1965 United States gubernatorial elections

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1965 United States gubernatorial elections
← 1964 November 2, 1965 1966 →
2 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 33 17
Seats after 33 17
Seat change Steady Steady
Seats up 2 0
Seats won 2 0
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     Democratic hold

United States gubernatorial elections were held in November 1965, in two states.

New Jersey[]

After his re-election win, Hughes tried to do an income tax, but that bill died. The tax would come into play after the state Supreme Court handed down a decision concerning property taxes for schools in 1973. Hughes would become Chief Justice in 1974, and after much battling with then-Gov. Brendan Byrne and the New Jersey Legislature concerning taxes for public education, the income tax finally made it to New Jersey.[1]

Virginia[]

The 1965 Virginia's Governor's Race was colorful in that not only a new governor emerged, (Mills E. Godwin, Jr.), who would go on to serve the term as a Democrat and later serve another term as a Republican in the 1970s,[2] but that another opponent, A. Linwood Holton, Jr., would go on to serve a term as Virginia's first Republican Governor since Reconstruction.[3] Not to mention that George Lincoln Rockwell, the 'American Hitler', ran in this race.[4][5]

Chart[]

State Incumbent Party Status Opposing Candidates
New Jersey Richard J. Hughes Democratic Re-elected, 57.39% Wayne Dumont (Republican) 41.08%
Robert Lee Schlachter (Conservative) 0.93%
Christopher C. Vespucci (Veterans Choice) 0.24%
Julius Levin (Socialist Labor) 0.21%
Ruth F. Shiminsky (Socialist Workers) 0.14%[6]
Virginia Albertis Harrison Democratic Term-limited, Democratic victory Mills Godwin (Democratic) 47.89%
Linwood Holton (Republican) 37.71%
William J. Story Jr. (Virginia Conservative) 13.38%
George Lincoln Rockwell (Independent) 1.02%[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Sullivan, Joseph (8 December 1992). "Richard J. Hughes, Governor and Judge, Dies at 83". nytimes.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Virginia Governor Mills Edwin Godwin Jr". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  3. ^ Hershman Jr., James. "A. Linwood Holton (1923– )". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ^ "1967: 'American Hitler' shot dead". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  5. ^ Jeansonne, Glen (June–September 1999). "American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (review)". muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  6. ^ "NJ Governor". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  7. ^ "VA Governor". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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