In the 1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Carmichael supported [[Rubel Phillips]], the first Republican wo had actively sought the state's highest office. A former member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission from Corinth in northeastern Mississippi, Phillips challenged the Democratic nominee, Paul Burney Johnson, Jr. (1916-1985) the son of an earlier governor, Paul B. Johnson, Sr. (1880-1943) In a civic club debate in Meridian, Carmichael remarked that it was: | In the 1963 Mississippi gubernatorial election, Carmichael supported [[Rubel Phillips]], the first Republican wo had actively sought the state's highest office. A former member of the Mississippi Public Service Commission from Corinth in northeastern Mississippi, Phillips challenged the Democratic nominee, Paul Burney Johnson, Jr. (1916-1985) the son of an earlier governor, Paul B. Johnson, Sr. (1880-1943) In a civic club debate in Meridian, Carmichael remarked that it was: |