Democratic Party forum introducing candidates for state office in the upcoming elections on November 4, 1958.

Judge Roy Mayhall, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, introduced the following candidates to the audience: Bettye Frink, secretary of state; Frank Stewart, secretary of education; Mary Texas Hurt Garner, auditor; Agnes Baggett, treasurer; Albert Boutwell, lieutenant governor; and...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/records/id/590
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Summary:Judge Roy Mayhall, chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee, introduced the following candidates to the audience: Bettye Frink, secretary of state; Frank Stewart, secretary of education; Mary Texas Hurt Garner, auditor; Agnes Baggett, treasurer; Albert Boutwell, lieutenant governor; and John Patterson, governor. The candidates appealed to voters for a "united Democratic party vote," repeatedly referencing the integration and states' rights. (The film was recorded in Montgomery, Alabama, to be aired on television.)