WDBJ 7 May 1996 Election Returns
What the Symbols Mean:
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- (R) Republican
- (D) Democrat
- + Incumbent
- -X Winner
- First number after name is vote total
- Second number after name is precentage of votes cast
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NOTE: Uncontested races are not listed
- Altavista Town Council Three Seats
- Amherst Town Council Five Seats
- Appomattox Town Council Six Seats
- Bedford City Council Four Seats
- Blacksburg Town Council Three Seats
- Boones Mill Town Council Six Seats
- Brookneal Mayor
- Brookneal Town Council Three Seats
- Buena Vista City Council Three Seats
- Buena Vista School Board (At Large) Three Seats
- Christiansburg Town Council Three Seats
- Clifton Forge City Council Two Seats
- Clifton Forge School Board One Seat
- Covington City Council (District 4)
- Covington City Council (District 5)
- Covington Charter Amendment (Council Appointments)
- Covington Charter Amendment (Council Pay Raises)
- Covington Charter Amendment (Judge Appointments)
- Danville City Council Five Seats
- Dublin Town Council Three Seats
- Fincastle Town Council Six Seats
- Fries Town Council Seven Seats
- Glasgow Mayor
- Glasgow Town Council Six Seats
- Glen Lyn Town Council Five Seats
- Hillsville Mayor
- Hillsville Town Council (Pine Creek Ward)
- Hillsville Town Council (Pipers Gap Ward)
- Hurt Town Council Three Seats
- Independence Town Council Three Seats
- Iron Gate Town Council Three Seats
- Lexington City Council Three Seats
- Lynchburg City Council (Ward 1)
- Lynchburg City Council (Ward 3)
- Lynchburg City Council (At Large) One Seat
- Martinsville City Council Three Seats
- Pearisburg Town Council Three Seats
- Pulaski Town Council Four Seats
- Radford School Board (At Large) Two Seats
- Roanoke Mayor
- Roanoke City Council (4-year term) Three Seats
- Roanoke City Council (2-year term) One Seat
- Rural Retreat Town Council Three Seats
- Salem City Council Three Seats
- South Boston Mayor
- South Boston Town Council Three Seats
- Stuart Town Council Five Seats
- Tazewell Town Council Three Seats
- Troutdale Town Council Six Seats
- Wytheville Town Council Two Seats
AMHERST - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-JACOB BAILEY+ 220 18
x-WILLIAM ISEMAN 220 18
x-HANEY MOTTLEY+ 229 18
x-MANLY RUCKER III+ 233 19
x-JOHN SPIELMAN+ 214 17
GREGORY TUTTLE 132 10
FRIES - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-BILL DAVIS 142 13
CHARLIE GALLIMORE 34 3
x-NANCY HAWKS+ 140 13
x-CAROLYN JONES+ 137 13
FRANKLIN LEAGANS+ 105 10
x-GREG MARSHALL+ 108 10
x-GARY SUMNER+ 142 13
x-MILDRED SWINK 120 11
x-C. VUURMANS+ 118 11
BILL WARRICK 35 3
PEARISBURG - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
JAMES LEVEL+ 82 20
x-GEORGE PSATHAS+ 106 26
x-DANIEL ROBERTSON+ 121 30
x-JIMMIE WILLIAMS 99 24
ALTAVISTA - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-RONALD COLEMAN 338 28
RALPH ENGLISH 276 23
x-DON HENDERSON 290 24
x-BOBBY JENNINGS 306 25
INDEPENDENCE - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
CECIL ADAMS+ 96 12
JACK BLEVINS 119 15
SANDRA CROWE 106 13
x-BOB GORDON+ 126 16
x-DAN HAWKINS+ 135 17
THOMAS MAXWELL 86 11
x-NANCY MITCHELL 124 16
SALEM - City Council
11 of 11 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-ALEX BROWN(I)+ 2720 22
x-HARRY HASKINS(I) 3210 26
JOHN MOORE(I) 2435 19
x-HOWARD PACKETT(I)+ 2696 22
STEPHEN SMELTZER(I) 1421 11
GLASGOW - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
JAMES ADAMS 43 4
x-ROGER BRADLEY+ 137 12
JOYCE CLAYTOR 78 16
x-ROBERTA LYLE+ 159 14
x-KELLY REYNOLDS+ 151 13
x-JANICE UPDIKE+ 127 11
WILLIAM WALKER 85 7
x-BEN WATTS 129 11
x-SUSAN WOOD 135 12
GLASGOW - Mayor
