1965 United States gubernatorial elections

none January 2025 October 2023 1965 United States gubernatorial elections United States legislative No 1964 United States gubernatorial elections 1964 1966 United States gubernatorial elections 1966 Seats up Seats won 2 governorships November 2, 1965 Democratic Party (United States) 33 33 2 2 Republican Party (United States) 17 17 0 0 324px #92C5DE Democratic hold 1,576,094 56.44% 1,128,203 40.40% 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.Sullivan Joseph F. Richard J. Hughes, Governor and Judge, Dies at 83 https://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/08/us/richard-j-hughes-governor-and-judge-dies-at-83.html The New York Times 8 December 1992 Virginia 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,http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_virginia/col2-content/main-content-list/title_godwin_mills.html Virginia Governor Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. 3 February 2014 but that another opponent, A. Linwood Holton, Jr., would go on to serve a term as Virginia's first Republican Governor since Reconstruction.http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Holton_A_Linwood_1923- A. Linwood Holton (1923– ) Hershman Jr. James 3 February 2014 Not to mention that George Lincoln Rockwell, the 'American Hitler', ran in this race.1967: 'American Hitler' shot dead https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/25/newsid_3031000/3031928.stm BBC 25 August 1967 Jeansonne Glen American Fuehrer: George Lincoln Rockwell and the American Nazi Party (review) American Jewish History 1999 87 2 235–237 10.1353/ajh.1999.0017 161417727 498 Results 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%http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=174475 NJ Governor 3 February 2014 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%http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=97157 VA Governor 3 February 2014 References 32emcollapsed Category:November 1965 in the United States