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Election 1950 Results

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1950 Alabama governor election

Gordon Persons (Democrat) beat John S. Crowder (Republican) in Alabama in 1950, 91.1% to 8.9%, a margin of 82.2 points and 139,287 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1946, when James E. Folsom won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Jefferson, cast 31,964 votes and went to the Democrat by 91.8 points. The closest was Winston, where 389 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gordon Persons won Democratic 154,414 91.1%
John S. Crowder Republican 15,127 8.9%
Total169,541

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 30,646 95.9% 1,318 4.1% 31,964 D+91.8
Mobile 9,187 95.3% 457 4.7% 9,644 D+90.5
De Kalb 5,135 67.1% 2,520 32.9% 7,655 D+34.2
Walker 6,043 81.3% 1,394 18.7% 7,437 D+62.5
Montgomery 6,813 96.7% 233 3.3% 7,046 D+93.4
Cullman 4,135 79.1% 1,090 20.9% 5,225 D+58.3
Etowah 4,326 92.3% 360 7.7% 4,686 D+84.6
Franklin 3,117 73.7% 1,112 26.3% 4,229 D+47.4
Chilton 2,739 69.4% 1,207 30.6% 3,946 D+38.8
Tuscaloosa 3,687 93.9% 238 6.1% 3,925 D+87.9
Calhoun 3,420 95.7% 155 4.3% 3,575 D+91.3
Talladega 2,894 95.9% 124 4.1% 3,018 D+91.8
Lauderdale 2,808 93.7% 188 6.3% 2,996 D+87.4
Winston 1,690 56.5% 1,301 43.5% 2,991 D+13.0
Morgan 2,771 95.1% 143 4.9% 2,914 D+90.2
Baldwin 2,673 95.9% 114 4.1% 2,787 D+91.8
Colbert 2,382 96.0% 99 4.0% 2,481 D+92.0
St. Clair 2,020 83.2% 407 16.8% 2,427 D+66.5
Marshall 2,090 88.5% 272 11.5% 2,362 D+77.0
Madison 2,204 96.6% 77 3.4% 2,281 D+93.2
Blount 1,925 86.8% 294 13.2% 2,219 D+73.5
Covington 2,083 97.3% 58 2.7% 2,141 D+94.6
Elmore 2,033 98.7% 26 1.3% 2,059 D+97.5
Tallapoosa 2,016 98.2% 37 1.8% 2,053 D+96.4
Dallas 1,874 98.8% 23 1.2% 1,897 D+97.6
Houston 1,771 94.7% 100 5.3% 1,871 D+89.3
Shelby 1,690 91.9% 149 8.1% 1,839 D+83.8
Marion 1,640 89.5% 193 10.5% 1,833 D+78.9
Lee 1,762 97.5% 46 2.5% 1,808 D+94.9
Jackson 1,564 92.5% 127 7.5% 1,691 D+85.0
Coffee 1,651 99.2% 14 0.8% 1,665 D+98.3
Escambia 1,618 97.8% 36 2.2% 1,654 D+95.6
Chambers 1,531 98.5% 23 1.5% 1,554 D+97.0
Limestone 1,473 98.9% 16 1.1% 1,489 D+97.9
Fayette 1,028 74.4% 354 25.6% 1,382 D+48.8
Pike 1,337 98.9% 15 1.1% 1,352 D+97.8
Clarke 1,327 99.6% 5 0.4% 1,332 D+99.2
Randolph 1,163 91.1% 113 8.9% 1,276 D+82.3
Butler 1,192 97.3% 33 2.7% 1,225 D+94.6
Clay 1,085 91.3% 104 8.7% 1,189 D+82.5
Geneva 1,101 95.7% 49 4.3% 1,150 D+91.5
Marengo 1,142 99.4% 7 0.6% 1,149 D+98.8
Dale 1,096 96.6% 39 3.4% 1,135 D+93.1
Lamar 1,095 96.5% 40 3.5% 1,135 D+93.0
Monroe 1,126 99.6% 4 0.4% 1,130 D+99.3
Lawrence 1,001 88.7% 127 11.3% 1,128 D+77.5
Crenshaw 965 94.6% 55 5.4% 1,020 D+89.2
Bibb 981 97.9% 21 2.1% 1,002 D+95.8
Russell 968 98.9% 11 1.1% 979 D+97.8
Cherokee 896 96.1% 36 3.9% 932 D+92.3
Hale 917 99.5% 5 0.5% 922 D+98.9
Macon 901 98.5% 14 1.5% 915 D+96.9
Barbour 900 98.9% 10 1.1% 910 D+97.8
Pickens 840 98.0% 17 2.0% 857 D+96.0
Conecuh 853 100.0% 0 0.0% 853 D+100.0
Autauga 836 98.6% 12 1.4% 848 D+97.2
Wilcox 781 99.9% 1 0.1% 782 D+99.7
Choctaw 776 99.6% 3 0.4% 779 D+99.2
Perry 769 99.6% 3 0.4% 772 D+99.2
Coosa 698 93.1% 52 6.9% 750 D+86.1
Henry 744 99.5% 4 0.5% 748 D+98.9
Sumter 743 99.3% 5 0.7% 748 D+98.7
Washington 741 99.1% 7 0.9% 748 D+98.1
Greene 568 99.5% 3 0.5% 571 D+98.9
Cleburne 483 88.8% 61 11.2% 544 D+77.6
Lowndes 519 97.9% 11 2.1% 530 D+95.8
Bullock 431 98.9% 5 1.1% 436 D+97.7

Counties as they stood in 1950; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kay Ivey (R) R+37.8
2018 Kay Ivey (R) R+19.1
2014 Robert Bentley (R) R+27.3
2010 Robert Bentley (R) R+15.7
2006 Robert Riley (R) R+15.9
2002 Robert Riley (R) R+0.2
1998 Don Siegelman (D) D+15.6
1994 Fob James (R) R+0.9
1990 Guy Hunt (R) R+4.2
1986 Guy Hunt (R) R+12.9
1982 George C. Wallace (D) D+18.6
1978 Fob James (D) D+46.7
1974 George C. Wallace (D) D+68.4
1970 George Wallace (D) D+74.5
1966 Lurleen Burns Wallace (D) D+32.4
1962 George C. Wallace (D) D+96.3
1958 John Malcolm Patterson (D) D+76.8
1954 Jim Folsom (D) D+46.7
1950 Gordon Persons (D) D+82.2
1946 James E. Folsom (D) D+77.3
1942 Chauncey Sparks (D) D+78.4
1938 Frank M. Dixon (D) D+74.9
1934 Bibb Graves (D) D+74.3
1930 Benjamin M. Miller (D) D+61.8
1926 Bibb Graves (D) D+62.4
1922 William W. Brandon (D) D+56.3
1918 Thomas Kilby (D) D+80.2
1914 Charles Henderson (D) D+63.6
1910 Emmet O'Neal (D) D+60.4
1906 Braxton B. Comer (D) D+71.5
1902 William D. Jelks (D) D+47.4
1900 William J. Samford (D) D+53.6
1898 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+65.1
1896 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+59.0
1894 William C. Oates (D) D+57.1
1892 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+52.2
1890 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+53.1
1888 Thomas Seay (D) D+55.4
1886 Thomas Seay (D) D+59.3
1884 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+99.7
1882 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+37.4
1880 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+76.1
1878 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+100.0
1876 George S. Houston (D) D+31.6
1874 George S. Houston (D) D+6.6
1872 David P. Lewis (R) R+5.0
1870 Robert B. Lindsay (D) D+0.9
1868 William Hugh Smith (R) R+100.0
1865 Robert M. Patton (other)