1965 Virginia Gubernatorial Election
Who won the 1965 Virginia Gubernatorial Election?
Mills Godwin won the 1965 Virginia Gubernatorial Election. Mills Godwin received 269,526 popular votes (47.9%). The main challenger was Linwood Holton (37.7%).
See the full head-to-head between Godwin and Holton
Godwin +10.2 pts · won by 57,319 votes
269,526 votes
212,207 votes
75,307 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.