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Surplus Of Candidates Announce As Delegates Electors In State
Alabama faces an unusually large field of candidates for the 1948 Democratic primary delegations and presidential electors. Factors include President Truman civil rights proposals and Gov. Folsom’s push for clear issue debates. Qualifying closes Monday night with five days more to file with the secretary of state. District races show strong contests in the fourth and sixth districts. Alabama’s nine members of Congress and Sen. John Sparkman seek re election amid opposition. Unpledged candidates may go to Philadelphia, with some electors promising not to back Truman. Other races include court seats and public service commission contests.
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Mercer Bailey
Montgomery
Alabama
Truman
James E. Folsom
Gessner T. McCorvey
Mobile
South
U. S
John Sparkman
Robert E. Jones, Jr
Scottsboro
Fighth
Attoo
Chauncey Sparks
Handy Elis
Folsom
Sparks
Ellis
Philadelphia
Norman Harris
Decatur
Tom Abernethy
Democratic Executive Committee
Abernethy
The
Talla
Dega
Beaman
McCorvey
Sen
Sprirkman
Thomas H. Maxwell
Tuscaloosa
Robert T. Simpson
State Supreme Court
Jarget
Eufaula
Handy Ellis
Columbiana
Swann Colwell
Gadsden
A. L. Patterson
Phenix City
J. M. Bonner
Camden
D. Hardy Riddle
Talladega
John H. Pinson
Geiger
Dan J. Baker
Troy
Joe J. Money
Homewood
J. W. Ayres
Fayette
S. J. Colpack
Bessemer
C. C. Horton
Courtland
Albert B. Stapp
Eugene
Bull