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Poff Scores Landslide

Registering the widest victory margin was
Republican Richard H. Poff of Radford, who
gathered 75 per cent of the sixth district's vote
in trouncing the Democratic challenger. Roy
White.

In the Southside fifth district. Rep. W. C.
Daniel polled 73 per cent of the votes in a
second term bid against Republican Allen T. St.
Clair Jr. Mr. Daniel, former Dan River Mills
executive, won 14 of the 15 cities and counties
in his district as he rolled up 54,760 votes to St.
Clair's 20,346.

In other races, the trends were set and
remained unchanged. Races that had been
predicted as close or favoring possible upsets
turned into sweeping triumphs for the
incumbents. It quickly became a question not
of who would win, but of how big he would
win.