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Election 1978 Results

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1978 Alabama governor election

Fob James (Democrat) beat Guy Hunt (Republican) in Alabama in 1978, 72.6% to 25.9%, a margin of 46.7 points and 355,193 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1974, 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 144,831 votes and went to the Democrat by 30.0 points. The closest was Blount, where 166 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
Fob James won Democratic 551,886 72.6%
Guy Hunt Republican 196,693 25.9%
All other candidates 11,625 1.5%
Total760,204

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 92,835 64.1% 49,422 34.1% 2,574 144,831 D+30.0
Mobile 48,663 73.2% 16,360 24.6% 1,478 66,501 D+48.6
Montgomery 30,732 81.2% 6,807 18.0% 305 37,844 D+63.2
Madison 22,787 69.5% 9,598 29.3% 408 32,793 D+40.2
Etowah 14,746 68.9% 6,290 29.4% 366 21,402 D+39.5
Tuscaloosa 14,332 69.3% 5,998 29.0% 349 20,679 D+40.3
Calhoun 15,005 79.3% 3,400 18.0% 505 18,910 D+61.4
Baldwin 12,164 69.1% 5,189 29.5% 259 17,612 D+39.6
Cullman 5,644 34.4% 10,644 64.9% 121 16,409 R+30.5
Lauderdale 10,267 73.0% 3,551 25.2% 250 14,068 D+47.7
Morgan 9,384 66.8% 4,449 31.7% 215 14,048 D+35.1
Walker 7,419 55.5% 5,898 44.1% 53 13,370 D+11.4
De Kalb 8,311 64.7% 4,454 34.7% 72 12,837 D+30.0
Houston 9,603 75.7% 2,859 22.5% 223 12,685 D+53.2
Lee 10,262 89.4% 1,119 9.7% 103 11,484 D+79.6
Shelby 7,141 64.8% 3,741 33.9% 138 11,020 D+30.9
Chambers 9,774 91.9% 742 7.0% 119 10,635 D+84.9
Marshall 6,358 61.9% 3,658 35.6% 255 10,271 D+26.3
Colbert 7,580 74.3% 2,417 23.7% 200 10,197 D+50.6
Talladega 7,846 77.6% 1,997 19.8% 266 10,109 D+57.9
Elmore 7,223 79.9% 1,720 19.0% 99 9,042 D+60.9
Blount 4,396 49.9% 4,230 48.0% 183 8,809 D+1.9
Dallas 7,318 83.7% 1,226 14.0% 196 8,740 D+69.7
Coffee 6,947 81.7% 1,461 17.2% 92 8,500 D+64.5
Tallapoosa 7,190 87.2% 980 11.9% 75 8,245 D+75.3
Covington 6,395 80.2% 1,478 18.5% 99 7,972 D+61.7
Chilton 4,991 65.8% 2,501 33.0% 89 7,581 D+32.8
Monroe 6,552 88.9% 658 8.9% 157 7,367 D+80.0
St. Clair 4,417 61.7% 2,516 35.1% 225 7,158 D+26.6
Dale 5,565 79.1% 1,358 19.3% 111 7,034 D+59.8
Winston 3,022 43.6% 3,879 56.0% 30 6,931 R+12.4
Escambia 5,571 83.1% 992 14.8% 138 6,701 D+68.3
Limestone 5,008 75.6% 1,506 22.7% 106 6,620 D+52.9
Russell 5,826 89.7% 523 8.0% 149 6,498 D+81.6
Autauga 4,948 76.2% 1,465 22.6% 83 6,496 D+53.6
Wilcox 6,083 93.7% 390 6.0% 19 6,492 D+87.7
Pike 5,217 80.5% 1,191 18.4% 72 6,480 D+62.1
Franklin 4,200 65.5% 2,076 32.4% 138 6,414 D+33.1
Marion 4,060 63.3% 2,322 36.2% 28 6,410 D+27.1
Jackson 4,867 77.2% 1,334 21.2% 101 6,302 D+56.1
Clarke 5,079 85.8% 755 12.8% 84 5,918 D+73.1
Butler 4,862 82.3% 969 16.4% 79 5,910 D+65.9
Randolph 4,938 85.7% 715 12.4% 112 5,765 D+73.3
Geneva 4,854 84.8% 805 14.1% 67 5,726 D+70.7
Barbour 4,607 87.2% 585 11.1% 93 5,285 D+76.1
Marengo 4,593 88.5% 538 10.4% 57 5,188 D+78.2
Perry 4,920 95.1% 250 4.8% 5 5,175 D+90.2
Macon 4,591 93.0% 296 6.0% 49 4,936 D+87.0
Bullock 4,285 92.0% 343 7.4% 31 4,659 D+84.6
Lawrence 3,140 72.7% 1,107 25.6% 72 4,319 D+47.1
Pickens 3,614 86.0% 580 13.8% 8 4,202 D+72.2
Fayette 2,619 68.0% 1,225 31.8% 8 3,852 D+36.2
Washington 3,308 87.0% 445 11.7% 48 3,801 D+75.3
Hale 2,987 82.6% 554 15.3% 75 3,616 D+67.3
Crenshaw 2,982 83.2% 567 15.8% 36 3,585 D+67.4
Lowndes 3,004 88.3% 358 10.5% 40 3,402 D+77.8
Bibb 2,597 76.9% 769 22.8% 13 3,379 D+54.1
Choctaw 3,056 93.7% 200 6.1% 4 3,260 D+87.6
Henry 2,749 85.0% 447 13.8% 40 3,236 D+71.1
Conecuh 2,579 84.1% 438 14.3% 49 3,066 D+69.8
Lamar 2,423 83.0% 479 16.4% 19 2,921 D+66.6
Sumter 2,626 91.6% 227 7.9% 14 2,867 D+83.7
Cherokee 2,268 80.4% 518 18.4% 36 2,822 D+62.0
Greene 2,542 91.9% 212 7.7% 12 2,766 D+84.2
Clay 2,169 82.8% 407 15.5% 45 2,621 D+67.2
Coosa 2,107 80.9% 453 17.4% 43 2,603 D+63.5
Cleburne 1,738 82.9% 322 15.4% 37 2,097 D+67.5

Counties as they stood in 1978; 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)