1973-11-06 Gubernatorial Election Results for Virginia

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County	Turnout	Mills Godwin (R)		Henry Howell (I)		Other		Margin	TOTAL
Accomack	38%	3,632	47.2%	4,066	52.8%	2	0.0%	-434	7,700
Albemarle	33%	5,225	52.5%	4,732	47.5%	0	0.0%	493	9,957
Alexandria city	23%	8,647	44.6%	10,720	55.3%	12	0.1%	-2,073	19,379
Alleghany	36%	1,180	39.4%	1,813	60.5%	2	0.1%	-633	2,995
Amelia	43%	1,277	58.0%	924	42.0%	0	0.0%	353	2,201
Amherst	27%	2,846	58.1%	2,052	41.9%	1	0.0%	794	4,899
Appomattox	39%	1,699	64.4%	941	35.6%	0	0.0%	758	2,640
Arlington	29%	18,817	49.2%	19,406	50.8%	7	0.0%	-589	38,230
Augusta	25%	5,132	60.4%	3,356	39.5%	9	0.1%	1,776	8,497
Bath	36%	555	41.3%	789	58.7%	0	0.0%	-234	1,344
Bedford	26%	2,678	53.5%	2,324	46.5%	1	0.0%	354	5,003
Bedford city	35%	923	60.1%	614	39.9%	0	0.0%	309	1,537
Bland	37%	765	53.5%	665	46.5%	0	0.0%	100	1,430
Botetourt	30%	1,857	47.0%	2,092	53.0%	0	0.0%	-235	3,949
Bristol city	20%	1,258	54.9%	1,033	45.1%	1	0.0%	225	2,292
Brunswick	37%	1,950	49.3%	2,003	50.7%	1	0.0%	-53	3,954
Buchanan	29%	2,083	35.1%	3,856	64.9%	0	0.0%	-1,773	5,939
Buckingham	43%	1,533	49.7%	1,551	50.3%	1	0.0%	-18	3,085
Buena Vista city	30%	596	46.9%	676	53.1%	0	0.0%	-80	1,272
Campbell	35%	6,991	70.4%	2,939	29.6%	0	0.0%	4,052	9,930
Caroline	32%	1,246	39.8%	1,887	60.2%	0	0.0%	-641	3,133
Carroll	29%	2,542	53.3%	2,226	46.7%	0	0.0%	316	4,768
Charles City	33%	335	25.4%	984	74.5%	1	0.1%	-649	1,320
Charlotte	43%	1,752	52.9%	1,560	47.1%	0	0.0%	192	3,312
Charlottesville city	33%	4,600	47.1%	5,162	52.9%	5	0.1%	-562	9,767
Chesapeake city	34%	7,977	38.1%	12,946	61.9%	5	0.0%	-4,969	20,928
Chesterfield	37%	15,868	71.2%	6,407	28.8%	0	0.0%	9,461	22,275
Clarke	30%	1,144	66.2%	584	33.8%	1	0.1%	560	1,729
Clifton Forge city	38%	684	46.9%	773	53.1%	0	0.0%	-89	1,457
Colonial Heights city	41%	3,011	69.7%	1,311	30.3%	1	0.0%	1,700	4,323
Covington city	34%	917	39.9%	1,384	60.1%	0	0.0%	-467	2,301
Craig	38%	357	37.3%	601	62.7%	0	0.0%	-244	958
Culpeper	30%	2,401	62.5%	1,438	37.5%	0	0.0%	963	3,839
Cumberland	48%	987	49.2%	1,018	50.8%	0	0.0%	-31	2,005
Danville city	39%	8,466	66.7%	4,233	33.3%	0	0.0%	4,233	12,699
Dickenson	54%	2,140	37.1%	3,628	62.9%	2	0.0%	-1,488	5,770
Dinwiddie	28%	1,893	42.6%	2,547	57.3%	2	0.0%	-654	4,442
Emporia city	45%	934	58.0%	677	42.0%	0	0.0%	257	1,611
Essex	31%	1,023	64.7%	559	35.3%	0	0.0%	464	1,582
Fairfax	30%	50,583	51.9%	46,843	48.1%	12	0.0%	3,740	97,438
Fairfax city	30%	2,336	54.4%	1,959	45.6%	3	0.1%	377	4,298
Falls Church city	38%	1,425	48.0%	1,543	52.0%	0	0.0%	-118	2,968
Fauquier	23%	2,827	63.5%	1,623	36.5%	0	0.0%	1,204	4,450
Floyd	28%	1,048	52.1%	965	47.9%	0	0.0%	83	2,013
