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    James Elisha 'Jim' Folsom Jr. (born May 14, 1949) is an American politician who was the 50th governor of Alabama from April 22, 1993, to January 16, 1995...
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    James Elisha Folsom Sr. (October 9, 1908 – November 21, 1987), commonly known as Jim Folsom or Big Jim Folsom, was an American politician who served as...
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  • the general election to Democratic nominee Jim Folsom Jr. of Cullman, a son of former Governor Jim Folsom who had previously served as both lieutenant...
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    Alabama. The election saw Republican Fob James defeat incumbent Democrat Jim Folsom Jr. in an upset. This was the first of three consecutive Alabama gubernatorial...
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    general election, but he still defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Folsom, Jr., by a narrow margin, and won his second term as governor, this time...
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  • of Governor of Alabama James E. "Big Jim" Folsom and mother of former Governor Jim Folsom, Jr., Jamelle Folsom is the only Alabama woman in history to...
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    and defeated George Wallace Jr. in the Republican primary. Strange then lost the general election to Democrat Jim Folsom Jr. In 2010, Strange defeated...
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  • multiple people Jim Folsom (1908-1987), governor of Alabama Jim Folsom Jr. (born 1949), governor of Alabama, son of the above Jim Furyk (born 1970)...
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    joined the Republican Party in 1994. Jim Folsom Jr., Public Service Commissioner and son of former governor Jim Folsom Donald Stewart, incumbent U.S. Senator...
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    incumbent Lieutenant Governor Jim Folsom Jr., who had sought an unprecedented fourth term. Ivey received 764,112 votes to Folsom's 718,636. In 2014, Ivey was...
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  • Governor Folsom may refer to: Jim Folsom (1908–1987), 42nd Governor of Alabama Jim Folsom Jr. (born 1949), 50th Governor of Alabama This disambiguation...
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    Former Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Jim Folsom, Jr. Former Lieutenant Governor of Alabama Bill Baxley Georgia House of...
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    "James Elisha Folsom, Jr". National Governors Association. Retrieved January 18, 2023. Stewart, William H. (June 1, 2021). "James E. Folsom Jr. (1993-95)"...
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    Birmingham campaign for integration and voting rights – led by Martin Luther King Jr., James Bevel, Fred Shuttlesworth and others – resulted in the deaths of four...
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    Four governors have served multiple non-consecutive terms: Bibb Graves, Jim Folsom, and Fob James each served two, and George Wallace served three non-consecutive...
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    losing the Democratic primary to state Public Service Commissioner Jim Folsom, Jr. Folsom went on to lose narrowly to Republican Jeremiah Denton in the general...
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    with 50.2 percent of the vote in November over Democratic candidate Jim Folsom Jr., who himself had defeated the incumbent, Donald W. Stewart, in the...
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    January 19, 1987 – April 22, 1993 Lieutenant Jim Folsom Jr. Preceded by George Wallace Succeeded by Jim Folsom Jr. Personal details Born Harold Guy Hunt (1933-06-17)June...
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    States where the margin of victory was under 5%: New Jersey, 1.0% Jim Folsom, Jr. (D) succeeded Alabama governor H. Guy Hunt (R) following Hunt's resignation...
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  • former Nigerian Senator and current Governor of Osun State in Nigeria Jim Folsom Jr. - former governor and lieutenant governor from Alabama Harlan Mathews...
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    Roger Penske, Mark Martin, Darrell Waltrip, and Bill Elliott. Governor Jim Folsom Jr. made a brief visit and ordered the flags in Alabama lowered to half-mast...
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  • Young J. D. Folsom (born 1984), American football linebacker Jim Folsom, Sr. (1908–1987), American Democratic Governor of Alabama Jim Folsom, Jr. (born 1949)...
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    2007, and she was succeeded by fellow Democrat and former Governor Jim Folsom, Jr., of Cullman. Making a political comeback in 2008, Baxley defeated Republican...
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    Party line in 1990 but switched to the Republican Party in April 1994. Folsom took office after his predecessor (H. Guy Hunt) was removed from office...
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  • Predecessor Predecessor's fate Fob James Alabama Jim Folsom Jr. Defeated John G. Rowland Connecticut Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Retired Phil Batt Idaho Cecil D. Andrus...
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  • before the 1998 session. Reps. Gerald Allen, Steve Flowers, and Tim Parker Jr. switch parties from Democrat to Republican. Bennett ran as a Democrat in...
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  • Stewart (first elected in 1978) lost in the Democratic primary to Jim Folsom, Jr. Folsom lost the general election to Jeremiah Denton. Alaska: Mike Gravel...
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    whose administration the Hyundai plant was successfully recruited – and Jim Folsom, Jr., in securing automotive manufacturing plants. Specifically, when Kia...
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  • chile pepper Jim Folsom Jr. (born 1949), American politician, nicknamed "Little Jim" to distinguish him from his father, "Big Jim" Folsom (see above) This...
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  • losing to Will Ainsworth who went on to win the office. Commissioner Jim Folsom Jr. was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1986 and was re-elected in 1990...
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