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-SAMUEL BLACKBURN+ 158 76
NORMAN CLAYTOR 49 24
STUART - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
AMANDA DAVIS 59 12
x-JAMES HIATT+ 91 17
x-EDD MARTIN 84 16
x-MICHAEL MCCOLL+ 87 17
x-RICHARD PRUTTING+ 96 18
x-WILLIAM TURNER+ 105 20
TAZEWELL - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
ROBERT GEMMELL 243 12
x-JACK HARRY+ 474 24
DEAN JOHNSON 217 12
x-DAVID LARIMER+ 555 28
x-DONNIE WALK 467 24
BUENA VISTA - School Board
(At Large)
2 of 2 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-M. BYERS 432 22
x-SANDRA MANUEL 661 34
x-BRENDA TOLLEY 501 26
VIRGINIA TRUSLOW 326 18
BEDFORD - City Council
2 of 2 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-DAVE BALLARD(I) 654 17
JOANNE GRAHAME(I)+ 572 14
RONNIE RICE(I)+ 542 13
x-MIKE SHELTON(I)+ 852 22
x-SKIP THARP(I)+ 671 17
x-BOB WANDREI(I) 668 17
PULASKI - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
BARRY BUCKNER 209 6
ROY D'ARDENNE+ 476 11
ALMA HOLSTON+ 526 12
x-JOHN JOHNSTON+ 878 20
x-POLLY MITCHELL 575 13
x-JIM NEBLETT 836 19
x-CHARLES STEWART 835 19
CLIFTON FORGE - City Council
2 of 2 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
WILLIAM BOND(I) 55 3
x-MAC CAMPBELL(I)+ 705 38
JEFFREY IRVINE(I) 184 10
JARED PECK(I) 148 8
x-DUSTY RHODES(I) 606 33
BOB UMSTEAD(I) 148 8
DUBLIN - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-DAVID FARMER+ 133 29
x-SAMUEL GREGORY+ 133 29
x-ALDEN HANKLA+ 111 24
COLBERN LINKOUS 82 18
BLACKSBURG - Town Council
2 of 2 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-MICHAEL CHANDLER+ 913 29
TODD HALWAS 429 13
x-FRANCES PARSONS+ 895 28
x-RON RORDAM 963 30
BOONES MILL - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-MARTI BOYER 46 16
x-NELDA CANNADAY+ 45 16
x-BEN FLORA 37 13
x-DONNA GUTHRIE 49 17
x-PATRICIA HOGAN+ 43 15
ROBERT HOGAN 32 11
x-DOUGLAS PARSONS+ 35 12
RADFORD - School Board
(At Large)
3 of 3 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-CARTER EFFLER 674 43
x-C. HARRISON 559 36
ROBERTA NESTER 328 21
ROANOKE - City Council
(4-Year Term)
33 of 33 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
DAVID LISK(R) 4784 15
ALVIN NASH(R) 4964 16
x-CARROLL SWAIN(D) 5906 18
x-JIM TROUT(D) 5428 17
x-LINDA WYATT(D)+ 6486 20
JOE NASH(I) 4381 14
ROANOKE - City Council
(2-Year Term)
33 of 33 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-NELSON HARRIS(D) 7220 68
JEFF ARTIS(R) 3387 32
ROANOKE - Mayor
33 of 33 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
PAT GREEN(R) 5423 45
x-DAVID BOWERS(D)+ 6620 55
LYNCHBURG - City Council
(Ward 3)
6 of 6 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-ROBERT GARBER(R) 1264 56
JIM CURLING(I)+ 876 39
JANE THURBER(I) 110 5
COVINGTON - City Council
(District 4)
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
DON COLE(I) 83 26
x-JACK JAMISON(I)+ 242 74
COVINGTON - Charter Amendment
(Council Appointments)
5 of 5 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-YES 509 71
NO 207 29
COVINGTON - Charter Amendments
(Council Pay Raise)
5 of 5 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
YES 315 45
x-NO 384 55
COVINGTON - Charter Amendment
(Judge Appointments)
5 of 5 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-YES 498 72
NO 196 28
DANVILLE - City Council
17 of 17 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
C. BRIDGEFORTH(I) 3620 10
x-P. CASTIGLIONE(I) 5728 17
x-STOKES DANIELS(I)+ 4886 14
x-JOYCE GLAISE(I)+ 4127 12
x-JOHN HAMLIN(I)+ 5112 15
OTIS LEONARD(I) 2651 8
x-SHERMAN SAUNDERS(I) 4508 13
MIKE SMITH(I) 3972 11
WYTHEVILLE - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-CHARLES CROCKETT 772 26
x-JACQUELINE KING+ 934 32
PETE LAWSON 585 19
DICK PHILLIPPI 667 23
SOUTH BOSTON - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
