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1994 Alabama gubernatorial election

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FieldValue
election_name1994 Alabama gubernatorial election
countryAlabama
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1990 Alabama gubernatorial election
previous_year1990
next_election1998 Alabama gubernatorial election
next_year1998
election_dateNovember 8, 1994
image1File:Reagan Contact Sheet C1331 (cropped2) (cropped).jpg
image_upright0.6
nominee1**Fob James**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**604,926**
percentage1**50.33%**
image2File:Jim Folsom Jr. (cropped).jpg
nominee2Jim Folsom Jr.
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2594,169
percentage249.43%
map_image1994 Alabama gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size250px
map_captionCounty results
**James:**
**Folsom:**
titleGovernor
before_electionJim Folsom Jr.
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionFob James
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

James:
Folsom:
The 1994 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1994, to select the governor of Alabama. The election saw Republican Fob James defeat incumbent Democrat Jim Folsom Jr. in an upset. This was the first of three consecutive Alabama gubernatorial elections where the incumbent was defeated. This was one of four gubernatorial elections where an incumbent Democrat was defeated in 1994.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary saw Jim Folsom defeat Paul Hubbert for the Democratic nomination. Lieutenant Governor Folsom became governor on April 22, 1993, after Republican Governor H. Guy Hunt was removed from office.

Candidates

  • Tom Hayden
  • Paul Hubbert, Executive Secretary of the Alabama Education Association and nominee for governor in 1990
  • Jim Folsom Jr., incumbent Governor
  • F. Ross Stewart

Results

Republican primary

Fob James defeated five other candidates for the Republican nomination.

Candidates

  • Ann Bedsole, State Senator
  • Winton Blount III, businessman and son of former Postmaster General Winton Blount
  • Fob James, former Democratic Governor
  • Mickey Kirkland, pastor
  • Jack Pollard, candidate for governor in 1990
  • Robin Swift, businessman

Results

General election

Polling

SourceDateFob
James (R)Jim
Folsom Jr. (D)
WSFA-TVNovember 6, 199440%**47%**
WALA-TVOctober 23, 199438%**49%**

Results

Folsom led in the polls during the campaign which showed him 10 to 12 percent ahead of James on the last weekend before the election. However, James pulled off a narrow upset victory in the election.

References

before=1990 election| title=Gubernatorial election in Alabama| years=1994| after=1998 election}}

References

  1. "James Elisha Folsom, Jr.". Alabama Department of Archives & History.
  2. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=1&year=1994&f=0&off=5&elect=1 1994 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results – Alabama
  3. http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=1&year=1994&f=0&off=5&elect=2 1994 Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results – Alabama
  4. (2006-11-12). "Jim Folsom learned his lesson". [[The Tuscaloosa News]] }}{{dead link.
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