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1982 Alabama gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1982 Alabama gubernatorial election
country	Alabama
type	Presidential
vote_type	Popular
ongoing	No
previous_election	1978 Alabama gubernatorial election
previous_year	1978
election_date
next_election	1986 Alabama gubernatorial election
next_year	1986
image1	File:Governor George Wallace (205360242).jpg
nominee1	George Wallace
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	650,538
percentage1	57.6%
image2	Emory M. Folmar (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Emory Folmar
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	440,815
percentage2	39.1%
map_image	1982 Alabama gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	250px
map_alt	Results of the gubernatorial election by county
map_caption	County results
Wallace:
Folmar:
title	Governor
before_election	Fob James
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	George Wallace
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Wallace:
Folmar:
The 1982 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Fob James declined to run for re-election; he later successfully ran again in 1994 as a Republican. The open seat election saw former Democratic governor George Wallace, who narrowly won the Democratic primary, defeat Republican Emory Folmar, the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama.

In the Democratic primary, Wallace received challenges from Lieutenant Governor George McMillan, Speaker of the State House Joe McCorquodale, former governor Jim Folsom, and Reuben McKinley. Because Wallace did not receive a majority of the votes, he advanced to a run-off with McMillan and then narrowly won the Democratic nomination. Montgomery Mayor Emory Folmar went unchallenged for the Republican nomination.

Wallace, formerly a notorious segregationist, renounced those views in 1979. On November 2, 1982, Wallace not only won the general election, but also over 90% of the black vote. Overall, Wallace received 650,538 (57.64%) votes against Folmar's 440,815 (39.06%) votes. Folmar was the last Alabama Republican gubernatorial nominee to have never won a gubernatorial general election.

Background

Incumbent governor Fob James declined to seek a second term. Shortly after former governor George Wallace survived an assassination attempt in 1972, he renounced his infamous segregationist past, especially for when he stood in front of the school house door at the University of Alabama in 1963, noting that, "I was wrong. Those days are over, and they ought to be over." With Governor James retiring, Wallace decided to run for a fourth non-consecutive term in 1982.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Democratic Governor Fob James decided to not seek a second term.

Candidates

Jim Folsom, former governor
Joe McCorquodale, Speaker of the State House of Representatives
Reuben McKinley
George McMillan, lieutenant governor
George Wallace, former governor

Primary results by county:

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Runoff results by county:

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Republican primary

Emory M. Folmar won the Republican Party 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 Jackson (Alabama National Democrat) – 4,693 (0.42%)
John Dyer (Prohibition) – 4,364 (0.39%)
Martin J. Boyers (Socialist Workers) – 2,578 (0.23%)

References

http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=7393

References

"George C. Wallace (1963-67, 1971-79, 1983-87)".
McCarthy, Colman. (March 17, 1995). "George Wallace – From the Heart". Washington Post.
"AL Governor, 1982 - D Primary". Our Campaigns.
"AL Governor, 1982 - D Runoff". Our Campaigns.

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