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Democrat election fraud (view source)
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[[File:Lawrence Brooks Hays portrait.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Rep. Brooks Hays was denied re-election by election fraud tactics.]]
[[File:Lawrence Brooks Hays portrait.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Rep. Brooks Hays was denied re-election by election fraud tactics.]]
===1958 U.S. House election in Arkansas' 5th district===
===1958 U.S. House election in Arkansas' 5th district===
[[L. Brooks Hays]], a [[segregation]]ist though racial moderate from [[Arkansas]], ran for re-election in the [[1958 Midterm Elections|1958 midterms]]. After refusing to take either side in the Little Rock crisis, the more staunchly segregationist [[Dale Alford]], a Little Rock [[opthalmologist]], challenged him in the general election as a nominal [[Independent voters|Independent]] running on Democrat credentials.<ref name=brookshaysbio>Day, John Kyle. [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/lawrence-brooks-hays-506/ Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898–1981)]. ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref> Alford's write-in campaign ultimately denied Hays re-election by a narrow margin.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=126042 AR District 5 Race - Nov 04, 1958]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
[[L. Brooks Hays]], a [[segregation]]ist though racial moderate from [[Arkansas]], ran for re-election in the [[1958 Midterm Elections|1958 midterms]]. After refusing to take either side in the Little Rock crisis, the more staunchly segregationist [[Dale Alford]], a Little Rock [[opthamologist]], challenged him in the general election as a nominal [[Independent voters|Independent]] running on Democrat credentials.<ref name=brookshaysbio>Day, John Kyle. [https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/lawrence-brooks-hays-506/ Lawrence Brooks Hays (1898–1981)]. ''Encyclopedia of Arkansas''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref> Alford's write-in campaign ultimately denied Hays re-election by a narrow margin.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=126042 AR District 5 Race - Nov 04, 1958]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 10, 2021.</ref>
According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas:<ref name=brookshaysbio/>
According to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas:<ref name=brookshaysbio/>