Virginia gubernatorial election, 1969

November 4, 1969

Governor before election

Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
Democratic

Elected Governor

A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Republican

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In the 1969 Virginia gubernatorial election, incumbent Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr., a Democrat, was unable to seek re-election due to term limits. A. Linwood Holton, Jr., an attorney from Roanoke, was nominated again by the Republican Party to run against former United States Ambassador to Australia, Democratic candidate William C. Battle. Holton was the first Republican Governor of Virginia to be elected since Gilbert Carlton Walker in 1869.

Candidates

Virginia gubernatorial election, 1969^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	A. Linwood Holton, Jr.	480,869	52.51%	+14.80%
	Democratic	William C. Battle	415,695	45.39%	-2.50%
	Conservative	Beverly McDowell	10,596	1.16%	-12.22%
	American Independent	William Pennington	7,382	0.81%	+0.81%
	Independent	George Walker	1,182	0.13%
	Write-ins		317	<0.01%
Majority			65,174	7.12%	-7.86%
Turnout			915,764
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

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