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1982 Alabama gubernatorial election

The 1982 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1982, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Fob James declined to run for re-election; he later successfully ran again in 1994 as a Republican. The open seat election saw former Democratic governor George Wallace, who narrowly won the Democratic primary, defeat Republican Emory Folmar, the Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama.

Background
Incumbent governor Fob James declined to seek a second term. Shortly after former governor George Wallace survived an assassination attempt in 1972, he renounced his infamous segregationist past, especially for when he stood in front of the school house door at the University of Alabama in 1963, noting that, "I was wrong. Those days are over, and they ought to be over." With Governor James retiring, Wallace decided to run for a fourth non-consecutive term in 1982. ==Democratic primary==
Democratic primary
Incumbent Democratic Governor Fob James decided to not seek a second term. Candidates • Jim Folsom, former governor • Joe McCorquodale, Speaker of the State House of Representatives • Reuben McKinley • George McMillan, lieutenant governor • George Wallace, former governor ==Republican primary==
Republican primary
Emory M. Folmar won the Republican Party primary without any opposition. ==Election results==
Election results
• George Wallace (D) – 650,538 (57.64%) • Emory M. Folmar (R) – 440,815 (39.06%) • Leo Suiter (Alabama Conservative) – 17,936 (1.59%) • Henry Klingler (Libertarian) – 7,671 (0.68%) • John Jackson (Alabama National Democrat) – 4,693 (0.42%) • John Dyer (Prohibition) – 4,364 (0.39%) • Martin J. Boyers (Socialist Workers) – 2,578 (0.23%) ==References==
Source: Wikipedia ↗
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