Election Name: | 1969 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Country: | Virginia |
Type: | Presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1965 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1965 |
Next Election: | 1971 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial special election |
Next Year: | 1971 (Special) |
Election Date: | 4 November 1969 |
Nominee1: | J. Sargeant Reynolds |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 472,853 |
Percentage1: | 53.97% |
Nominee2: | H. Dunlop Dawbarn |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 371,246 |
Percentage2: | 42.37% |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Before Election: | Fred G. Pollard |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
After Election: | J. Sargeant Reynolds |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1969 Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 4 November 1969 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Virginia. Democratic nominee and incumbent member of the Virginia Senate J. Sargeant Reynolds defeated Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Virginia Senate H. Dunlop Dawbarn, American Independent nominee Samuel J. Breeding Jr. and Conservative nominee Louis A. Brooks Jr..[1]
On election day, 4 November 1969, Democratic nominee J. Sargeant Reynolds won the election by a margin of 101,607 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee H. Dunlop Dawbarn, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Reynolds was sworn in as the 30th lieutenant governor of Virginia on 17 January 1970.[2]