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Parents > United States > Alabama > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline April 03, 1970 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 03, 1970 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 03, 1970 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 18, 1971 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1975 - 12:00pm
ContributorUser 13
Last ModifiedRBH August 22, 2015 10:55pm
Data SourcesPolitics in America, Edition IV
Congressional Quarterly
P. 123
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won05/07/1968
NameAlbert P. Brewer Votes1 (100.00%)
Term05/07/1968 - 01/18/1971 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1974
NameGeorge C. Wallace Votes497,574 (83.16%)
Term01/20/1975 - 01/15/1979 Margin409,193 (+68.39%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 05, 1970 AL Governor - D Primary
Albert P. Brewer
D 1,019,780
Jun 02, 1970 AL Governor - D Runoff
George C. Wallace
D 1,085,783

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Name Gov. George C. Wallace John Cashin A. C. Shelton Jerome B. Couch Menter G. Walker John Watts  
PartyDemocratic Alabama National Democratic Independent Prohibition Independent Whig  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 637,046 (74.51%) 125,491 (14.68%) 75,679 (8.85%) 9,705 (1.14%) 3,534 (0.41%) 3,497 (0.41%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -511,555 (-59.83%) -561,367 (-65.66%) -627,341 (-73.38%) -633,512 (-74.10%) -633,549 (-74.10%)  
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
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Entry Date 00/00/1970 00/00/1970 00/00/1970 -- -- --  
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Mar 05, 2006 02:00pm Opinion Book rates George Wallace’s ’70 campaign as the nastiest  Article Thomas Walker 

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