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Election 1965 Results

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1965 Virginia governor election

Mills E. Godwin Jr. (Democrat) beat A. Linwood Holton Jr. (Republican) in Virginia in 1965, 47.9% to 37.7%, a margin of 10.2 points and 57,319 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1961, when Albertis S. Harrison Jr. won.

Democrats led in 90 of the 130 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 29 and other candidates in 11. The largest, Fairfax, cast 39,293 votes and went to the Republican by 10.0 points. The closest was Williamsburg, where 4 votes separated the top two.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mills E. Godwin Jr. won	Democratic	269,526	47.9%
A. Linwood Holton Jr.	Republican	212,207	37.7%
William J. Story Jr.	Conservative	75,307	13.4%
All other candidates		5,749	1.0%
Total		562,789

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fairfax	16,974 43.2%	20,917 53.2%	1,402	39,293	R+10.0
Richmond	18,032 55.3%	8,798 27.0%	5,793	32,623	D+28.3
Arlington	11,193 43.7%	13,079 51.1%	1,329	25,601	R+7.4
Norfolk	12,419 52.7%	7,315 31.1%	3,813	23,547	D+21.7
Henrico	8,311 35.9%	8,814 38.1%	6,019	23,144	R+2.2
Roanoke	5,888 35.1%	9,947 59.3%	931	16,766	R+24.2
Chesterfield	4,314 29.4%	4,634 31.6%	5,723	14,671	Others
Newport News	7,264 56.3%	4,405 34.1%	1,233	12,902	D+22.2
Portsmouth	7,206 60.3%	2,639 22.1%	2,109	11,954	D+38.2
Virginia Beach	6,224 54.4%	3,718 32.5%	1,493	11,435	D+21.9
Roanoke	3,470 31.4%	7,032 63.6%	562	11,064	R+32.2
Alexandria	5,077 47.2%	5,269 49.0%	406	10,752	R+1.8
Chesapeake	5,124 47.8%	2,124 19.8%	3,467	10,715	D+28.0
Hampton	5,205 51.8%	4,025 40.1%	816	10,046	D+11.7
Lynchburg	3,864 43.8%	3,422 38.8%	1,535	8,821	D+5.0
Montgomery	2,196 38.1%	3,263 56.6%	311	5,770	R+18.5
Augusta	2,503 44.0%	2,914 51.2%	278	5,695	R+7.2
Rockingham	2,302 40.8%	3,089 54.7%	253	5,644	R+13.9
Washington	2,642 48.0%	2,772 50.4%	88	5,502	R+2.4
Wise	3,175 58.8%	2,186 40.5%	38	5,399	D+18.3
Charlottesville	2,705 50.4%	1,997 37.2%	669	5,371	D+13.2
Danville	2,420 45.1%	1,247 23.2%	1,701	5,368	D+21.9
Pittsylvania	2,334 45.7%	1,033 20.2%	1,742	5,109	D+25.5
Scott	1,909 37.4%	3,032 59.4%	164	5,105	R+22.0
Tazewell	2,736 54.1%	2,153 42.6%	168	5,057	D+11.5
Shenandoah	1,900 38.2%	2,896 58.3%	174	4,970	R+20.0
Nansemond (Ext)	3,441 71.9%	697 14.6%	648	4,786	D+57.3
Petersburg	2,790 58.7%	897 18.9%	1,064	4,751	D+39.8
Grayson	2,209 48.5%	2,240 49.2%	107	4,556	R+0.7
Bedford	2,053 45.2%	1,513 33.3%	975	4,541	D+11.9
Buchanan	2,776 61.5%	1,557 34.5%	184	4,517	D+27.0
Carroll	1,439 32.2%	2,895 64.7%	138	4,472	R+32.6
Smyth	1,843 41.7%	2,467 55.8%	112	4,422	R+14.1
Page	1,992 45.5%	2,250 51.3%	140	4,382	R+5.9
Franklin	2,298 53.1%	1,654 38.2%	373	4,325	D+14.9
Campbell	1,662 39.4%	1,267 30.1%	1,286	4,215	D+9.4
Albemarle	2,108 51.3%	1,495 36.4%	505	4,108	D+14.9
Staunton	2,062 50.5%	1,804 44.2%	216	4,082	D+6.3
Hanover	1,636 40.8%	1,235 30.8%	1,141	4,012	D+10.0
Wythe	1,932 48.2%	1,844 46.0%	229	4,005	D+2.2
Russell	1,797 45.2%	2,064 51.9%	119	3,980	R+6.7
Hopewell	2,262 57.0%	1,109 27.9%	600	3,971	D+29.0
Prince William	2,392 61.4%	1,364 35.0%	138	3,894	D+26.4
Lee	2,583 67.6%	1,118 29.3%	119	3,820	D+38.4
Pulaski	1,865 49.3%	1,669 44.1%	250	3,784	D+5.2
Greensville	1,068 28.3%	1,441 38.2%	1,260	3,769	R+9.9
Mecklenburg	1,439 39.0%	663 18.0%	1,585	3,687	Others
Henry	1,879 53.3%	1,229 34.9%	417	3,525	D+18.4
Accomack	2,284 65.7%	892 25.6%	302	3,478	D+40.0
Halifax	1,578 45.5%	954 27.5%	935	3,467	D+18.0
Loudoun	1,847 58.4%	1,171 37.0%	144	3,162	D+21.4
Giles	1,606 51.7%	1,348 43.4%	150	3,104	D+8.3
Stafford	1,719 56.0%	1,117 36.4%	235	3,071	D+19.6
