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| Statewide elections in odd-numbered years |
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Virginia
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Different style of campaign:
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| 3 Governor's Controversy, Georgia, 1946 |
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| Herman Talmadge starts a campaign for people to go vote and write in his name. Talmadge motion was for the Legislature to only vote on and choose the Governor. Herman Talmadge elected 2:1 but a reporter finds 58 missing votes that were made up. Courts ruled that Legislature broke the law by electing Talmadge. M.E. Thompson was the other candidate along with the standing Governor Arnall. |
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| Gubernatorial Election of 1966, Georgia |
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| For the first time in modern Georgia history, the Republican party mounted a serious challenge for the governorship in the candidacy of Congressman "Bo" Callaway. Callaway received a narrow plurality but a write-in vote for Arnall prevented him from getting the majority. As a result, the General Assembly, which was overwhelmingly Democratic, had to choose the next Governor. The selected Lester Maddox |
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| Weak Governor. Only recently did the Governor get a hand in the budget |
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| Governor controls the budget |
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| What were the first states Republicans won control of in 1994 |
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| Democrats have always maintained both chambers in these 4 states |
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| Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas |
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| dominant family in Virginia |
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Byrd Family:
important from 1930-late 1960's |
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| Entirely Republican when it came to electing the President until 2008 when it voted for Obama |
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| First Democratic, non-Byrd Governor in 1981 |
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| First Republican Senator from Virginia |
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| First popularly elected African American governor in the United States, 1990 |
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| First black elected to statewide office in Virginia |
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| people said they voted for Wilder but didn't actually vote for them |
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| Governor can only serve 1 term @ a time |
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| Along with Florida, first state in the South to have Republican Governor, 1966 |
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| write-in Candidate who wins over an incumbent |
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| Most Democratic State in the South |
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| only Republican Senator from Arkansas |
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One of the most powerful Governors in the nation
Top 5 most powerful in the USA
worst paid in the nation |
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| 1964, votes Republican. Strom Thurmond switches parties from Democratic to Republican |
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| Only person ever elected to Senate as a write-in candidate |
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| Strom Thurmond, South Carolina |
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| 1994, joins NC in becoming first Southern States to have Republican majorities in the State House |
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| having Presidential Primaries earlier so your state has more influence over who the nominee is going to be. South Carolina |
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| first primary in the South |
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| 46 counties and 46 State Senators |
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| dominated state politics from 1930s-1960s redistricting. South Carolina |
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| South Carolina. If your child goes to jail, you have to pay for it! |
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| 1956, becomes first deep-south state to vote Republican for President |
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| first Republican Governor in 1980 |
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| Changes election law in 1970s, Edmond Edwards |
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| Louisiana. Everybody runs in the same Primary. If no majority, runoff between top 3 candidates. Helped Republicans |
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| only person elected Governor to change parties while in office. Switched from D to R |
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| First Viet-American elected to Congress. Republican |
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| long serving Governor of Alabama |
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| first ran on the populist platform. Built new G's mansion with prisoners, also the largest in the nation. LSU. You had to give $ to state if you worked for it or did business with it. "Share the wealth." eliminates poll tax. |
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Governor wrote "You are my sunshine"
in the Country music writers hall of fame |
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| First republican governor elected in 1986, Guy Hunt |
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| AMWAY salesman/ preacher before being elected governor. Got elected because of a split in the Democratic party |
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| majority Black county where the Black Panthers originated |
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| last state in the nation to provide free textbooks and kindergarten |
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| Tort Cases. Punitive damages are damages intended to reform or defer the defendant and others from engaging in conduct similar to that which formed the base of the law suit |
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| Longest Constitution in the world |
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| judge who refused to Remove marble 10 Commandments from Courthouse. Forced to Resign |
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| 1978, elects Republican to US Senate who wins with plurality because there was a split in the Democratic Party. |
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| first deep south state to have 2 Republican Senators |
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| 1960, casts Electoral College vote for Harry Byrd even though he wasn't on the ballot |
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| 1890, writes new Constitution - poll tax, literacy test, explanation requirements, 2-year Residency Requirement. Designed to eliminate black voters. every southern state borrows ideas from this Constitution by 1900 |
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| last state in the South to desegregate schools |
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| 1964, _______ Freedom Summer. wanted to educated blacks so they could pass the requirements to vote. 2 college students who helped were murdered a month later. |
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| Mississippi, especially Tunica |
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| Highest illiteracy and infant mortality rate in Nation |
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| farm based prison system, Parchman Prison |
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| last state in the nation to institute parole |
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| 1971, first to enact poll tax |
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| 1972, first southern state along with Texas to elect a black to Congress in the 20th century |
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| 1962, first black southern legislator in modern times |
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| first black to hold statewide elective post in 1984 |
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| first black to serve on Georgia Supreme Court |
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| African American Attorney General of Georgia |
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| no republican won statewide office until 1980 |
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county unit system like the Electoral College.
8:6, 30:4, rest: 1-2 |
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4 time Georgia Governor
1932, 1934, 1940, 1946 |
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| elected by the General Assembly because of no majority, 1966 |
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| First Republican in Senate in 1980. former IBM salemsman |
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| first black major city in the South w/ black mayor |
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Governor sets budget.
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