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Election 1969 Results

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1969 Virginia governor election

Linwood Holton (Republican) beat William C. Battle (Democrat) in Virginia in 1969, 52.5% to 45.4%, a margin of 7.1 points and 65,174 votes.

Virginia changed party: in 1965 it went Democratic, for Mills E. Godwin Jr.

Republicans led in 72 of the 134 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 62. The largest, Fairfax, cast 69,011 votes and went to the Republican by 11.0 points. The closest was Westmoreland, where 4 votes separated the two parties.

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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
Linwood Holton won	Republican	480,869	52.5%
William C. Battle	Democratic	415,695	45.4%
All other candidates		19,200	2.1%
Total		915,764

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Fairfax	30,370 44.0%	37,932 55.0%	709	69,011	R+11.0
Richmond	18,377 39.3%	27,611 59.1%	736	46,724	R+19.8
Norfolk	22,617 50.3%	20,311 45.1%	2,061	44,989	D+5.1
Henrico	12,579 32.1%	25,779 65.8%	832	39,190	R+33.7
Arlington	17,097 46.9%	18,418 50.5%	946	36,461	R+3.6
Chesterfield	7,694 30.1%	17,261 67.5%	632	25,587	R+37.4
Virginia Beach	10,210 40.9%	14,086 56.4%	692	24,988	R+15.5
Portsmouth	13,783 58.1%	9,638 40.6%	310	23,731	D+17.5
Roanoke	9,860 42.3%	13,238 56.8%	222	23,320	R+14.5
Newport News	10,776 47.1%	11,678 51.0%	422	22,876	R+3.9
Hampton	8,946 44.8%	10,765 53.9%	243	19,954	R+9.1
Roanoke	6,562 34.7%	12,124 64.1%	222	18,908	R+29.4
Alexandria	8,589 48.3%	8,987 50.5%	212	17,788	R+2.2
Chesapeake	8,214 47.9%	8,158 47.5%	792	17,164	D+0.3
Prince William	5,246 46.0%	6,004 52.7%	153	11,403	R+6.6
Wise	5,982 53.6%	5,149 46.1%	29	11,160	D+7.5
Danville	5,720 52.3%	5,040 46.1%	170	10,930	D+6.2
Lynchburg	4,158 39.8%	5,694 54.5%	596	10,448	R+14.7
Pittsylvania	5,250 54.7%	4,215 43.9%	137	9,602	D+10.8
Washington	4,138 46.6%	4,680 52.7%	55	8,873	R+6.1
Charlottesville	4,745 54.7%	3,826 44.1%	98	8,669	D+10.6
Lee	4,455 53.0%	3,875 46.1%	68	8,398	D+6.9
Montgomery	3,151 38.0%	5,107 61.6%	35	8,293	R+23.6
Rockingham	2,545 31.5%	5,481 67.9%	44	8,070	R+36.4
Tazewell	4,186 52.9%	3,612 45.6%	119	7,917	D+7.3
Buchanan	4,184 54.2%	3,379 43.8%	156	7,719	D+10.4
Hanover	2,623 35.3%	4,593 61.9%	208	7,424	R+26.5
Augusta	2,365 31.9%	4,992 67.3%	65	7,422	R+35.4
Smyth	2,988 41.3%	4,212 58.2%	33	7,233	R+16.9
Petersburg	3,896 54.0%	3,147 43.6%	171	7,214	D+10.4
Scott	3,189 44.7%	3,869 54.2%	82	7,140	R+9.5
Pulaski	3,399 48.6%	3,562 50.9%	35	6,996	R+2.3
Henry	3,739 53.6%	3,139 45.0%	101	6,979	D+8.6
