Alabama gubernatorial election, 1950

Alabama gubernatorial election, 1950

November 7, 1950

Nominee Gordon Persons John S. Crowder Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 154,414 15,127 Percentage 91.08 8.92

County results

Governor before election Jim Folsom Democratic Elected Governor Gordon Persons Democratic

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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; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given you would win the general election.

Candidates

• 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

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