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Apresidential primary was held in theU.S. state ofAlabama on May 5, 1964, withrunoff elections on June 2, to elect delegates representing Alabama to the1964 Democratic National Convention. Thirty-six delegates were to be elected, four from each of the state's nine old congressional districts, with no at-large delegates to be elected. Nineteen delegate candidates went unopposed. In January 1964, the State Democratic Executive Committee voted to nominate the incumbentGovernor of Alabama,George Wallace, as afavorite son candidate, mandating that all prospective delegate candidates be pledged to Wallace for the Democratic nomination until they were released by him.[1] As a result, all thirty-six pledged delegates went to Wallace.
Incumbent presidentLyndon B. Johnson was renominated by way of voice vote; individual votes cast by state delegation were not recorded. At the Convention, only four of the thirty-six delegates reportedly voted to accept an oath requiring loyalty to the national Democratic Party nominees.[2] Nine delegates from Alabama were seated after signing loyalty oaths and nominated formerGovernor of Georgia and Wallace foeCarl Sanders forvice-president. Upon Sanders' request, the delegates withdrew the bid and backedHubert Humphrey.[3]
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