Fluvanna	29%	836	53.4%	731	46.6%	0	0.0%	105	1,567
Franklin	30%	2,250	38.1%	3,655	61.9%	2	0.0%	-1,405	5,907
Franklin city	43%	964	51.1%	922	48.9%	0	0.0%	42	1,886
Frederick	24%	2,644	57.7%	1,934	42.2%	5	0.1%	710	4,583
Fredericksburg city	34%	1,593	46.9%	1,804	53.1%	0	0.0%	-211	3,397
Galax city	34%	771	50.7%	750	49.3%	0	0.0%	21	1,521
Giles	38%	1,769	40.6%	2,584	59.4%	0	0.0%	-815	4,353
Gloucester	35%	1,900	51.3%	1,802	48.7%	2	0.1%	98	3,704
Goochland	40%	1,500	52.3%	1,368	47.7%	0	0.0%	132	2,868
Grayson	31%	1,530	45.3%	1,849	54.7%	0	0.0%	-319	3,379
Greene	31%	567	47.6%	624	52.4%	0	0.0%	-57	1,191
Greensville	40%	1,032	41.8%	1,438	58.2%	0	0.0%	-406	2,470
Halifax	26%	2,869	56.0%	2,250	44.0%	0	0.0%	619	5,119
Hampton city	29%	9,925	43.5%	12,861	56.4%	5	0.0%	-2,936	22,791
Hanover	41%	7,649	68.1%	3,576	31.9%	1	0.0%	4,073	11,226
Harrisonburg city	36%	2,491	62.8%	1,478	37.2%	0	0.0%	1,013	3,969
Henrico	41%	33,415	72.5%	12,641	27.4%	37	0.1%	20,774	46,093
Henry	28%	4,107	42.6%	5,525	57.3%	3	0.0%	-1,418	9,635
Highland	37%	441	62.6%	263	37.4%	0	0.0%	178	704
Hopewell city	35%	2,894	54.0%	2,470	46.0%	0	0.0%	424	5,364
Isle of Wight	42%	2,400	45.8%	2,833	54.1%	2	0.0%	-433	5,235
James City	34%	2,129	48.3%	2,277	51.7%	0	0.0%	-148	4,406
King and Queen	35%	553	41.9%	767	58.1%	0	0.0%	-214	1,320
King George	28%	810	52.2%	742	47.8%	0	0.0%	68	1,552
King William	38%	1,089	54.7%	900	45.2%	2	0.1%	189	1,991
Lancaster	47%	1,760	55.3%	1,424	44.7%	1	0.0%	336	3,185
Lee	43%	2,820	46.2%	3,285	53.8%	0	0.0%	-465	6,105
Lexington city	27%	893	56.6%	683	43.3%	3	0.2%	210	1,579
Loudoun	32%	4,787	55.0%	3,908	44.9%	3	0.0%	879	8,698
Louisa	32%	1,574	49.3%	1,616	50.6%	2	0.1%	-42	3,192
Lunenburg	34%	1,574	58.3%	1,127	41.7%	0	0.0%	447	2,701
Lynchburg city	33%	8,833	65.8%	4,584	34.2%	4	0.0%	4,249	13,421
Madison	32%	1,029	53.9%	877	45.9%	4	0.2%	152	1,910
Martinsville city	39%	2,876	54.9%	2,358	45.1%	0	0.0%	518	5,234
Mathews	47%	1,375	53.9%	1,155	45.3%	20	0.8%	220	2,550
Mecklenburg	31%	3,825	62.9%	2,255	37.1%	0	0.0%	1,570	6,080
Middlesex	38%	1,050	57.6%	772	42.4%	0	0.0%	278	1,822
Montgomery	25%	4,924	49.9%	4,936	50.0%	11	0.1%	-12	9,871
Nansemond	n/a	3,725	42.0%	5,143	58.0%	2	0.0%	-1,418	8,870
Nelson	27%	1,051	48.2%	1,127	51.7%	3	0.1%	-76	2,181
New Kent	38%	715	46.0%	840	54.0%	0	0.0%	-125	1,555
Newport News city	30%	13,165	46.7%	15,007	53.3%	4	0.0%	-1,842	28,176
Norfolk city	25%	17,852	34.3%	34,118	65.6%	3	0.0%	-16,266	51,973
Northampton	39%	1,728	45.0%	2,111	55.0%	1	0.0%	-383	3,840
Northumberland	38%	1,394	53.6%	1,204	46.3%	1	0.0%	190	2,599
Norton city	39%	538	49.3%	553	50.7%	0	0.0%	-15	1,091
Nottoway	41%	2,162	54.6%	1,800	45.4%	0	0.0%	362	3,962
