02900nam 2200637 a 450 991080913760332120230207232045.00-8173-8727-7(CKB)2550000001140974(EBL)1294627(OCoLC)853362845(SSID)ssj0001042019(PQKBManifestationID)11589829(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001042019(PQKBWorkID)11048713(PQKB)10664319(MiAaPQ)EBC1294627(OCoLC)852898619(MdBmJHUP)muse38469(Au-PeEL)EBL1294627(CaPaEBR)ebr10734347(EXLCZ)99255000000114097420090127d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfter Wallace the 1986 contest for governor and political change in Alabama /Patrick R. Cotter and James Glen StovallTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20091 online resource (252 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5754-8 0-8173-1660-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The dominance of George Wallace -- Wallace's final exit -- The Wallace legacy -- The 1986 primary election -- Runoff -- Challenge -- Democratic aftermath -- The general election -- Consequences -- Explanations -- Appendix A: Survey methodology -- Appendix B: Election results.All Alabama elections are colorful, but the 1986 gubernatorial contest may trump them all for its sheer strangeness. With the retirement of an aging and ill George Wallace, both the issues and candidates contending for the office were able to set the course of Alabama politics for generations to follow. Whereas the Wallace regimes were particular to Alabama, and the gubernatorial campaign was conducted in a partial vacuum with his absence, Alabama also experienced a wave of partisan realignment. A once solidly Democratic South was undergoing a tectonic political shift as white voters in lGovernorsAlabamaElectionHistory20th centuryElectionsAlabamaHistory20th centuryPolitical campaignsAlabamaHistory20th centurySocial changeAlabamaHistory20th centuryAlabamaPolitics and government1951-GovernorsElectionHistoryElectionsHistoryPolitical campaignsHistorySocial changeHistory324.9761/063Cotter Patrick R1594842Stovall James Glen1087863MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809137603321After Wallace3915550UNINA