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...Byrd was appointed to the Senate in 1965 on the death of his father-the famous conservative who had become a major power in the inner "club" which controls many Senate decisions. But "Little Henry," as Virginians call him, has not developed into the political powerhouse his father was. In a special primary in 1966, the voters ratified his title to the seat by a scant 8100-vote margin...
...Byrd had subsequently found himself increasingly isolated by the emerging leadership in the Democratic party, as liberal forces led by freshman Sen. William B. Spong moved to occupy the power vacuum left by his father's death. After a Byrdbacked candidate for Governor ran an ignominious third in the 1969 primary, Byrd announced that he was leaving the party to run as an independent...
...Byrd was undoubtedly hoping for Republican endorsement of his Senatorial candidacy this year, but the Virginia GOP, feeling its Wheaties after electing its first Governor since Reconstruction, declined to offer its support, and nominated Ray Garland, a Roanoke lawyer...
...gubernatorial primary, have nominated George F. Rawlings, a northern Virginia lawyer with a history of fighting the seemingly hopeless liberal fight in a staunchly conservative state. But the primary vote-which was less than half of the 1969 tally-demonstrated that conservative Democrats had abandoned the party to support Byrd or become Republicans...
...Byrd's major campaign issue so far has been opposition to recent Fereral Court decisions requiring busing to desegregate schools in Richmond and Norfolk. Trading on his father's reputation as the hero of the "massive resistance" to the 1954 Supreme Court decision, Byrd has stumped the state calling on parent to boycott schools and warning of dire consequences for the school system if "forced mixing" continues...