York	1,435 46.9%	1,289 42.1%	337	3,061	D+4.8
Martinsville	1,581 52.1%	1,168 38.5%	285	3,034	D+13.6
Amherst	1,553 52.0%	629 21.1%	804	2,986	D+30.9
Waynesboro	1,275 43.8%	1,499 51.5%	137	2,911	R+7.7
Southampton	1,284 45.1%	289 10.2%	1,273	2,846	D+35.0
Rockbridge	1,206 43.8%	1,309 47.5%	241	2,756	R+3.7
Radford	1,307 47.4%	1,335 48.4%	114	2,756	R+1.0
Fauquier	1,850 67.6%	809 29.6%	76	2,735	D+38.1
Botetourt	1,143 42.4%	1,367 50.7%	187	2,697	R+8.3
Fredericksburg	1,584 58.9%	962 35.7%	145	2,691	D+23.1
Brunswick	672 25.3%	518 19.5%	1,466	2,656	Others
Sussex	931 35.1%	584 22.0%	1,139	2,654	Others
Nottoway	1,054 39.9%	178 6.7%	1,409	2,641	Others
Prince Edward	1,085 42.0%	236 9.1%	1,260	2,581	Others
Dickenson	1,369 53.1%	1,153 44.7%	57	2,579	D+8.4
Colonial Hts.	1,088 42.8%	604 23.7%	853	2,545	D+19.0
Warren	1,490 58.8%	903 35.6%	142	2,535	D+23.2
Isle Of Wight	1,592 63.8%	511 20.5%	394	2,497	D+43.3
Lunenburg	993 40.6%	200 8.2%	1,254	2,447	Others
Harrisonburg	1,122 46.1%	1,245 51.2%	65	2,432	R+5.1
Dinwiddie	1,313 54.3%	267 11.0%	839	2,419	D+43.2
Prince George	1,169 52.3%	490 21.9%	578	2,237	D+30.4
Spotsylvania	1,326 60.7%	586 26.8%	273	2,185	D+33.9
Falls Church	980 45.7%	1,090 50.9%	73	2,143	R+5.1
Culpeper	1,454 68.4%	552 26.0%	121	2,127	D+42.4
Frederick	1,168 56.3%	827 39.9%	79	2,074	D+16.4
Covington	1,273 61.4%	669 32.3%	130	2,072	D+29.2
Fairfax	1,006 49.1%	962 46.9%	82	2,050	D+2.1
Appomattox	1,216 59.4%	247 12.1%	583	2,046	D+47.4
Suffolk	1,453 71.1%	382 18.7%	210	2,045	D+52.4
Floyd	623 32.0%	1,261 64.9%	60	1,944	R+32.8
Bristol	1,156 61.5%	710 37.7%	15	1,881	D+23.7
Winchester	1,100 59.9%	675 36.8%	61	1,836	D+23.1
Louisa	890 49.5%	307 17.1%	600	1,797	D+32.4
Charlotte	661 37.3%	238 13.4%	874	1,773	Others
Gloucester	936 53.9%	485 28.0%	314	1,735	D+26.0
Surry	472 27.6%	606 35.4%	632	1,710	Others
Northampton	958 56.6%	492 29.1%	242	1,692	D+27.5
Goochland	859 51.2%	251 15.0%	568	1,678	D+36.2
Orange	892 54.6%	490 30.0%	252	1,634	D+24.6
Alleghany	903 55.7%	583 35.9%	136	1,622	D+19.7
Amelia	627 40.1%	156 10.0%	779	1,562	Others
Caroline	835 53.6%	225 14.5%	497	1,557	D+39.2
Patrick	935 60.2%	550 35.4%	69	1,554	D+24.8
Buckingham	1,013 68.7%	205 13.9%	257	1,475	D+54.8
Mathews	780 54.5%	482 33.7%	170	1,432	D+20.8
Lancaster	688 48.7%	450 31.8%	276	1,414	D+16.8
Franklin	838 59.4%	246 17.4%	326	1,410	D+42.0
Clifton Forge	761 56.2%	483 35.7%	109	1,353	D+20.5
Powhatan	546 41.7%	125 9.6%	637	1,308	Others
Galax	634 49.6%	592 46.4%	51	1,277	D+3.3
James City	607 49.8%	439 36.0%	172	1,218	D+13.8
Cumberland	591 50.0%	110 9.3%	482	1,183	D+40.7
Nelson	793 67.4%	227 19.3%	156	1,176	D+48.1
King William	630 54.8%	202 17.6%	317	1,149	D+37.2
Northumberland	549 47.9%	394 34.4%	204	1,147	D+13.5
Williamsburg	479 45.4%	483 45.8%	93	1,055	R+0.4
Middlesex	541 51.7%	193 18.4%	313	1,047	D+33.2
South Boston	490 46.8%	323 30.9%	233	1,046	D+16.0
Bland	542 53.8%	410 40.7%	55	1,007	D+13.1
Madison	500 50.2%	376 37.7%	121	997	D+12.4
Fluvanna	441 46.5%	195 20.6%	312	948	D+25.9
Westmoreland	509 53.7%	314 33.1%	125	948	D+20.6
King George	595 64.2%	278 30.0%	54	927	D+34.2
Clarke	608 67.6%	255 28.3%	37	900	D+39.2
Buena Vista	501 57.4%	310 35.5%	62	873	D+21.9
Craig	482 58.7%	319 38.9%	20	821	D+19.9
Greene	305 39.7%	370 48.1%	94	769	R+8.5
Charles City	598 78.0%	88 11.5%	81	767	D+66.5
Essex	331 43.3%	142 18.6%	291	764	D+24.7
New Kent	314 41.5%	188 24.8%	255	757	D+16.6
Highland	329 44.3%	381 51.3%	32	742	R+7.0
Bath	411 57.3%	248 34.6%	58	717	D+22.7
Norton	343 48.8%	355 50.5%	5	703	R+1.7
Richmond	328 49.2%	197 29.6%	141	666	D+19.7
King And Queen	328 52.4%	91 14.5%	207	626	D+37.9
Rappahannock	355 65.3%	173 31.8%	16	544	D+33.5

