269,526 212,207 47.89% 37.71% Start date November 2, 1965 | 212,207 75,307 37.71% 13.38% | |
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Winner Mills E Godwin Jr |
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..
George Lincoln Rockwell, an avowed White Supremacist and founder/leader of the American Nazi Party, ran as an independent candidate.
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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1965 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA