1972 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
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A presidential primary was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on May 2, 1972 to elect delegates representing Alabama to the 1972 Democratic National Convention. To elect thirty-five of its thirty-seven pledged delegates, the state was divided into twenty-nine delegate districts based on population and Hubert Humphrey's performance in the state in 1968, which would each nominate a delegate. These twenty-nine delegates would then elect six at-large delegates.[1] Of the twenty-nine delegates elected in May, twenty-three of them were on Wallace's official slate. This victory gave pro-Wallace delegates the ability to determine the six remaining at-large delegates. Six delegates elected from districts and the two ex-officio delegates were considered to be party loyalists.[2] No runoff was needed as all delegates attained more than 50% of votes cast.
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May 2, 1972
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37 Democratic National Convention delegates (29 pledged, 8 unpledged) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Delegate district results
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At the convention, all twenty-three district delegates pledged to Wallace voted for him, as well as one at-large delegate. Nine delegates, all of whom were Black, voted for nominee George McGovern. Five of the Black McGovern delegates were appointed at-large by the Wallace district delegate majority in order to meet the convention's racial diversity quota, as the Wallace district delegation was entirely White. U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington state and former Governor Terry Sanford of Governor of North Carolina received one vote each, and U.S. Representative Wilbur Mills from Arkansas's 2nd received two.[3]
Results
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
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| George Wallace slate | 356,822 | 61.17% |
| "Regulars"/"Loyalists" | 123,346 | 21.14% |
| Other Wallace-aligned | 16,816 | 2.88% |
| Hubert Humphrey | 1,863 | 0.32% |
| George McGovern | 2,585 | 0.44% |
| Henry M. Jackson | 1,958 | 0.34% |
| Edmund Muskie | 22 | 0.004% |
| Uncommitted | 79,949 | 13.70% |
| Total: | 583,361 | 100.00% |
By delegate district
In the "Others" column, (W) denotes delegate candidates pledged to Wallace but not on his official slate, (H) for Hubert Humphrey, (J) for Henry M. Jackson, (McG) for George McGovern, and (M) for Edmund Muskie.[4]
| District | George Wallace-endorsed slate | Regulars/Loyalists | Others | Uncommitted | Total | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
| 1st | James L. Hunt | 16,806 | 60.80% | Edward F. Mauldin | 4,813 | 17.41% | — | — | — | Two uncommitted[b] | 6,024 | 21.79% | 27,643 |
| 2nd | Fred C. Folsom | 19,063 | 66.70% | Don B. Horton | 2,422 | 8.47% | — | — | — | Five uncommitted[c] | 7,096 | 24.83% | 28,581 |
| 3rd | Jack Giles | 11,323 | 60.80% | John L. McDaniel | 1,915 | 10.28% | Bill Anderson (W) | 783 | 4.20% | Seven uncommitted[d] | 4,602 | 24.71% | 18,623 |
| 4th | Bill Williams | 13,140 | 57.02% | Louise Rodgers | 2,143 | 9.30% | Three others[e] | 7,763 | 24.71% | — | — | — | 23,046 |
| 5th | Robert Hitt | 16,474 | 52.73% | Roy Davis McCord | 7,646 | 24.47% | Virgil M. Smith (W) | 3,250 | 10.40% | Two uncommitted[f] | 3,872 | 12.39% | 31,242 |
| 6th | James E. Wilson | 21,702 | 69.78% | Bill Fite | 4,847 | 15.59% | — | — | — | Three uncommitted[g] | 4,550 | 14.63% | 31,099 |
| 7th | Hugh Boles | 17,285 | 72.07% | Ralph Reid | 3,067 | 12.79% | — | — | — | Three uncommitted[h] | 3,630 | 15.14% | 23,982 |
| 8th | — | — | — | David H. Hood Jr. | 5,487 | 59.52% | — | — | — | Two uncommitted[i] | 3,732 | 40.48% | 9,219 |
| 9th | Frank A. Stacey | 6,170 | 52.00% | Thermon Coggins | 803 | 6.77% | — | — | — | Three uncommitted[j] | 4,893 | 41.24% | 11,866 |
| 10th | — | — | — | Arthur Shores | 4,639 | 72.35% | — | — | — | Three uncommitted[k] | 1,773 | 27.65% | 6,412 |
| 11th | Mrs. Gri Cashio | 1,910 | 29.60% | Robert Smith Vance | 3,807 | 59.00% | Albert Domm (M) | 22 | 0.34% | Marie Stokes Jemison | 714 | 11.06% | 6,453 |
| 12th | Jess Lanier | 8,731 | 61.09% | Two regulars[l] | 4,870 | 34.08% | J. Richard Riddle (H) | 244 | 1.71% | Two uncommitted[m] | 447 | 3.13% | 14,292 |