Counties as they stood in 1965; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

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1981	Charles S. Robb (D)	D+7.1
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1973	Mills Godwin (R)	R+50.7
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1965	Mills E. Godwin Jr. (D)	D+10.2
1961	Albertis S. Harrison Jr. (D)	D+27.7
1957	J. Lindsay Almond (D)	D+26.7
1953	Thomas B. Stanley (D)	D+10.5
1949	John S. Battle (D)	D+43.0
1945	William M. Tuck (D)	D+35.5
1941	Colgate Darden (D)	D+62.7
1937	James H. Price (D)	D+67.0
1933	George C. Peery (D)	D+49.5
1929	John Garland Pollard (D)	D+25.8
1925	Harry F. Byrd (D)	D+48.1
1921	Elbert Lee Trinkle (D)	D+34.9
1917	Westmoreland Davis (D)	D+43.7
1913	Henry Carter Stuart (D)	D+91.9
1909	William Hodges Mann (D)	D+27.1
1905	Claude A. Swanson (D)	D+29.3
1901	Andrew Jackson Montague (D)	D+17.6
1897	James Hoge Tyler (D)	D+31.4
1893	Charles T. O'Ferrall (D)	D+59.7
1889	Philip W. McKinney (D)	D+14.7
1885	Fitzhugh Lee (D)	D+5.5
1881	William E. Cameron (other)
1877	Frederick W.M. Holliday (D)	D+95.9
1873	James L. Kemper (D)	D+12.3
1869	Gilbert Carlton Walker (R)	R+54.2

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