• Source: 1950 Alabama gubernatorial election

    • The 1950 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1950, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Jim Folsom was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.


    Democratic primary


    At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices.


    = Candidates

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    William M. Beck
    Robert Bell
    Elbert Boozer, former Calhoun County Probate Judge and candidate for governor in 1946
    Bull Connor, Birmingham Commissioner of Public Safety and candidate for governor in 1938
    Jas. M. Dement
    Hugh Dubose
    W. R. Farnell
    Wiley Gordon
    Phil Hamm, Commissioner of the Department of Revenue
    J. Bruce Henderson, State Senator
    Joe Money
    Reuben Newton
    Gordon Persons, President of the Public Service Commission and candidate for governor in 1946
    Chauncey Sparks, former governor
    Albert Stapp


    = Results

    =

    Hamm withdrew from the primary runoff, meaning that Persons became the Democratic nominee.


    Results




    References

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