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 County results Stewart: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Martin: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Pittman Allen
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
Stewart
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
Taylor
- 60–70%
- 40–50%
Wiley
- 40–50%
Stewart
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
Pittman Allen
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
Nichols
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
- >90%
McCary
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 80–90%
- >90%
No Vote
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 Government |
The 1978 United States Senate special election in Alabama was held on November 7, 1978. It was a special election to fill the seat which had been held by Senator Jim Allen, who died on June 1. His widow Maryon was appointed on June 8 by governor George Wallace to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held.[1]
Democratic state senator Donald W. Stewart defeated Allen in the Democratic primary then defeated former Republican Congressman James D. Martin to serve the remaining two years of the term.
- ^ "Maryon Pittman Allen", Women in Congress (website), Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, archived from the original on January 1, 2012, retrieved March 3, 2012