CHUCK BUTLER 660 22
x-DEBBIE MORRIS 879 28
x-CORKY RORRER+ 804 26
x-RADFORD TRENT+ 750 24
BUENA VISTA - City Council
2 of 2 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-ARCHIE BEVERLY(I)+ 497 24
x-HAROLD KIDD(I) 531 25
x-SAM MAYS(I)+ 495 24
ROBERT THOMAS(I) 237 11
TARHEEL WARD(I) 334 16
COVINGTON - City Council
(District 5)
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-JAMES CRAWFORD(WI) 75 68
KATHY WILSON (WI) 35 32
FINCASTLE - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-R.D. HENDERSON+ 39 17
x-MALANIE JONES+ 49 22
x-HELEN MORRIS+ 44 19
x-KAREN WILLIS 51 22
x-MARY BESS SMITH (Write-In) 28 12
x-GREG STICK (Write-In) 16 8
IRON GATE - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-JOHN NORVELL+ 41 48
x-JACKIE LEATHERS (Write-In) 24 28
x-OTIS TAYNE (Write-In) 20 24
GLEN LYN - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
LELAND BLANKENSHIP 14 8
x-RICKEY CRAWFORD+ 24 15
x-RICK OULD+ 32 20
x-CARL PATTESON+ 24 15
x-JAMES RICE 30 18
CLIFTON SMITH II 18 11
x-LAKE THOMPSON+ 22 13
LYNCHBURG - City Council
(At Large)
18 of 18 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
STEWART HOBBS(R) 3951 37
x-CARL HUTCHERSON(I) 6645 63
APPOMATTOX - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-DICK BASS+ 252 10
JOYCE BENNETT 201 8
x-SAMUEL CARTER+ 282 12
JOSEPH COFLIN 128 6
x-STEVE LAWSON+ 311 13
x-JIMMY MAYBERRY+ 241 10
x-MARVIN MITCHELL+ 267 11
x-RICK PACK 331 14
JOHN WILSON 190 8
AUDREY WRIGHT 196 8
BROOKNEAL - Mayor
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-RONALD COX+ 131 51
PAUL HINES 127 49
CLIFTON FORGE - School Board
2 of 2 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-CAROLYN BARNETTE 594 61
RONALD GOINGS 374 39
HILLSVILLE - Mayor
4 of 4 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
JACK AKERS 206 42
x-BARTON COOLEY 287 58
HILLSVILLE - Town Council
(Pine Creek Ward)
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-BILL BURBRIDGE 115 65
BERNARD TALLEY 62 35
HILLSVILLE - Town Council
(Pipers Gap Ward)
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-IVAN TAYLOR 73 61
RONALD TWEED+ 46 39
HURT - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
VICKI ARNOLD 37 8
x-LILLIAN GILLESPIE+ 143 32
x-BOBBY KRANTZ+ 153 34
x-BUTCH PRESTON 117 26
LEXINGTON - City Council
2 of 2 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-DIANE HERRICK(I) 414 31
x-JOY LETCHER(I) 343 25
x-GREG RACTZ(I)+ 391 29
KENNETH SCHWARTZ(I) 203 15
LYNCHBURG - City Council
(Ward 1)
6 of 6 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
ROBERT VOGEL(R)+ 1515 38
x-PETE WARREN(I) 2470 62
MARTINSVILLE - City Council
7 of 7 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-BRUCE DALLAS(I) 1748 18
x-E. HASKELL(I) 2481 26
NAOMI HODGE-MUSE(I) 1520 16
THELMA PINKARD(I) 1482 15
x-GENE TEAGUE(I) 2380 25
RURAL RETREAT - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
DAVID CHAPLIN 72 15
x-LARRY DUNNAGAN 98 20
x-JAMES LLOYD+ 112 23
RICK MARTIN+ 76 16
x-BETTY WINGO+ 124 26
CHRISTIANSBURG - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
BOB ABRAHAM 404 9
x-RICHARD BALLENGEE 790 18
x-WAYNE BOOTH+ 808 19
ROCKY CAPOZZI 424 10
ROBERT HOCKETT 535 12
JAY NEWMAN 411 10
PAUL POFF 402 9
x-SCOTT WEAVER+ 573 13
TROUTDALE - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-EDIT HARPER+ 22 17
x-DAVID MCGRADY+ 25 20
x-WILLIAM MITCHELL+ 26 21
x-BOBBY PLUMMER+ 27 21
x-VICTOR ROSS+ 19 15
x-PAT TILSON (WI) 7 6
BROOKNEAL - Town Council
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-EDWARD BOOKER+ 197 28
RALPH BURCH SR. 137 20
x-CHAMP NOWLIN+ 204 29
x-JOHN WOODELL 159 23
SOUTH BOSTON - Mayor
1 of 1 precincts reporting (100 percent)
Votes / Percentage
x-GLEN ABERNATHY+ 847 62
J. MARSHALL 518 38