Orange	27%	1,485	55.0%	1,215	45.0%	0	0.0%	270	2,700
Page	30%	1,720	48.4%	1,832	51.6%	0	0.0%	-112	3,552
Patrick	25%	1,284	47.9%	1,394	52.0%	1	0.0%	-110	2,679
Petersburg city	39%	4,308	43.3%	5,628	56.6%	2	0.0%	-1,320	9,938
Pittsylvania	26%	5,733	55.0%	4,681	44.9%	7	0.1%	1,052	10,421
Portsmouth city	37%	8,724	32.2%	18,327	67.7%	5	0.0%	-9,603	27,056
Powhatan	35%	1,215	57.1%	908	42.7%	3	0.1%	307	2,126
Prince Edward	36%	2,263	59.3%	1,552	40.6%	4	0.1%	711	3,819
Prince George	15%	1,226	44.5%	1,526	55.5%	0	0.0%	-300	2,752
Prince William	22%	8,159	52.3%	7,441	47.7%	3	0.0%	718	15,603
Pulaski	31%	3,149	48.4%	3,361	51.6%	0	0.0%	-212	6,510
Radford city	34%	1,446	46.5%	1,664	53.5%	1	0.0%	-218	3,111
Rappahannock	31%	633	55.7%	503	44.3%	0	0.0%	130	1,136
Richmond	43%	1,091	60.8%	702	39.1%	2	0.1%	389	1,795
Richmond city	34%	28,137	48.1%	30,328	51.8%	37	0.1%	-2,191	58,502
Roanoke	38%	9,357	52.6%	8,409	47.3%	20	0.1%	948	17,786
Roanoke city	30%	8,912	45.2%	10,807	54.8%	7	0.0%	-1,895	19,726
Rockbridge	26%	1,492	48.8%	1,566	51.2%	1	0.0%	-74	3,059
Rockingham	29%	5,983	56.9%	4,538	43.1%	1	0.0%	1,445	10,522
Russell	43%	3,109	41.6%	4,358	58.4%	0	0.0%	-1,249	7,467
Salem city	33%	2,758	51.3%	2,610	48.6%	7	0.1%	148	5,375
Scott	34%	2,612	46.1%	3,059	53.9%	0	0.0%	-447	5,671
Shenandoah	36%	3,614	59.8%	2,427	40.1%	5	0.1%	1,187	6,046
Smyth	29%	2,932	46.0%	3,438	53.9%	4	0.1%	-506	6,374
South Boston city	n/a	1,227	67.7%	585	32.3%	0	0.0%	642	1,812
Southampton	33%	2,117	51.0%	2,031	49.0%	1	0.0%	86	4,149
Spotsylvania	27%	1,507	40.4%	2,220	59.6%	0	0.0%	-713	3,727
Stafford	25%	1,996	44.0%	2,542	56.0%	0	0.0%	-546	4,538
Staunton city	35%	3,482	64.6%	1,908	35.4%	0	0.0%	1,574	5,390
Suffolk city	9%	1,599	59.8%	1,074	40.2%	0	0.0%	525	2,673
Surry	50%	745	39.0%	1,166	61.0%	0	0.0%	-421	1,911
Sussex	46%	1,512	45.5%	1,807	54.4%	1	0.0%	-295	3,320
Tazewell	26%	3,455	48.4%	3,676	51.5%	1	0.0%	-221	7,132
Virginia Beach city	30%	17,910	46.8%	20,327	53.2%	6	0.0%	-2,417	38,243
Warren	32%	1,719	46.4%	1,981	53.5%	3	0.1%	-262	3,703
Washington	29%	4,086	49.8%	4,123	50.2%	0	0.0%	-37	8,209
Waynesboro city	45%	2,829	64.0%	1,590	35.9%	4	0.1%	1,239	4,423
Westmoreland	31%	1,461	54.9%	1,201	45.1%	0	0.0%	260	2,662
Williamsburg city	32%	1,334	55.0%	1,091	45.0%	0	0.0%	243	2,425
Winchester city	40%	3,149	66.7%	1,568	33.2%	1	0.0%	1,581	4,718
Wise	30%	2,966	39.9%	4,460	60.1%	0	0.0%	-1,494	7,426
Wythe	31%	2,803	58.8%	1,968	41.2%	0	0.0%	835	4,771
York	38%	3,918	48.4%	4,174	51.6%	0	0.0%	-256	8,092
TOTAL	34%	525,075	50.7%	510,103	49.3%	317	0.0%	14,972	1,035,495
Total R vote: 525,075 (50.7%)      Total D vote: 0 (0.0%)      Total Other vote: 510,420 (49.3%)
* incumbent

