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Virginia gubernatorial election, 1969

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November 4, 1969

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Winner
  
A Linwood Holton Jr

In the 1969 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr., a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. A. Linwood Holton, Jr., an attorney from Roanoke, was nominated again by the Republican Party to run against former United States Ambassador to Australia, Democratic candidate William C. Battle. Holton was the first Republican Governor of Virginia to be elected since Gilbert Carlton Walker in 1869.

Candidates

  • William C. Battle, former United States Ambassador to Australia (D)
  • A. Linwood Holton, Jr., attorney from Roanoke (R)

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    Virginia gubernatorial election, 1969 Wikipedia
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