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The previous Republican governor, Alfred Alexander "Alf" Taylor (1848-1931), a native of Carter County in northeastern Tennessee, served a two-year term from 1921 to 1923 after his election in the [[Warren G. Harding]] national landslide of 1920. After Taylor, the gubernatorial terms were doubled to four years.<ref name=langsdon>Phillip Langsdon, ''Tennessee: A Political History'' (Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 370-381, 396-397.</ref>
The previous Republican governor, Alfred Alexander "Alf" Taylor (1848-1931), a native of Carter County in northeastern Tennessee, served a two-year term from 1921 to 1923 after his election in the [[Warren G. Harding]] national landslide of 1920. After Taylor, the gubernatorial terms were doubled to four years.<ref name=langsdon>Phillip Langsdon, ''Tennessee: A Political History'' (Franklin, Tennessee: Hillsboro Press, 2000), pp. 370-381, 396-397.</ref>
Seeking a comeback, Dunn ran as the Republican nominee in 1986, a heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] year nationally, and lost to Ned Ray McWherter (1930-2011). For years after leaving office, he remained active in the Republican Party.<ref name=tehc>{{cite web|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=411 Winfield Dunn|author=Michael Rogers|title=Winfield Dunn|publisher=''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''|date=2009|accessdate=September 20, 2021}}</ref>
Seeking a comeback, Dunn ran as the Republican nominee in 1986, a heavily [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] year nationally, and lost to Ned Ray McWherter (1930-2011). For years after leaving office, he remained active in the Republican Party.<ref name=tehc>{{cite web|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=411|author=Michael Rogers|title=Winfield Dunn|publisher=''Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture''|date=2009|accessdate=September 20, 2021}}</ref>
Inspired by [[Barry Goldwater]]'s ''The Conscience of a Conservative,'' Dunn ran unsuccessfully for state representative in 1962. As the chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party, he campaigned for the [[Arizona]] Senator in the 1964 presidential contest against [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who won the Tennessee electoral votes.
Inspired by [[Barry Goldwater]]'s ''The Conscience of a Conservative,'' Dunn ran unsuccessfully for state representative in 1962. As the chairman of the Shelby County Republican Party, he campaigned for the [[Arizona]] Senator in the 1964 presidential contest against [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who won the Tennessee electoral votes.