1965 United States gubernatorial elections

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1965 United States gubernatorial elections

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2 governorships
|  | Majority party  | Minority party

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Party  | Democratic | Republican
Seats before  | 33 | 17
Seats after  | 33 | 17
Seat change  |  |
Popular vote  | 1,576,094 | 1,128,203
Percentage  | 56.44% | 40.40%
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

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After his re-election win, Richard J. Hughes tried to introduce 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 became 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

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The 1965 Virginia 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]

## Results

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State | Incumbent | Party | Status | Opposing candidates

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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

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1. ^ Sullivan, Joseph F. (December 8, 1992). "Richard J. Hughes, Governor and Judge, Dies at 83". The New York Times.
2. ^ "Virginia Governor Mills Edwin Godwin Jr". Retrieved February 3, 2014.
3. ^ Hershman Jr., James. "A. Linwood Holton (1923– )". Retrieved February 3, 2014.
4. ^ "1967: 'American Hitler' shot dead". BBC. August 25, 1967.
5. ^ Jeansonne, Glen (1999). "American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (review)". American Jewish History. 87 (2): 235–237\. doi:10.1353/ajh.1999.0017. S2CID 161417727. Project MUSE 498.
6. ^ "NJ Governor". Retrieved February 3, 2014.
7. ^ "VA Governor". Retrieved February 3, 2014.

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