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Election 1974 Results

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1974 Alabama governor election

George C. Wallace (Democrat) beat Elvin McCary (Republican) in Alabama in 1974, 83.2% to 14.8%, a margin of 68.4 points and 409,193 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when George Wallace also won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Jefferson, cast 114,609 votes and went to the Democrat by 57.6 points. The closest was Cleburne, where 1,099 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
George C. Wallace won Democratic 497,574 83.2%
Elvin McCary Republican 88,381 14.8%
All other candidates 12,350 2.1%
Total598,305

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 88,571 77.3% 22,555 19.7% 3,483 114,609 D+57.6
Mobile 52,039 87.4% 6,264 10.5% 1,236 59,539 D+76.9
Madison 26,189 79.1% 6,046 18.3% 858 33,093 D+60.9
Montgomery 22,488 71.0% 8,291 26.2% 906 31,685 D+44.8
Calhoun 13,887 82.7% 2,665 15.9% 249 16,801 D+66.8
Etowah 13,053 88.9% 1,382 9.4% 250 14,685 D+79.5
Tuscaloosa 12,080 82.3% 2,094 14.3% 509 14,683 D+68.0
Cullman 10,451 74.1% 3,533 25.0% 122 14,106 D+49.0
Baldwin 10,701 85.2% 1,665 13.3% 200 12,566 D+71.9
De Kalb 8,200 71.8% 3,120 27.3% 97 11,417 D+44.5
Shelby 8,129 82.0% 1,498 15.1% 290 9,917 D+66.9
Walker 8,415 86.6% 1,234 12.7% 67 9,716 D+73.9
Talladega 8,267 88.3% 865 9.2% 229 9,361 D+79.1
Morgan 7,737 84.3% 1,229 13.4% 211 9,177 D+70.9
Dallas 7,168 87.7% 920 11.3% 81 8,169 D+76.5
Blount 6,571 83.0% 1,254 15.8% 94 7,919 D+67.1
Houston 6,959 91.0% 614 8.0% 75 7,648 D+83.0
Coffee 6,460 88.9% 675 9.3% 134 7,269 D+79.6
Lauderdale 5,895 81.5% 1,130 15.6% 209 7,234 D+65.9
Escambia 6,399 92.4% 476 6.9% 53 6,928 D+85.5
Elmore 5,454 80.8% 1,145 17.0% 155 6,754 D+63.8
Chambers 5,842 90.0% 511 7.9% 141 6,494 D+82.1
Marion 5,497 89.3% 577 9.4% 85 6,159 D+79.9
Colbert 5,047 85.3% 718 12.1% 153 5,918 D+73.1
Pike 4,972 84.4% 789 13.4% 130 5,891 D+71.0
Marshall 4,855 82.5% 909 15.4% 121 5,885 D+67.1
Chilton 4,779 82.2% 994 17.1% 43 5,816 D+65.1
Lee 4,562 80.8% 935 16.6% 151 5,648 D+64.2
Covington 4,918 88.5% 601 10.8% 37 5,556 D+77.7
St. Clair 4,474 80.7% 911 16.4% 159 5,544 D+64.3
Dale 4,782 88.6% 520 9.6% 96 5,398 D+79.0
Marengo 4,967 94.2% 254 4.8% 51 5,272 D+89.4
Franklin 4,137 80.1% 963 18.6% 64 5,164 D+61.5
Clarke 4,651 91.7% 367 7.2% 54 5,072 D+84.5
Winston 3,174 63.0% 1,819 36.1% 43 5,036 D+26.9
Tallapoosa 4,055 85.7% 584 12.3% 95 4,734 D+73.3
Barbour 4,319 91.6% 294 6.2% 102 4,715 D+85.4
Autauga 3,868 82.3% 746 15.9% 88 4,702 D+66.4
Choctaw 4,403 96.5% 114 2.5% 47 4,564 D+94.0
Monroe 3,965 88.8% 474 10.6% 28 4,467 D+78.2
Limestone 4,076 91.5% 306 6.9% 72 4,454 D+84.6
Geneva 3,757 94.5% 191 4.8% 27 3,975 D+89.7
Jackson 3,604 91.5% 270 6.9% 65 3,939 D+84.6
Butler 3,395 88.5% 377 9.8% 62 3,834 D+78.7
Macon 2,799 75.5% 722 19.5% 187 3,708 D+56.0
Russell 3,335 90.6% 256 7.0% 89 3,680 D+83.7
Washington 3,488 95.1% 156 4.3% 25 3,669 D+90.8
Lowndes 3,196 88.7% 348 9.7% 58 3,602 D+79.1
Pickens 3,346 95.4% 136 3.9% 25 3,507 D+91.5
Sumter 3,363 97.2% 91 2.6% 6 3,460 D+94.6
Hale 3,000 90.1% 263 7.9% 68 3,331 D+82.2
Clay 2,803 88.5% 330 10.4% 33 3,166 D+78.1
Randolph 2,775 88.9% 290 9.3% 57 3,122 D+79.6
Bullock 2,540 83.4% 427 14.0% 78 3,045 D+69.4
Perry 2,813 93.4% 178 5.9% 22 3,013 D+87.5
Cherokee 2,614 88.4% 295 10.0% 47 2,956 D+78.5
Lawrence 2,766 93.8% 167 5.7% 17 2,950 D+88.1
Bibb 2,722 94.1% 157 5.4% 13 2,892 D+88.7
Wilcox 2,763 95.8% 113 3.9% 7 2,883 D+91.9
Crenshaw 2,427 88.2% 298 10.8% 26 2,751 D+77.4
Conecuh 2,346 91.1% 208 8.1% 22 2,576 D+83.0
Fayette 2,091 88.0% 266 11.2% 20 2,377 D+76.8
Henry 2,139 93.4% 123 5.4% 27 2,289 D+88.1
Lamar 2,074 95.4% 84 3.9% 15 2,173 D+91.6
Coosa 1,770 86.2% 245 11.9% 39 2,054 D+74.2
Greene 1,820 95.0% 76 4.0% 19 1,915 D+91.1
Cleburne 1,372 82.0% 273 16.3% 28 1,673 D+65.7

Counties as they stood in 1974; 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)