Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 14, 1995 TAG: 9506140091
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: A-9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND LENGTH: Medium
A second House of Delegates Democrat, Jerrauld Jones of Norfolk, easily won renomination as voters chose six nominees for this fall's General Assembly elections.
Jones, the legislature's chief proponent of riverboat gambling, defeated Levi E. Willis II of Norfolk, son of longtime political power L.E. Willis.
In unofficial returns with all precincts reporting, McEachin had 2,318 votes to Ball's 2,179, and Jones defeated Willis 2,961 to 1,274. Ball was the lead House negotiator on the final version of the state budget.
McEachin will face Republican Gordon Prior, a Henrico County dentist who narrowly lost to Ball two years ago, in the general election.
Republicans held primaries to choose opponents for four Democratic senators.
Newport News Vice Mayor Marty Williams defeated John Gill, an accountant and former Newport News School Board member, 2,407 to 2,283. Williams will face Majority Leader Hunter Andrews of Hampton, chairman of the Finance Committee, in the general election.
Rob McDowell, an lawyer who served on Gov. George Allen's parole abolition commission, will run against incumbent Janet Howell of Fairfax. He defeated Pam Danner, who also finished second in a Senate primary four years ago, 3,541 to 2,554.
Stockbroker and retired Naval officer Ed Schrock defeated Wally Erb, who ran unsuccessfully last year for Virginia Beach City Council, 1,963 to 1,386. Schrock will oppose Clarence Holland of Virginia Beach in the fall.
Paul Brubaker, a lawyer and former assistant to U.S. Sen. Bill Cohen of Maine, defeated former Bush administration employee Bill Houston 936 to 860 for the right to oppose Richard Saslaw of Fairfax.
by CNB