1966 Alabama gubernatorial election

1966 Alabama gubernatorial election
November 8, 1966
 
Nominee Lurleen Wallace James D. Martin Carl Robinson
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 537,505 262,943 47,653
Percentage 63.38% 31.0% 5.62%
County results
L. Wallace:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Martin:      40–50%      50–60%
Governor before election

George Wallace
Democratic

 Elected Governor

Lurleen Wallace
Democratic

The 1966 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1966, and resulted in the election of Lurleen Wallace as the governor over U.S. Representative James D. Martin. Incumbent Democrat George Wallace was term limited and could not seek a second consecutive term; he later successfully ran again in 1970 and 1974 before being term-limited again, and then successfully ran again in 1982.

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