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By GEORGE BOWLES
Almost buried under the attention given to the presidential campaign and the Virginia Democrats’ search for a U.S. Senate candidate is the fact the Old Dominion, along with the rest of the nation, will be holding congressional elections this fall. Except for the few districts where heated contests are in prospect, the races for Congress have not exactly riveted the voters attention.
Yet they should have, for it is in the congressional contests that the parties are the most evenly matched, and in which the outcomes are the least predictable. Indeed, it is possible that the Republicans present 6-4 majority on the state’s 10 member delegation could be shaved to a 6-6 tie, or even reversed. On the other hand it is just as possible that the GOP could improve its majority by picking up an additional seat.
Let us examine the situation district by district.
First District: Incumbent Republican Herbert
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