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The Alabama gubernatorial election of 1958 was held on November 3, 1958. Incumbent Democrat Jim Folsom was term limited and could not seek a second consecutive term.
James Elisha Folsom Sr., commonly known as Jim Folsom or Big Jim Folsom, was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959.
At this time Alabama was a de facto one-party state. Because of this, every Democratic Party nominee was considered safe for election. The real contest for governor took place during the primary.
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Popular incumbent Governor Jim Folsom, a racial moderate, was barred from running for reelection, as Governors could not succeed themselves at the time. Therefore, the Democratic primary was an open contest.
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The two front-runners, Patterson and Wallace, held deeply different positions on racial segregation issues. While Patterson, known primarily as crime-fighting attorney general, ran on a very segregationist platform and accepted an official endorsement from Ku Klux Klan, Wallace, a close ally of Folsom, refused to cooperate with the KKK and was endorsed by the NAACP.
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Primaries were held on June 3, 1958.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Malcolm Patterson | 196,859 | 31.82 | |
| Democratic | George Wallace | 162,435 | 26.26 | |
| Democratic | Jimmy Faulkner | 91,512 | 14.79 | |
| Democratic | A.W. Todd | 59,240 | 9.58 | |
| Democratic | Laurie C. Battle | 38,955 | 6.30 | |
| Democratic | George C. Hawkins | 24,332 | 3.93 | |
| Democratic | C.C. Owen | 15,270 | 2.47 | |
| Democratic | Karl Harrison | 12,488 | 2.02 | |
| Democratic | Billy Walker | 7,963 | 1.29 | |
| Democratic | W.E. Dodd | 4,753 | 0.77 | |
| Democratic | John G. Crommelin | 2,245 | 0.36 | |
| Democratic | Shearen Elebash | 1,177 | 0.19 | |
| Democratic | James Gulatte | 798 | 0.13 | |
| Democratic | Shorty Price | 655 | 0.11 | |
| Total votes | 618,682 | 100.00 | ||
Because none of candidates won a majority, a runoff was held on June 24, 1958, in order to determine which candidate received the nomination.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Malcolm Patterson | 315,353 | 55.74 | |
| Democratic | George Wallace | 250,451 | 44.27 | |
| Total votes | 565,804 | 100 | ||
William Longshore, a former Republican Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from the 9th district (lost, winning 34.12% votes) won the gubernatorial nomination unopposed.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Malcolm Patterson | 234,583 | 88.22 | ||
| Republican | William Longshore | 30,415 | 11.44 | ||
| Independent | William Jackson | 903 | 0.34 | ||
| Majority | 204,168 | ||||
| Turnout | 265,901 | 76.78 | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
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