1973 Governor, Accomack County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,632	47.2%
Henry Howell (I)	4,066	52.8%
TOTAL	7,700
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Albemarle County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	5,225	52.5%
Henry Howell (I)	4,732	47.5%
TOTAL	9,957
Turnout: 33%

1973 Governor, Alexandria city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	8,647	44.6%
Henry Howell (I)	10,720	55.3%
TOTAL	19,379
Turnout: 23%

1973 Governor, Alleghany County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,180	39.4%
Henry Howell (I)	1,813	60.5%
TOTAL	2,995
Turnout: 36%

1973 Governor, Amelia County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,277	58.0%
Henry Howell (I)	924	42.0%
TOTAL	2,201
Turnout: 43%

1973 Governor, Amherst County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,846	58.1%
Henry Howell (I)	2,052	41.9%
TOTAL	4,899
Turnout: 27%

1973 Governor, Appomattox County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,699	64.4%
Henry Howell (I)	941	35.6%
TOTAL	2,640
Turnout: 39%

1973 Governor, Arlington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	18,817	49.2%
Henry Howell (I)	19,406	50.8%
TOTAL	38,230
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, Augusta County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	5,132	60.4%
Henry Howell (I)	3,356	39.5%
TOTAL	8,497
Turnout: 25%

1973 Governor, Bath County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	555	41.3%
Henry Howell (I)	789	58.7%
TOTAL	1,344
Turnout: 36%

1973 Governor, Bedford County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,678	53.5%
Henry Howell (I)	2,324	46.5%
TOTAL	5,003
Turnout: 26%

1973 Governor, Bedford city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	923	60.1%
Henry Howell (I)	614	39.9%
TOTAL	1,537
Turnout: 35%

1973 Governor, Bland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	765	53.5%
Henry Howell (I)	665	46.5%
TOTAL	1,430
Turnout: 37%

1973 Governor, Botetourt County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,857	47.0%
Henry Howell (I)	2,092	53.0%
TOTAL	3,949
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Bristol city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,258	54.9%
Henry Howell (I)	1,033	45.1%
TOTAL	2,292
Turnout: 20%

1973 Governor, Brunswick County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,950	49.3%
Henry Howell (I)	2,003	50.7%
TOTAL	3,954
Turnout: 37%

