Alabama gubernatorial election, 1982
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The Alabama gubernatorial election of 1982 was the last campaign of George Wallace
, who won his final, fourth, term in office, before be retired on January 19, 1987.
decided to not seek a second term. This leave primary open.
Candidates
primary without any opposition.
George Wallace
George Corley Wallace, Jr. was the 45th Governor of Alabama, serving four terms: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. "The most influential loser" in 20th-century U.S. politics, according to biographers Dan T. Carter and Stephan Lesher, he ran for U.S...
, who won his final, fourth, term in office, before be retired on January 19, 1987.
Democratic primary
Incumbent Democratic Governor of Alabama Fob JamesFob James
Forrest Hood James, Jr., known as Fob James , is an American politician, a civil engineer, and an all-American half-back...
decided to not seek a second term. This leave primary open.
Candidates
- Former Governor George WallaceGeorge WallaceGeorge Corley Wallace, Jr. was the 45th Governor of Alabama, serving four terms: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. "The most influential loser" in 20th-century U.S. politics, according to biographers Dan T. Carter and Stephan Lesher, he ran for U.S...
- Lieutenant Governor George McMillanGeorge McMillanGeorge Duncan Hastie McMillan, Jr. is an American Democratic politician who served as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 1979 to 1983. In 1989 he founded the City Stages music festival in downtown Birmingham, Alabama....
- Speaker of the State HouseAlabama House of RepresentativesThe Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal amount of districts, with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens. There are no term...
Joe McCorquodale, Jr. - Former Governor Jim FolsomJim FolsomJames Elisha Folsom, Sr. , commonly known as Jim Folsom or "Big Jim", was the 42nd Governor of the U.S. state of Alabama from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959. Born in Coffee County, Alabama, Folsom is perhaps best remembered as being among the first Southern governors to embrace...
- Reuben McKinley
Primary results
- Wallace - 425,469 (42.53%)
- McMillan - 296,271 (29.62%)
- McCorquodale - 250,614 (25.05%)
- Folsom - 17,333 (1.73%)
- McKinley - 10,617 (1.06%)
Republican primary
Emory M. Folmar won the Republican PartyRepublican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
primary without any opposition.
Election results
- George Wallace (D) - 650,538 (57.64%)
- Emory M. Folmar (R) - 440,815 (39.06%)
- Leo Suiter (Alabama Conservative) - 17,936 (1.59%)
- Henry Klingler (Libertarian) - 7,671 (0.68%)
- John JacksonJohn Jackson-Politicians:* John Jackson , mayor of Tampa, Florida* John Jackson , Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport, 1910–1918* John Edward Jackson, British diplomat...
(Alabama National Democrat) - 4,693 (0.42%) - John DyerJohn DyerJohn Dyer was a painter and Welsh poet turned clergyman of the Church of England who maintained an interest in his Welsh ancestry...
(ProhibitionProhibition PartyThe Prohibition Party is a political party in the United States best known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest existing third party in the US. The party was an integral part of the temperance movement...
) - 4,364 (0.39%) - Martin J. Boyers (Socialist Workers) - 2,578 (0.23%)