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Virginia. Without opposition Democratic Senator Carter Glass was renominated, assured of reelection. In the Norfolk (2nd) Congressional District, Joseph T. Deal, Wet, won the Democratic nomination to oppose Republican Representative Menalcus Lankford who ousted him from his House seat in the 1928 anti-Smith turnover. In the Danville (5th) District Democratic Representative Joseph Whitehead was beaten for renomination by Thomas Burch on the charge that he was "too cold" toward the party's national ticket two years ago. In the Alexandria (8th) District Judge Howard Smith won the Democratic nomination over State Senator Frank L. Ball...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Makings of the 72nd (cont.) | 8/18/1930 | See Source »

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