1965 United States gubernatorial elections

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

1965 United States gubernatorial elections

November 2, 1965
2 state governorships
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 33 governorships 17 governorships Seats before 33 17 Seats after 33 17 Seat change
Democratic holds   Democratic pickups   Republican holds   Republican pickups

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.