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Wallace, George: Governors
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Their son, commonly called George Wallace Jr., is a Republican active in Alabama politics. He was twice elected State Treasurer. He was an elected member of the Public Service Commission until he sought the GOP nomination for lieutenant governor. He lost in a runoff in July 2006, despite support obtained from popular Arizona U.S. Senator John McCain.
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The film does outstanding work revisiting 1958, that watershed year in George Wallace's political life, the time of his first defeat and of his "faustian bargain." It came in the Democratic race for Alabama's governorship, when, badly misjudging the climate since the Brown decision and the Montgomery bus boycott, the "lightin' little judge" ran as a "responsible segregationist." Wallace's opponent, attorney general John Patterson, was a vicious racist who had the backing of the Ku Klux Klan. Wallace had spoken out against the KKK and refused its support, receiving instead the NAACP's endorsement. Wallace lost heavily and felt the sting deeply. He infamously vowed never to be "out-niggered" again.
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George Wallace: Governor George Wallace of Alabama is shown in four photographs that chronicle his changing emotions while receiving the news of the 1964 Indiana primary returns at his campaign headquarters. He was engaged in a bitter battle with Indiana Governor Matthew Welsh who was a stand-in for President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Indiana primary.
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Wallace, a former Democrat, is the only son of George Corley Wallace, Jr., and Lurleen Burns Wallace, each of whom were Democratic governors. His sisters are Bobbi Jo Parsons, Peggy Sue Kennedy, and Janie Lee Dye.
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Counting Lurleen Wallace's term as his surrogate, George Wallace had the remarkable achievement of winning five gubernatorial terms across three decades, totaling 17 years in office (it would have been 20 had Lurleen served four years instead of 17 months). This record is approached by the 15 year tenure of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller in New York, the 14-year tenure (in consecutive terms) of Governor James R. Thompson of Illinois and Governor Tommy Thompson of Wisconsin, as well as the 16-year tenures attained by Governors Terry E. Branstad of Iowa (in consecutive terms), and Governors James A. Rhodes of Ohio, Edwin Washington Edwards of Louisiana, William Milliken of Michigan, and James B. "Jim" Hunt of North Carolina (in non-consecutive terms).
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His son, George Wallace Jr. , is active in Alabama Republican politics. He was twice elected as State Treasurer. He currently serves as an elected member of the Public Service Commission and is seeking the GOP nomination for Lt. Governor in 2006.
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