Virginia gubernatorial election, 1965
Virginia gubernatorial election, 1965
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In the 1965 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. A. Linwood Holton, Jr., an attorney from Roanoke, was nominated by the Republican Party to run against Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Mills E. Godwin, Jr..
Candidates
Results
Virginia gubernatorial election, 1965[1] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
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Democratic |
Mills E. Godwin, Jr. |
296,526 |
47.89% |
-15.96% |
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Republican |
A. Linwood Holton, Jr. |
212,207 |
37.71% |
+1.56% |
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Conservative |
William J. Story Jr. |
75,307 |
13.38% |
+13.38% |
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Independent |
George Lincoln Rockwell |
5,730 |
1.02% |
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Write-ins |
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19 |
<0.01% |
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Majority |
84,319 |
14.98% |
-12.73% |
Turnout |
562,789 |
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Democratic hold |
Swing |
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