Loudoun	3,621 52.8%	3,190 46.5%	51	6,862	D+6.3
Shenandoah	2,282 33.4%	4,528 66.2%	30	6,840	R+32.8
Russell	3,438 50.4%	3,261 47.8%	128	6,827	D+2.6
Accomack	3,207 48.5%	3,188 48.3%	212	6,607	D+0.3
Dickenson	3,141 47.9%	3,377 51.5%	34	6,552	R+3.6
Campbell	2,436 37.6%	3,494 53.9%	549	6,479	R+16.3
Nansemond (Ext)	3,084 48.6%	3,089 48.7%	171	6,344	R+0.1
Albemarle	3,136 50.2%	3,001 48.1%	108	6,245	D+2.2
Mecklenburg	3,347 55.2%	2,480 40.9%	235	6,062	D+14.3
York	2,543 42.1%	3,353 55.6%	139	6,035	R+13.4
Carroll	1,988 33.6%	3,879 65.6%	45	5,912	R+32.0
Wythe	2,492 45.9%	2,810 51.8%	123	5,425	R+5.9
Grayson	2,442 45.1%	2,957 54.6%	19	5,418	R+9.5
Frederick	1,799 33.2%	3,553 65.6%	64	5,416	R+32.4
Staunton	2,051 38.2%	3,297 61.4%	20	5,368	R+23.2
Halifax	2,732 52.5%	2,361 45.4%	110	5,203	D+7.1
Salem	1,807 34.8%	3,356 64.7%	27	5,190	R+29.8
Page	2,306 45.9%	2,682 53.4%	32	5,020	R+7.5
Franklin	2,887 58.0%	2,018 40.5%	74	4,979	D+17.5
Fauquier	2,403 50.1%	2,345 48.9%	52	4,800	D+1.2
Giles	2,660 55.5%	2,036 42.5%	93	4,789	D+13.0
Bedford	1,934 41.6%	2,254 48.5%	464	4,652	R+6.9
Stafford	2,212 48.1%	2,354 51.2%	32	4,598	R+3.1
Amherst	2,264 49.7%	2,100 46.1%	189	4,553	D+3.6
Hopewell	1,905 42.7%	2,214 49.6%	341	4,460	R+6.9
Martinsville	2,482 56.2%	1,902 43.0%	35	4,419	D+13.1
Waynesboro	1,587 36.5%	2,713 62.4%	46	4,346	R+25.9
Warren	1,977 47.7%	2,102 50.8%	62	4,141	R+3.0
Fredericksburg	2,332 56.8%	1,748 42.6%	23	4,103	D+14.2
Spotsylvania	2,153 53.6%	1,669 41.6%	192	4,014	D+12.1
Isle Of Wight	1,576 40.2%	2,199 56.1%	144	3,919	R+15.9
Botetourt	1,571 40.8%	2,244 58.3%	36	3,851	R+17.5
Patrick	1,981 52.3%	1,759 46.4%	48	3,788	D+5.9
Prince Edward	1,840 49.8%	1,783 48.2%	73	3,696	D+1.5
Fairfax	1,679 46.4%	1,872 51.7%	71	3,622	R+5.3
Colonial Hts.	1,552 43.5%	1,923 53.9%	96	3,571	R+10.4
Dinwiddie	2,172 61.1%	1,225 34.5%	158	3,555	D+26.6
Southampton	1,963 57.1%	1,393 40.6%	79	3,435	D+16.6
Nottoway	1,680 50.1%	1,551 46.2%	123	3,354	D+3.8
Brunswick	1,776 53.5%	1,280 38.6%	264	3,320	D+14.9
Harrisonburg	1,251 38.1%	2,018 61.5%	11	3,280	R+23.4
Culpeper	1,564 47.9%	1,642 50.3%	57	3,263	R+2.4
Winchester	1,318 40.5%	1,915 58.9%	18	3,251	R+18.4
Radford	1,436 45.9%	1,681 53.8%	10	3,127	R+7.8
Gloucester	1,384 45.2%	1,599 52.3%	76	3,059	R+7.0
Northampton	1,541 52.0%	1,390 46.9%	34	2,965	D+5.1
Sussex	1,269 43.0%	1,577 53.4%	107	2,953	R+10.4
James City	1,431 49.0%	1,416 48.5%	72	2,919	D+0.5
Appomattox	1,719 59.5%	1,072 37.1%	96	2,887	D+22.4
Bristol	1,750 60.9%	1,113 38.7%	12	2,875	D+22.2
Falls Church	1,393 50.0%	1,370 49.2%	24	2,787	D+0.8
Lancaster	1,352 48.8%	1,382 49.8%	39	2,773	R+1.1
Prince George	1,350 50.4%	1,249 46.7%	78	2,677	D+3.8
