.
MIR. Campbell has given no indi.
cation that he would seek a con-
test If the narrow margin between
himself and Mr.. Broyhill is certi-
fed as correct.
Both candidates live In Arling-
ton. Mr.. Campbell is a former
chairman of the Arlington County
Board and practices law. He has
offices in Washington and Arling-
ton. Mr.. Broyhill. embarking on
his first political excursion, is in
the contracting business with his
father, M. T. Broyhill, and his
brother, M. T. Broyhill, jr.
Mr.. Broyhill issued a statement
at 4:20 am. yesterday claiming
the victory. Mr.. Campbell reported
20 minutes later that his compu-
tations gave him the election over
Mr.. Broyhill.
Meanwhile. the 10th District
Democratic Executive Committee
met last night at the home of the
chairman State Senator Charles r.
Fenwick, in East Falls Church. to
discuss the election situation" No
irregularities were charged.
Mr.. Fenwick said it was decided
that no further action should be
taken until after the vote is certi-
fed by officials in each jurisdic.
tion.
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