1973 Governor, Buchanan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,083	35.1%
Henry Howell (I)	3,856	64.9%
TOTAL	5,939
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, Buckingham County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,533	49.7%
Henry Howell (I)	1,551	50.3%
TOTAL	3,085
Turnout: 43%

1973 Governor, Buena Vista city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	596	46.9%
Henry Howell (I)	676	53.1%
TOTAL	1,272
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Campbell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	6,991	70.4%
Henry Howell (I)	2,939	29.6%
TOTAL	9,930
Turnout: 35%

1973 Governor, Caroline County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,246	39.8%
Henry Howell (I)	1,887	60.2%
TOTAL	3,133
Turnout: 32%

1973 Governor, Carroll County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,542	53.3%
Henry Howell (I)	2,226	46.7%
TOTAL	4,768
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, Charles City County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	335	25.4%
Henry Howell (I)	984	74.5%
TOTAL	1,320
Turnout: 33%

1973 Governor, Charlotte County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,752	52.9%
Henry Howell (I)	1,560	47.1%
TOTAL	3,312
Turnout: 43%

1973 Governor, Charlottesville city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	4,600	47.1%
Henry Howell (I)	5,162	52.9%
TOTAL	9,767
Turnout: 33%

1973 Governor, Chesapeake city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	7,977	38.1%
Henry Howell (I)	12,946	61.9%
TOTAL	20,928
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Chesterfield County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	15,868	71.2%
Henry Howell (I)	6,407	28.8%
TOTAL	22,275
Turnout: 37%

1973 Governor, Clarke County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,144	66.2%
Henry Howell (I)	584	33.8%
TOTAL	1,729
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Clifton Forge city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	684	46.9%
Henry Howell (I)	773	53.1%
TOTAL	1,457
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Colonial Heights city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,011	69.7%
Henry Howell (I)	1,311	30.3%
TOTAL	4,323
Turnout: 41%

1973 Governor, Covington city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	917	39.9%
Henry Howell (I)	1,384	60.1%
TOTAL	2,301
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Craig County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	357	37.3%
Henry Howell (I)	601	62.7%
TOTAL	958
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Culpeper County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,401	62.5%
Henry Howell (I)	1,438	37.5%
TOTAL	3,839
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Cumberland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	987	49.2%
Henry Howell (I)	1,018	50.8%
TOTAL	2,005
Turnout: 48%

1973 Governor, Danville city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	8,466	66.7%
Henry Howell (I)	4,233	33.3%
TOTAL	12,699
Turnout: 39%

1973 Governor, Dickenson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,140	37.1%
Henry Howell (I)	3,628	62.9%
TOTAL	5,770
Turnout: 54%

1973 Governor, Dinwiddie County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,893	42.6%
Henry Howell (I)	2,547	57.3%
TOTAL	4,442
Turnout: 28%

1973 Governor, Emporia city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	934	58.0%
Henry Howell (I)	677	42.0%
TOTAL	1,611
Turnout: 45%

1973 Governor, Essex County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,023	64.7%
Henry Howell (I)	559	35.3%
TOTAL	1,582
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, Fairfax County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	50,583	51.9%
Henry Howell (I)	46,843	48.1%
TOTAL	97,438
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Fairfax city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,336	54.4%
Henry Howell (I)	1,959	45.6%
TOTAL	4,298
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Falls Church city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,425	48.0%
Henry Howell (I)	1,543	52.0%
TOTAL	2,968
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Fauquier County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,827	63.5%
Henry Howell (I)	1,623	36.5%
TOTAL	4,450
Turnout: 23%

1973 Governor, Floyd County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,048	52.1%
Henry Howell (I)	965	47.9%
TOTAL	2,013
Turnout: 28%

1973 Governor, Fluvanna County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	836	53.4%
Henry Howell (I)	731	46.6%
TOTAL	1,567
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, Franklin County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,250	38.1%
Henry Howell (I)	3,655	61.9%
TOTAL	5,907
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Franklin city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	964	51.1%
Henry Howell (I)	922	48.9%
TOTAL	1,886
Turnout: 43%

