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Election 1966 Results

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1966 Alabama governor election

Lurleen Burns Wallace (Democrat) beat James D. Martin (Republican) in Alabama in 1966, 63.4% to 31.0%, a margin of 32.4 points and 274,562 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1962, when George C. Wallace won.

Democrats led in 65 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Jefferson, cast 159,125 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.3 points. The closest was Greene, where 6 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
Lurleen Burns Wallace won Democratic 537,505 63.4%
James D. Martin Republican 262,943 31.0%
Carl Robinson Independent 47,653 5.6%
Total848,101

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 80,658 50.7% 64,290 40.4% 14,177 159,125 D+10.3
Mobile 44,742 66.4% 18,605 27.6% 4,058 67,405 D+38.8
Montgomery 23,687 63.0% 12,578 33.5% 1,325 37,590 D+29.6
Madison 16,731 45.8% 14,759 40.4% 5,032 36,522 D+5.4
Etowah 13,849 55.4% 9,549 38.2% 1,580 24,978 D+17.2
Tuscaloosa 13,540 59.0% 8,640 37.7% 760 22,940 D+21.4
Calhoun 13,621 63.5% 5,908 27.5% 1,933 21,462 D+35.9
Walker 10,484 63.6% 5,200 31.6% 793 16,477 D+32.1
Cullman 7,981 50.3% 7,438 46.9% 443 15,862 D+3.4
Morgan 10,063 64.0% 4,825 30.7% 824 15,712 D+33.3
Talladega 9,329 60.3% 4,981 32.2% 1,170 15,480 D+28.1
Dallas 11,388 74.7% 2,326 15.3% 1,531 15,245 D+59.4
Lauderdale 9,662 63.4% 4,579 30.0% 997 15,238 D+33.4
De Kalb 8,091 53.8% 6,777 45.0% 185 15,053 D+8.7
Houston 12,015 80.6% 2,202 14.8% 691 14,908 D+65.8
Baldwin 10,601 72.5% 3,712 25.4% 304 14,617 D+47.1
Colbert 9,457 66.3% 4,097 28.7% 715 14,269 D+37.6
Marshall 7,969 60.9% 4,682 35.8% 432 13,083 D+25.1
Covington 9,601 81.0% 1,980 16.7% 272 11,853 D+64.3
Lee 6,214 64.8% 2,898 30.2% 480 9,592 D+34.6
Elmore 7,301 76.2% 1,963 20.5% 319 9,583 D+55.7
Shelby 5,820 61.7% 3,242 34.4% 376 9,438 D+27.3
Tallapoosa 6,726 71.6% 2,452 26.1% 216 9,394 D+45.5
Escambia 7,307 80.2% 1,523 16.7% 282 9,112 D+63.5
Franklin 4,629 53.1% 3,741 42.9% 352 8,722 D+10.2
Chambers 6,237 72.1% 2,321 26.8% 97 8,655 D+45.2
Blount 4,974 58.1% 3,398 39.7% 190 8,562 D+18.4
Chilton 5,051 61.8% 2,949 36.1% 167 8,167 D+25.7
St. Clair 5,166 63.5% 2,737 33.7% 230 8,133 D+29.9
Jackson 6,259 77.9% 1,668 20.8% 109 8,036 D+57.1
Russell 6,160 78.0% 1,583 20.1% 152 7,895 D+58.0
Marion 5,034 64.7% 2,566 33.0% 179 7,779 D+31.7
Coffee 6,468 83.8% 1,066 13.8% 183 7,717 D+70.0
Limestone 5,823 76.3% 1,544 20.2% 265 7,632 D+56.1
Geneva 6,620 87.3% 852 11.2% 112 7,584 D+76.1
Marengo 4,865 65.5% 2,231 30.0% 335 7,431 D+35.4
Dale 6,007 82.7% 1,125 15.5% 131 7,263 D+67.2
Pike 4,932 69.9% 1,976 28.0% 148 7,056 D+41.9
Lawrence 5,152 76.0% 1,461 21.6% 165 6,778 D+54.5
Clarke 5,484 81.9% 976 14.6% 240 6,700 D+67.3
Barbour 5,925 88.6% 649 9.7% 116 6,690 D+78.9
Butler 5,131 76.7% 1,259 18.8% 299 6,689 D+57.9
Autauga 4,664 70.9% 1,660 25.2% 257 6,581 D+45.6
Winston 2,502 40.7% 3,509 57.0% 142 6,153 R+16.4
Monroe 4,899 82.0% 934 15.6% 144 5,977 D+66.3
Randolph 4,284 72.5% 1,493 25.3% 134 5,911 D+47.2
Choctaw 4,064 70.4% 1,638 28.4% 69 5,771 D+42.0
Macon 2,520 46.2% 1,629 29.9% 1,308 5,457 D+16.3
Fayette 3,221 65.2% 1,587 32.1% 132 4,940 D+33.1
Washington 4,063 83.0% 757 15.5% 78 4,898 D+67.5
Perry 2,708 55.5% 2,043 41.9% 125 4,876 D+13.6
Crenshaw 3,953 82.1% 778 16.2% 81 4,812 D+66.0
Pickens 3,682 76.7% 846 17.6% 273 4,801 D+59.1
Clay 3,226 67.7% 1,467 30.8% 71 4,764 D+36.9
Hale 2,957 63.5% 1,400 30.0% 302 4,659 D+33.4
Lamar 3,951 85.6% 564 12.2% 98 4,613 D+73.4
Bibb 3,534 79.0% 790 17.7% 150 4,474 D+61.3
Conecuh 3,719 83.1% 686 15.3% 68 4,473 D+67.8
Henry 3,799 85.5% 472 10.6% 172 4,443 D+74.9
Cherokee 3,442 80.5% 749 17.5% 83 4,274 D+63.0
Wilcox 2,742 64.5% 677 15.9% 833 4,252 D+48.6
Cleburne 2,907 75.3% 919 23.8% 33 3,859 D+51.5
Sumter 2,185 58.7% 1,374 36.9% 165 3,724 D+21.8
Bullock 2,204 66.5% 1,012 30.5% 100 3,316 D+35.9
Coosa 2,117 65.6% 805 24.9% 306 3,228 D+40.6
Greene 1,359 48.1% 1,365 48.3% 102 2,826 R+0.2
Lowndes 2,049 79.1% 481 18.6% 62 2,592 D+60.5

Counties as they stood in 1966; 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)