| 13th | P. Graves Musgrove | 7,140 | 59.94% | Don A. Hawkins | 4,772 | 40.06% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11,912 |
| 14th | George Wingard | 14,281 | 58.96% | Ray Hartwell | 4,398 | 18.16% | 2 others[n] | 4,267 | 17.62% | Lewis P. Roberts | 1,277 | 5.27% | 24,223 |
| 15th | J. Groce Pratt | 8,183 | 64.83% | Joseph W. Mallisham | 2,810 | 22.26% | — | — | — | Theodore Caselberry | 1,629 | 12.91% | 12,622 |
| 16th | James L. Chancy | 21,608 | 67.73% | Jane K. Dishuck | 5,249 | 16.45% | Bill Johnston (W) | 1,767 | 5.54% | Louise Moody Shils | 3,281 | 10.28% | 31,905 |
| 17th | John B. McKinney | 18,315 | 63.28% | Tom Radney | 7,168 | 24.76% | — | — | — | Hubert Hubbard | 3,462 | 11.96% | 28,945 |
| 18th | I. Drayton Pruitt | 9,820 | 54.32% | Andrew M. Hayden | 7,240 | 40.05% | — | — | — | John Greene Jr. | 1,018 | 5.63% | 18,078 |
| 19th | Earl Goodwin | Unopposed | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 20th | — | — | — | Rufus A. Lewis | 3,809 | 51.23% | — | — | — | Ned T. Ellis | 3,626 | 48.77% | 7,435 |
| 21st | Hilda Smilie | 17,487 | 66.54% | Robert P. Arrington | 3,401 | 12.94% | — | — | — | Four uncommitted[o] | 5,392 | 20.52% | 26,280 |
| 22nd | Billy Brabham | 8,356 | 47.29% | Thomas Reed | 9,313 | 52.71% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17,669 |
| 23rd | I. J. Scott | 14,143 | 69.62% | Whit Whittelsey | 1,960 | 9.65% | Two others[p] | 2,954 | 14.54% | Emmett L. Fulgham | 1,258 | 6.19% | 20,315 |
| 24th | Joe McCorquodale III | 22,669 | 68.44% | Two regulars[q] | 8,887 | 26.83% | — | — | — | Keith Trawick | 1,566 | 4.73% | 33,122 |
| 25th | Abner Powell | 27,377 | 74.68% | Ed Byrd | 4,768 | 13.01% | — | — | — | Three uncommitted[r] | 4,512 | 12.31% | 36,657 |
| 26th | Mrs. S. A. Cherry | 23,090 | 82.02% | E. Terry Brown | 3,986 | 14.16% | — | — | — | Manning Warren | 1,077 | 3.83% | 28,153 |
| 27th | L. W. Brannan | 17,181 | 68.83% | Kenneth G. Parker | 2,054 | 8.23% | — | — | — | Two uncommitted[s] | 5,726 | 22.94% | 24,961 |
| 28th | Clarence Snowden | 14,568 | 62.99% | Patricia G. Edington | 2,595 | 11.22% | William Westbrook (W) | 1,681 | 7.27% | Four uncommitted[t] | 4,283 | 18.52% | 23,127 |
| 29th | — | — | — | Isom Clemon | 4,477 | 89.79% | — | — | — | S. Eilene McLoughlin | 509 | 10.21% | 4,986 |
| Source: The Birmingham News[5] | |||||||||||||
- Excludes popular vote totals from delegate candidates aligned with but not on Wallace's endorsed slate.
- Murray Beasley: 4,694 votes, 16.98%; Grady E. Sockwell: 1,330 votes, 4.81%
- Jim Folsom: 2,446 votes, 8.56%; Estus Durham: 1,765 votes, 6.18%; Mike Maurer: 1,159 votes, 4.06%; Avery Thornhill: 1,064 votes, 3.72%; Gerald Colson: 662 votes, 2.32%
- Robert Bell: 875 votes, 4.70%; Joseph Conwell: 780 votes, 4.19%; William A. Brown: 701 votes, 3.76%; Mrs. Joe S. Elliott: 697 votes, 3.74%; Robert T. Schwenn: 692 votes, 3.72%; Mary Shepard Hughes: 603 votes, 3.24%; Grace C. Nixon: 254 votes, 1.36%
- Clayton Carter (W): 4,555 votes, 19.76%; Bob Haas (J): 1,958 votes, 8.50%; Richard E. Cordray (McG): 1,250 votes, 5.42%
- Howard McCullars: 2,382 votes, 7.62%; Argus Kelley: 1,490 votes, 4.77%
- William T. Adkins: 2,123 votes, 6.83%; Delmer Duboise: 1,726 votes, 5.55%; Alton M. Hambric: 701 votes, 2.25%
- Bob Dickinson: 1,812 votes, 7.56%; J. C. Gentle: votes, 899 3.75%; Don Watts: 919 votes, 3.83%
- Jack Goodwin: 2,536 votes, 27.51%; Henry Varner Jr.: 1,196 votes, 12.97%
- Mrs. Bernice C. Johnson: 3,526 votes, 29.72%; James M. Burns: 687 votes, 5.79%; John A. Tortorici: 680 votes, 5.73%
- Leon Thomasino: 1,151 votes, 17.95%; Larry Cooper: 622 votes, 9.70%
- Alan T. Drennen Jr.: 3,991 votes, 27.92%; Marge Sparks Fullan: 879 votes, 6.15%
- Fred L. Goldstein: 301 votes, 2.11%; Marcus W. Lee: 146 votes, 1.02%
- Dwight L. Evans (W): 2,531 votes, 10.45%; Margaret Stewart (W): 1,736 votes, 7.17%
- Reggie Hamner: 2,117 votes, 8.06%; Robert H. Carpenter Jr.: 1,533 votes, 5.83%; Eric Anderson: 1,085 votes, 4.13%; Albert Roemer: 657 votes, 2.50%
- Donald P. Foshee (H): 1,619 votes, 7.97%; Richard S. Rush (McG): 1,335 votes, 6.57%
- Broox G. Garrett: 7,517 votes, 22.69%; Wallace Pruitt: 1,370 votes, 4.14%
- Tommy Chapman: 1,936 votes, 5.28%; Mary O. Carnley Purvis: 1,047 votes, 2.86%; Larry Grissett: 1,529 votes, 4.17%
- Dan Alexander: 4,385 votes, 17.57%; Wallace M. Johnston: 1,341 votes, 5.37%
- Ellis V. Ollinger: 1,994 votes, 8.62%; Edwin Zelnicker Jr.: 1,109 votes, 4.80%; Susan P. Youngblood: 819 votes, 3.54%; Charles Gudac: 361 votes, 1.56%