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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1961

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Start date
  
November 7, 1961

63.85%
  
36.15%

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Winner
  
Albertis S Harrison Jr

In the 1961 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor James Lindsay Almond, Jr., a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. H. Clyde Pearson was nominated by the Republican Party to run against former Democratic Attorney General of Virginia Albertis S. Harrison, Jr..

Candidates

  • Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., former Attorney General of Virginia (D)
  • H. Clyde Pearson, (R)

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    Virginia gubernatorial election, 1961 Wikipedia
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