1970 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election

1970 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election

November 3, 1970

Nominee Jere Beasley Bob French Isaiah Hayes Party Democratic Republican NDPA Popular vote 589,618 126,506 92,176 Percentage 71.44% 15.33% 11.17%

Lieutenant Governor before election Vacant Elected Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley Democratic

The 1970 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970, in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Alabama. Democratic nominee Jere Beasley defeated Republican nominee Bob French, National Democratic nominee Isaiah Hayes, Prohibition nominee D. N. Stephenson and Independent candidate John G. Crommelin.

Democratic primary

In the Democratic primary election, candidate Jere Beasley received a plurality of the votes (29.03%), thus advancing to a runoff against runner-up Hugh Morrow. Beasley won the runoff with 57.78% and thus became the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor.

First Round

1970 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jere Beasley	256,081	29.03%
	Democratic	Hugh Morrow	185,333	21.01%
	Democratic	Tom Radney	163,462	18.53%
	Democratic	Joe Money	100,131	11.35%
	Democratic	Jack Giles	81,789	9.27%
	Democratic	Joe Goodwyn	75,085	8.51%
	Democratic	James Gullate	10,627	1.21%
	Democratic	Jay Thomas	9,631	1.09%
Total votes			882,139	100.00%

Runoff

1970 Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jere Beasley	572,258	57.78%
	Democratic	Hugh Morrow	418,228	42.22%
Total votes			990,486	100.00%

General election

On election day, November 3, 1970, Democratic nominee Jere Beasley won the election by a margin of 463,112 votes against his foremost opponent Republican nominee Bob French, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Beasley was sworn in as the 22nd lieutenant governor of Alabama on January 19, 1971.

Results

Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1970

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jere Beasley	589,618	71.44
	Republican	Bob French	126,506	15.33
	NDPA	Isaiah Hayes	92,176	11.17
	Prohibition	D. N. Stephenson	9,374	1.14
	Independent	John G. Crommelin	7,678	0.92
Total votes			825,352	100.00
	Democratic hold