1973 Governor, Frederick County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,644	57.7%
Henry Howell (I)	1,934	42.2%
TOTAL	4,583
Turnout: 24%

1973 Governor, Fredericksburg city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,593	46.9%
Henry Howell (I)	1,804	53.1%
TOTAL	3,397
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Galax city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	771	50.7%
Henry Howell (I)	750	49.3%
TOTAL	1,521
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Giles County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,769	40.6%
Henry Howell (I)	2,584	59.4%
TOTAL	4,353
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Gloucester County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,900	51.3%
Henry Howell (I)	1,802	48.7%
TOTAL	3,704
Turnout: 35%

1973 Governor, Goochland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,500	52.3%
Henry Howell (I)	1,368	47.7%
TOTAL	2,868
Turnout: 40%

1973 Governor, Grayson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,530	45.3%
Henry Howell (I)	1,849	54.7%
TOTAL	3,379
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, Greene County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	567	47.6%
Henry Howell (I)	624	52.4%
TOTAL	1,191
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, Greensville County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,032	41.8%
Henry Howell (I)	1,438	58.2%
TOTAL	2,470
Turnout: 40%

1973 Governor, Halifax County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,869	56.0%
Henry Howell (I)	2,250	44.0%
TOTAL	5,119
Turnout: 26%

1973 Governor, Hampton city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	9,925	43.5%
Henry Howell (I)	12,861	56.4%
TOTAL	22,791
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, Hanover County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	7,649	68.1%
Henry Howell (I)	3,576	31.9%
TOTAL	11,226
Turnout: 41%

1973 Governor, Harrisonburg city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,491	62.8%
Henry Howell (I)	1,478	37.2%
TOTAL	3,969
Turnout: 36%

1973 Governor, Henrico County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	33,415	72.5%
Henry Howell (I)	12,641	27.4%
TOTAL	46,093
Turnout: 41%

1973 Governor, Henry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	4,107	42.6%
Henry Howell (I)	5,525	57.3%
TOTAL	9,635
Turnout: 28%

1973 Governor, Highland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	441	62.6%
Henry Howell (I)	263	37.4%
TOTAL	704
Turnout: 37%

1973 Governor, Hopewell city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,894	54.0%
Henry Howell (I)	2,470	46.0%
TOTAL	5,364
Turnout: 35%

1973 Governor, Isle of Wight County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,400	45.8%
Henry Howell (I)	2,833	54.1%
TOTAL	5,235
Turnout: 42%

1973 Governor, James City County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,129	48.3%
Henry Howell (I)	2,277	51.7%
TOTAL	4,406
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, King and Queen County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	553	41.9%
Henry Howell (I)	767	58.1%
TOTAL	1,320
Turnout: 35%

1973 Governor, King George County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	810	52.2%
Henry Howell (I)	742	47.8%
TOTAL	1,552
Turnout: 28%

1973 Governor, King William County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,089	54.7%
Henry Howell (I)	900	45.2%
TOTAL	1,991
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Lancaster County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,760	55.3%
Henry Howell (I)	1,424	44.7%
TOTAL	3,185
Turnout: 47%

1973 Governor, Lee County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,820	46.2%
Henry Howell (I)	3,285	53.8%
TOTAL	6,105
Turnout: 43%

1973 Governor, Lexington city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	893	56.6%
Henry Howell (I)	683	43.3%
TOTAL	1,579
Turnout: 27%

1973 Governor, Loudoun County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	4,787	55.0%
Henry Howell (I)	3,908	44.9%
TOTAL	8,698
Turnout: 32%

1973 Governor, Louisa County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,574	49.3%
Henry Howell (I)	1,616	50.6%
TOTAL	3,192
Turnout: 32%

1973 Governor, Lunenburg County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,574	58.3%
Henry Howell (I)	1,127	41.7%
TOTAL	2,701
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Lynchburg city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	8,833	65.8%
Henry Howell (I)	4,584	34.2%
TOTAL	13,421
Turnout: 33%

1973 Governor, Madison County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,029	53.9%
Henry Howell (I)	877	45.9%
TOTAL	1,910
Turnout: 32%

