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In the 1965 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. A. Linwood Holton, Jr., an attorney from Roanoke, was nominated by the Republican Party to run against Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Mills E. Godwin, Jr..

George Lincoln Rockwell, an avowed White Supremacist and founder/leader of the American Nazi Party, ran as an independent candidate.

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1965^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mills E. Godwin, Jr.	296,526	47.89%	−15.96%
	Republican	A. Linwood Holton, Jr.	212,207	37.71%	+1.56%
	Conservative	William J. Story Jr.	75,307	13.38%	+13.38%
	Independent	George Lincoln Rockwell	5,730	1.02%
	Write-ins		19	<0.01%
Majority			84,319	14.98%	−12.73%
Turnout			562,789
	Democratic hold		Swing

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