Box 19, Folder 13, Document 15

Box 19, Folder 13, Document 15

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at |* Strong disciple of racial seg- Pe.
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R. |ination Wednesday as the Demo- SY

GV |eratic candidate for governor of * he:
sig |Georgia.

ith | With 1,034 of 1,908 precincts) ]
nd |reported, Maddox had 279,783)
re- |votes to 166,209 for former Gov.) —
ter |Hllis Arnall, who is regarded as)
a racial moderate. |

Fy +e 8 |
| MADDOX, who identified him-|
jself with Alabama Gov. George)
\C. Wallace, campaigned against) (4
‘the “Great Society and godless) hel
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| Arnall vowed to move Georgia 15¢
forward into the “21st century.’’) 47

ila | sei
Arnall carried the suburban| Re

RS lareas of Atlanta, Savannah and ‘
(th |Macon, but the margin was not for
ty. |enough to offset the rural vote

|that went to Maddox. su:

Maddox appeared on the | Hl

e | way to the greatest upset in aN
“| recent Georgia political his- | °Y
i- | tory in a campaign in whieh | SY
‘d. | the old line politicians re- 7
ill | mained silent. e

all Arnall had led five other ¢an-| Sil

|didates in the Sept. 14 primary] $4
|but was forced into a runoff by| 54
| Maddox. | th

Maddox, 50, waved a pistol) th
and provided ax handles for cus-| m
\tomers to chase Negroes from)
jhis cafeteria last year. He)
jelosed his restaurant rather| st

2ir
ior |than desegregate. He has no pre-| Pt
ia vious political experience. ie

see Arnall, 59, who maintained! s;
loyalty to the national Democra-| s¢
tic Party, said that Republicans) b
were supporting Maddox becaus) tc
ust |they considered him an easier) w
mp jopponent for Rep. Howard HH.)
the |Gallaway, the GOP nominee for) 21

dg. |governor. ‘|
.
Ve. | Maddox ealled Arnall a super-|
liberal.