Electoral history of Lester Maddox

Electoral history of Lester Maddox, 75th Governor of Georgia (1967-1971), 7th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia (1971-1975) and 1976 American Independent Party presidential nominee

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, 1962^[1]:

• Peter Zack Geer - 187,770 (23.90%)
• Lester Maddox - 138,065 (17.58%)
• Peyton S. Hawes - 110,420 (14.06%)
• Culver Kidd - 108,601 (13.83%)
• Ed Wilson - 84,157 (10.71%)
• John E. Sheffield, Jr. - 55,020 (7.00%)
• Winston Burdine - 49,418 (6.29%)
• Spence M. Grayson - 32,900 (4.19%)
• Edmond Barfield - 19,169 (2.44%)

Geer then went to win a runoff

Democratic primary for Governor of Georgia, 1966^[2]

• Ellis Arnall - 231,480 (29.38%)
• Lester Maddox - 185,672 (23.56%)
• Jimmy Carter - 164,562 (20.89%)
• James H. Gray - 152,973 (19.41%)
• Garland T. Byrd - 39,994 (5.08%)
• Hole O'Kelley - 13,271 (1.68%)

Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Georgia, 1966^[3]:

• Lester Maddox - 443,055 (54.29%)
• Ellis Arnall - 373,004 (45.71%)

Georgia gubernatorial election, 1966^[4]:

• Bo Callaway (R) - 453,665 (47.38%)
• Lester Maddox (D) - 450,626 (47.06%)
• Ellis Arnall (D) (write-in) - 51,947 (5.43%)
• Scattering - 1,333 (0.14%)

Since no candidate received more than 50% of votes cast, Maddox was selected over Callaway by state legislature^[5]

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, 1970^[6]:

• Lester Maddox - 397,424 (51.36%)
• George T. Smith (inc.) - 253,738 (32.79%)
• Charlie Jones - 81,613 (10.55%)
• D. F. Glover - 40,993 (5.30%)

Lieutenant Governor of Georgia, 1970^[7]:

• Lester Maddox (D) - 733,797 (73.59%)
• Frank G. Miller (R) - 263,415 (26.42%)

Democratic primary for Governor of Georgia, 1974^[8]:

• Lester Maddox - 310,384 (36.32%)
• George Busbee - 177,997 (20.83%)
• Bert Lance - 147,026 (17.20%)
• David Gambrell - 66,000 (7.72%)
• George T. Smith - 43,196 (5.05%)
• Harry Jackson - 42,121 (4.93%)
• Bobby Rowan - 31,696 (3.71%)
• Ronnie Thompson - 23,933 (2.80%)
• B. J. Parker - 4,650 (0.54%)
• Bud Herrin - 3,419 (0.40%)
• Thomas J. Irwin - 2,224 (0.26%)
• Jenning Thompson - 1,987 (0.23%)

Democratic primary runoff for Governor of Georgia, 1974^[9]:

• George Busbee - 551,106 (59.86%)
• Lester Maddox - 369,608 (40.14%)

American Independent Party presidential convention, 1976^[10]:

• Lester Maddox - 177 (52.21%)
• Robert Morris - 80 (23.60%)
• John Rarick - 80 (23.60%)
• Others - 3 (0.89%)

United States presidential election, 1976:

• Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale (D) - 40,831,881 (50.1%) and 297 electoral votes (23 states and D.C. carried)
• Gerald Ford/Bob Dole (R) - 39,148,634 (48.0%) and 240 electoral votes (27 states carried)
• Ronald Reagan/Bob Dole (R) - 1 electoral vote (faithless elector)
• Eugene McCarthy (Independent) - 740,460 (0.9%)
• Roger MacBride/David Bergland (Libertarian) - 172,553 (0.2%)
• Lester Maddox/William Dyke (American Independent) - 170,274 (0.2%)
• Thomas J. Anderson/Rufus Shackelford (American) - 158,271 (0.2%)
• Peter Camejo/Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) - 90,986 (0.1%)

Democratic primary for Governor of Georgia, 1990^[11]:

• Zell Miller - 434,405 (41.28%)
• Andrew Young - 303,159 (28.81%)
• Roy Barnes - 219,136 (20.82%)
• Lauren McDonald - 64,212 (6.10%)
• Lester Maddox - 31,403 (2.98%)

References

See also

Electoral history of Jimmy Carter