1926_Alabama_gubernatorial_election Knowpia

1926 Alabama gubernatorial election
	County results; Graves: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Bingham: 50–60%
Governor before election; William W. Brandon; Democratic	Elected Governor ; Bibb Graves; Democratic

The 1926 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926, in order to elect the governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent William W. Brandon was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.

Democratic primary edit

At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices; after winning the Democratic primary it was a given you would win the general election.^{[citation needed]}

Candidates edit

Archibald Hill Carmichael, former state senator
Bibb Graves, candidate for governor in 1922
Charles S. McDowell, lieutenant governor

Results edit

1926 Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bibb Graves	61,493	27.62
	Democratic	Charles S. McDowell	59,669	26.80
	Democratic	Archibald Hill Carmichael	54,072	24.29
	Democratic	A. G. Patterson	47,411	21.29
Total votes			222,645	100.00