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United States gubernatorial elections were held in November 1965, in two states.
New Jersey[edit]
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[edit]
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 Nazi Party leader, ran in this race under a so called "White constitutional party".[4][5]
Chart[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ^ Sullivan, Joseph F. (8 December 1992). "Richard J. Hughes, Governor and Judge, Dies at 83". The New York Times.
- ^ "Virginia Governor Mills Edwin Godwin Jr". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Hershman Jr., James. "A. Linwood Holton (1923– )". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "1967: 'American Hitler' shot dead". BBC. 25 August 1967.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NJ Governor". Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "VA Governor". Retrieved 3 February 2014.