Goochland	1,578 59.2%	1,023 38.4%	65	2,666	D+20.8
Orange	1,095 41.1%	1,529 57.4%	40	2,664	R+16.3
Louisa	1,260 47.8%	1,303 49.4%	73	2,636	R+1.6
Caroline	1,530 58.7%	1,025 39.3%	52	2,607	D+19.4
Lunenburg	1,154 44.6%	1,221 47.1%	215	2,590	R+2.6
Covington	1,309 51.1%	1,230 48.0%	24	2,563	D+3.1
Alleghany	1,224 47.9%	1,312 51.4%	18	2,554	R+3.4
Buckingham	1,319 52.9%	725 29.1%	451	2,495	D+23.8
Rockbridge	957 39.3%	1,450 59.5%	28	2,435	R+20.2
Suffolk	1,177 48.9%	1,183 49.2%	46	2,406	R+0.2
Charlotte	1,309 54.6%	988 41.2%	100	2,397	D+13.4
Floyd	778 32.5%	1,607 67.2%	8	2,393	R+34.6
Northumberland	988 45.3%	1,172 53.7%	22	2,182	R+8.4
Powhatan	1,121 51.5%	912 41.9%	143	2,176	D+9.6
Westmoreland	1,040 49.6%	1,036 49.5%	19	2,095	D+0.2
Greensville	1,159 56.8%	803 39.4%	77	2,039	D+17.5
Mathews	784 39.9%	1,153 58.7%	28	1,965	R+18.8
Madison	725 37.9%	1,164 60.8%	25	1,914	R+22.9
King William	979 51.3%	884 46.4%	44	1,907	D+5.0
Cumberland	1,173 62.3%	650 34.5%	61	1,884	D+27.8
Nelson	1,116 59.6%	713 38.1%	44	1,873	D+21.5
Galax	911 48.8%	943 50.6%	11	1,865	R+1.7
Clarke	980 53.2%	853 46.3%	10	1,843	D+6.9
South Boston	894 48.8%	930 50.7%	9	1,833	R+2.0
Williamsburg	884 50.7%	804 46.2%	54	1,742	D+4.6
Amelia	841 49.8%	692 41.0%	156	1,689	D+8.8
Surry	1,061 64.3%	556 33.7%	32	1,649	D+30.6
Bedford	763 48.3%	689 43.6%	127	1,579	D+4.7
Emporia	796 51.3%	713 46.0%	42	1,551	D+5.4
Franklin	720 46.4%	813 52.4%	18	1,551	R+6.0
Middlesex	669 43.3%	833 54.0%	42	1,544	R+10.6
Clifton Forge	720 48.5%	734 49.4%	32	1,486	R+0.9
King George	702 47.3%	771 51.9%	12	1,485	R+4.6
Bland	702 47.6%	764 51.8%	9	1,475	R+4.2
Essex	846 59.1%	555 38.8%	30	1,431	D+20.3
Lexington	581 41.3%	817 58.1%	8	1,406	R+16.8
Richmond	559 39.8%	831 59.1%	15	1,405	R+19.4
King And Queen	766 58.8%	497 38.2%	39	1,302	D+20.7
Rappahannock	688 53.0%	596 46.0%	13	1,297	D+7.1
Charles City	911 71.9%	340 26.8%	16	1,267	D+45.1
New Kent	593 48.8%	572 47.1%	49	1,214	D+1.7
Buena Vista	554 46.0%	636 52.8%	14	1,204	R+6.8
Fluvanna	532 44.8%	620 52.2%	35	1,187	R+7.4
Greene	455 39.0%	699 59.9%	13	1,167	R+20.9
Bath	602 52.0%	547 47.3%	8	1,157	D+4.8
Craig	543 52.9%	480 46.8%	3	1,026	D+6.1
Norton	517 51.8%	477 47.7%	5	999	D+4.0
Highland	301 37.5%	498 62.1%	3	802	R+24.6

Counties as they stood in 1969; 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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1985	Gerald L. Baliles (D)	D+10.4
1981	Charles S. Robb (D)	D+7.1
1977	John N. Dalton (R)	R+12.6
1973	Mills Godwin (R)	R+50.7
1969	Linwood Holton (R)	R+7.1
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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