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===Two gubernatorial races===

===Two gubernatorial races===

Alford's Little Rock-based district was merged with the 2nd district of chairman [[Wilbur Mills]], long-term chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, after the 1960 census revealed that Arkansas had grown at less than the national average during the 1950s. Rather than face certain defeat in the 1962 Democratic primary against Mills, at the time an icon in Arkansas politics, Alford instead chose to enter the primary against incumbent [[Governor]] [[Orval Faubus|Orval Eugene Faubus]], who polled a majority over Alford, former Governor Sidney Sanders "Sid" McMath, Vernon H. Whitten, and two other candidates. Faubus polled 208,996 ballots (51.6 percent) to McMath's 83,437 (20.6 percent), Alford's 82,815 (20.4 percent), and Whitten's 22,377 (5.5 percent). Faubus then prevailed with ease over the Republican nominee [[Willis Ricketts]], a pharmacist from Fayetteville who ran on a "reform" agenda.<ref>Hathorn, pp. 198, 200.</ref>  

Alford's Little Rock-based district was merged with the 2nd district of chairman [[Wilbur Mills]], long-term chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, after the 1960 census revealed that Arkansas had grown at less than the national average during the 1950s.<ref>Dumas, Ernest (April 25, 2019). [https://arktimes.com/history/2019/04/25/a-forgotten-candidate-and-the-1962-arkansas-governors-race A forgotten candidate and the 1962 Arkansas governor’s race]. ''Arkansas Times''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> Rather than face certain defeat in the 1962 Democratic primary against Mills, at the time an icon in Arkansas politics, Alford instead chose to enter the primary against incumbent [[Governor]] [[Orval Faubus|Orval Eugene Faubus]], who polled a majority over Alford, former Governor Sidney Sanders "Sid" McMath, Vernon H. Whitten, and two other candidates.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=378441 AR Governor - D Primary Race - Jul 31, 1962]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> Faubus polled 208,996 ballots (51.6 percent) to McMath's 83,437 (20.6 percent), Alford's 82,815 (20.4 percent), and Whitten's 22,377 (5.5 percent). Faubus then prevailed with ease over the Republican nominee [[Willis Ricketts]], a pharmacist from Fayetteville who ran on a "reform" agenda.<ref>Hathorn, pp. 198, 200.</ref>  

Alford ran for governor again in 1966, when Faubus declined to do so. Alford finished fourth in the Democratic primary with 53,531 votes (12.7 percent). He received 11,000 fewer voters than his old nemesis Brooks Hays, who with 64,814 (15.4 percent) finished third in the primary balloting. The Democrat runoff positions went to former Arkansas Supreme Court Justices [[James D. Johnson]] and [[Frank Holt]]. Johnson narrowly defeated Holt in the Democratic runoff but then lost to [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] in the general election. Hays subsequently relocated to Winston-Salem,  [[North Carolina]], where he failed in a House comeback bid in 1972.<ref>Hathorn, p. 170, 249.</ref>

Alford ran for governor again in 1966, when Faubus declined to do so. Alford finished fourth in the Democratic primary with 53,531 votes (12.7 percent).<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=382417 AR Governor - D Primary Race - Jul 26, 1966]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved October 14, 2021.</ref> He received 11,000 fewer voters than his old nemesis Brooks Hays, who with 64,814 (15.4 percent) finished third in the primary balloting. The Democrat runoff positions went to former Arkansas Supreme Court Justices [[James D. Johnson]] and [[Frank Holt]]. Johnson narrowly defeated Holt in the Democratic runoff but then lost to [[Moderate Republican]] [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] in the general election. Hays subsequently relocated to Winston-Salem,  [[North Carolina]], where he failed in a House comeback bid in 1972.<ref>Hathorn, p. 170, 249.</ref>

==Civic leadership==

==Civic leadership==