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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Fob James | 163,711 | 47.96 | |
Republican | Winton Blount | 139,941 | 40.99 | |
Republican | Guy Hunt | 27,824 | 8.15 | |
Republican | Mac McAllister | 5,641 | 1.65 | |
Republican | Phil Williams | 4,258 | 1.25 | |
Total votes | 341,375 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Fob James | 253,965 | 55.92 | |
Republican | Winton Blount | 200,200 | 44.08 | |
Total votes | 454,165 | 100.00 |
The Democratic primary took place on June 2 and saw Lieutenant Governor Don Siegelman easily chosen as the Democratic nominee over Birmingham attorney Lenora Pate and Wayne Sowell.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Don Siegelman | 254,507 | 78.26 | |
Democratic | Lenora Pate | 53,618 | 16.49 | |
Democratic | Wayne Sowell | 10,108 | 3.11 | |
Democratic | Lee Lamb | 6,597 | 2.03 | |
Total votes | 325,190 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Don Siegelman | 752,087 | 57.9 | +8.5 | |
Republican | Fob James (incumbent) | 546,504 | 42.1 | -8.2 | |
Majority | 205,583 | 15.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,298,591 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
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