1973 Governor, Martinsville city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,876	54.9%
Henry Howell (I)	2,358	45.1%
TOTAL	5,234
Turnout: 39%

1973 Governor, Mathews County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,375	53.9%
Henry Howell (I)	1,155	45.3%
TOTAL	2,550
Turnout: 47%

1973 Governor, Mecklenburg County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,825	62.9%
Henry Howell (I)	2,255	37.1%
TOTAL	6,080
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, Middlesex County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,050	57.6%
Henry Howell (I)	772	42.4%
TOTAL	1,822
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Montgomery County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	4,924	49.9%
Henry Howell (I)	4,936	50.0%
TOTAL	9,871
Turnout: 25%

1973 Governor, null
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,725	42.0%
Henry Howell (I)	5,143	58.0%
TOTAL	8,870
Turnout: 1358250%

1973 Governor, Nelson County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,051	48.2%
Henry Howell (I)	1,127	51.7%
TOTAL	2,181
Turnout: 27%

1973 Governor, New Kent County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	715	46.0%
Henry Howell (I)	840	54.0%
TOTAL	1,555
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Newport News city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	13,165	46.7%
Henry Howell (I)	15,007	53.3%
TOTAL	28,176
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Norfolk city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	17,852	34.3%
Henry Howell (I)	34,118	65.6%
TOTAL	51,973
Turnout: 25%

1973 Governor, Northampton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,728	45.0%
Henry Howell (I)	2,111	55.0%
TOTAL	3,840
Turnout: 39%

1973 Governor, Northumberland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,394	53.6%
Henry Howell (I)	1,204	46.3%
TOTAL	2,599
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Norton city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	538	49.3%
Henry Howell (I)	553	50.7%
TOTAL	1,091
Turnout: 39%

1973 Governor, Nottoway County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,162	54.6%
Henry Howell (I)	1,800	45.4%
TOTAL	3,962
Turnout: 41%

1973 Governor, Orange County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,485	55.0%
Henry Howell (I)	1,215	45.0%
TOTAL	2,700
Turnout: 27%

1973 Governor, Page County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,720	48.4%
Henry Howell (I)	1,832	51.6%
TOTAL	3,552
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Patrick County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,284	47.9%
Henry Howell (I)	1,394	52.0%
TOTAL	2,679
Turnout: 25%

1973 Governor, Petersburg city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	4,308	43.3%
Henry Howell (I)	5,628	56.6%
TOTAL	9,938
Turnout: 39%

1973 Governor, Pittsylvania County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	5,733	55.0%
Henry Howell (I)	4,681	44.9%
TOTAL	10,421
Turnout: 26%

1973 Governor, Portsmouth city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	8,724	32.2%
Henry Howell (I)	18,327	67.7%
TOTAL	27,056
Turnout: 37%

1973 Governor, Powhatan County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,215	57.1%
Henry Howell (I)	908	42.7%
TOTAL	2,126
Turnout: 35%

1973 Governor, Prince Edward County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,263	59.3%
Henry Howell (I)	1,552	40.6%
TOTAL	3,819
Turnout: 36%

1973 Governor, Prince George County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,226	44.5%
Henry Howell (I)	1,526	55.5%
TOTAL	2,752
Turnout: 15%

1973 Governor, Prince William County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	8,159	52.3%
Henry Howell (I)	7,441	47.7%
TOTAL	15,603
Turnout: 22%

1973 Governor, Pulaski County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,149	48.4%
Henry Howell (I)	3,361	51.6%
TOTAL	6,510
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, Radford city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,446	46.5%
Henry Howell (I)	1,664	53.5%
TOTAL	3,111
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Rappahannock County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	633	55.7%
Henry Howell (I)	503	44.3%
TOTAL	1,136
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, Richmond County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,091	60.8%
Henry Howell (I)	702	39.1%
TOTAL	1,795
Turnout: 43%

1973 Governor, Richmond city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	28,137	48.1%
Henry Howell (I)	30,328	51.8%
TOTAL	58,502
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Roanoke County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	9,357	52.6%
Henry Howell (I)	8,409	47.3%
TOTAL	17,786
Turnout: 38%

