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===1966-1972===

===1966-1972===

Carmichael ran unsuccessfully for the Mississippi State Senate  in both 1966 and 1967, the latter on the statewide Republican ticket headed for a second time by Rubel Phillips.​ In 1971, Carmichael considered a race for lieutenant governor, but Republicans that year fielded no statewide candidates as the [[Democrat|Democrat]] William Lowe "Bill" Waller Sr. (1926–2011), defeated the [[African-American]] [[Independent voter|Independent]] Charles Evers (born 1922), a [[civil rights]] activist, brother of the slain Medgar Evers (1925-1963), and the mayor of Fayette, in the gubernatorial [[general election]].<ref name=cdanielson/>​

Carmichael ran unsuccessfully for the Mississippi State Senate  in both 1966 and 1967, the latter on the statewide Republican ticket headed for a second time by Rubel Phillips.​ In 1971, Carmichael considered a race for lieutenant governor, but Republicans that year fielded no statewide candidates as the [[Democrat|Democrat]][[Bill Waller| William Lowe "Bill" Waller Sr.]], defeated the [[African-American]] [[Independent voter|Independent]] James Charles Evers (1922-2020), a [[civil rights]] activist, brother of the slain Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963), and the mayor of Fayette, in the gubernatorial [[general election]].<ref name=cdanielson/>​

Carmichael was a delegate to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], to re-nominate the [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Vice President Agnew]] ticket. Carmichael was the Republican nominee in 1972 for the [[U.S. Senate]] against the entrenched Democrat [[James Eastland]]. In the Republican primary, Carmichael easily defeated the African-American civil rights figure James Howard Meredith (born 1933). In the fall campaign, President Nixon directed that Carmichael not attend a Republican rally in Jackson hosted by Agnew, who endorsed two successful Republican candidates for the [[United States House of Representatives]], [[Thad Cochran]] and [[Trent Lott]]. Instead Carmichael was humiliated and had to remain at Republican headquarters two blocks away from the festivities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jim-herring.blogspot.com/2010/05/rubel-phillips-gil-carmichael-and-jack.html|author=[[Jim Herring]]|title=Rubel Phillips, Gil Carmichael, and Jack Reed|date=May 20, 2010|publisher=jimherring.blogspot.com|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}</ref> One of Eastland's press spokesmen was Larry Speakes, later the [[White House]] acting press secretary in the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] administration. ​

Carmichael was a delegate to the 1972 [[Republican National Convention]], which met in Miami Beach, [[Florida]], to re-nominate the [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]]-[[Spiro Agnew|Vice President Agnew]] ticket. Carmichael was the Republican nominee in 1972 for the [[U.S. Senate]] against the entrenched Democrat [[James Eastland]]. In the Republican primary, Carmichael easily defeated the African-American civil rights figure James Howard Meredith (born 1933). In the fall campaign, President Nixon directed that Carmichael not attend a Republican rally in Jackson hosted by Agnew, who endorsed two successful Republican candidates for the [[United States House of Representatives]], [[Thad Cochran]] and [[Trent Lott]]. Instead Carmichael was humiliated and had to remain at Republican headquarters two blocks away from the festivities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jim-herring.blogspot.com/2010/05/rubel-phillips-gil-carmichael-and-jack.html|author=[[Jim Herring]]|title=Rubel Phillips, Gil Carmichael, and Jack Reed|date=May 20, 2010|publisher=jimherring.blogspot.com|accessdate=July 1, 2020}}</ref> One of Eastland's press spokesmen was Larry Speakes, later the [[White House]] acting press secretary in the [[Ronald W. Reagan]] administration. ​