Alabama gubernatorial election, 1994

The 1994 Alabama gubernatorial election was held on 8 November, 1994 to select the governor of the state of Alabama. The election saw Republican Fob James defeat Democrat incumbent Governor Jim Folsom, Jr.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary saw Jim Folsom defeat Paul Hubbert for the Democratic nomination. Lieutenant Governor Folsom had become Governor on 22 April 1993 after Republican Governor H. Guy Hunt was removed from office.cite web| url = http://www.archives.state.al.us/govs_list/g_folsoj.html | title = James Elisha Folsom, Jr. | accessdate = 2008-07-06 | publisher = "Alabama Department of Archives & History"]

Source: [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=1&year=1994&f=0&off=5&elect=1 1994 Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Election Results - Alabama]

Republican primary

The Republican primary saw Fob James defeat five other candidates for the Republican nomination.

Source: [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=1&year=1994&f=0&off=5&elect=2 1994 Gubernatorial Republican Primary Election Results - Alabama]

Campaign

Folsom led in the polls during the campaign which showed him 10 to 12 percent ahead of James on the last weekend before the election. However James pulled off a narrow upset victory in the election.cite web| url = http://stevensonblog.tuscaloosanews.com/default.asp?item=278269 | title = Jim Folsom learned his lesson | accessdate = 2008-07-06 | date = 2006-11-12| publisher = "The Tuscaloosa News"]

Election result

Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Fob James
votes = 604,926
percentage = 50.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Jim Folsom, Jr.
votes = 594,169
percentage = 49.4
change = Election box candidate
party =
candidate = Write-In
votes = 2,874
percentage = 0.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 10,757
percentage = 0.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,201,969
percentage = 38.2
change =

References

* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/u/usa/governors/alabama.txt Recent Alabama gubernatorial election results]