George Chancellor Rawlings Jr. (November 7, 1921 – April 22, 2009) was an American politician and attorney at law from Virginia.

In 1963, he ran for the Virginia House of Delegates and won, defeating multi-term incumbent Francis B. Gouldman (known for supporting racial segregation) in the Democratic primary by a 2 to 1 margin,[2] then polling 57.6% of the votes to defeat Republican candidate Ryland H.

While a Delegate, he quickly gained a reputation as one of the leading liberals in a legislature still dominated by conservative Democrats.

As chairman of the House Rules Committee as well as a segregationist, Smith had used his position for years to block civil rights legislation.

In the general election, however, Rawlings lost to Republican nominee William L. Scott, who received the support of most of Smith's primary voters, by a vote of 50,782 to 37,929, a nearly 15% margin.

The next year, Howell ran for Governor of Virginia as an independent without a Democratic opponent and with the support of the party organization.