1973 Governor, Roanoke city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	8,912	45.2%
Henry Howell (I)	10,807	54.8%
TOTAL	19,726
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Rockbridge County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,492	48.8%
Henry Howell (I)	1,566	51.2%
TOTAL	3,059
Turnout: 26%

1973 Governor, Rockingham County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	5,983	56.9%
Henry Howell (I)	4,538	43.1%
TOTAL	10,522
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, Russell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,109	41.6%
Henry Howell (I)	4,358	58.4%
TOTAL	7,467
Turnout: 43%

1973 Governor, Salem city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,758	51.3%
Henry Howell (I)	2,610	48.6%
TOTAL	5,375
Turnout: 33%

1973 Governor, Scott County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,612	46.1%
Henry Howell (I)	3,059	53.9%
TOTAL	5,671
Turnout: 34%

1973 Governor, Shenandoah County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,614	59.8%
Henry Howell (I)	2,427	40.1%
TOTAL	6,046
Turnout: 36%

1973 Governor, Smyth County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,932	46.0%
Henry Howell (I)	3,438	53.9%
TOTAL	6,374
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, South Boston city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,227	67.7%
Henry Howell (I)	585	32.3%
TOTAL	1,812
Turnout: n/a

1973 Governor, Southampton County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,117	51.0%
Henry Howell (I)	2,031	49.0%
TOTAL	4,149
Turnout: 33%

1973 Governor, Spotsylvania County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,507	40.4%
Henry Howell (I)	2,220	59.6%
TOTAL	3,727
Turnout: 27%

1973 Governor, Stafford County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,996	44.0%
Henry Howell (I)	2,542	56.0%
TOTAL	4,538
Turnout: 25%

1973 Governor, Staunton city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,482	64.6%
Henry Howell (I)	1,908	35.4%
TOTAL	5,390
Turnout: 35%

1973 Governor, Suffolk city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,599	59.8%
Henry Howell (I)	1,074	40.2%
TOTAL	2,673
Turnout: 9%

1973 Governor, Surry County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	745	39.0%
Henry Howell (I)	1,166	61.0%
TOTAL	1,911
Turnout: 50%

1973 Governor, Sussex County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,512	45.5%
Henry Howell (I)	1,807	54.4%
TOTAL	3,320
Turnout: 46%

1973 Governor, Tazewell County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,455	48.4%
Henry Howell (I)	3,676	51.5%
TOTAL	7,132
Turnout: 26%

1973 Governor, Virginia Beach city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	17,910	46.8%
Henry Howell (I)	20,327	53.2%
TOTAL	38,243
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Warren County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,719	46.4%
Henry Howell (I)	1,981	53.5%
TOTAL	3,703
Turnout: 32%

1973 Governor, Washington County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	4,086	49.8%
Henry Howell (I)	4,123	50.2%
TOTAL	8,209
Turnout: 29%

1973 Governor, Waynesboro city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,829	64.0%
Henry Howell (I)	1,590	35.9%
TOTAL	4,423
Turnout: 45%

1973 Governor, Westmoreland County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,461	54.9%
Henry Howell (I)	1,201	45.1%
TOTAL	2,662
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, Williamsburg city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	1,334	55.0%
Henry Howell (I)	1,091	45.0%
TOTAL	2,425
Turnout: 32%

1973 Governor, Winchester city
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,149	66.7%
Henry Howell (I)	1,568	33.2%
TOTAL	4,718
Turnout: 40%

1973 Governor, Wise County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,966	39.9%
Henry Howell (I)	4,460	60.1%
TOTAL	7,426
Turnout: 30%

1973 Governor, Wythe County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	2,803	58.8%
Henry Howell (I)	1,968	41.2%
TOTAL	4,771
Turnout: 31%

1973 Governor, York County
Candidate	Votes	Pct
Mills Godwin (R)	3,918	48.4%
Henry Howell (I)	4,174	51.6%
TOTAL	8,092
Turnout: 38%