1965 United States gubernatorial elections
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2 governorships
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before 33 17
Seats after 33 17
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 1,576,094 1,128,203
Percentage 56.44% 40.40%
Seats up 2 0
Seats won 2 0
1965 New Jersey gubernatorial election1965 Virginia gubernatorial election
     Democratic hold
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United States gubernatorial elections were held in November 1965, in two states.

New Jersey

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

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 F. (8 December 1992). "Richard J. Hughes, Governor and Judge, Dies at 83". The New York Times.
  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". BBC. 25 August 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 3 February 2014.
  7. ^ "VA Governor". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
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