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	Name:	roswellric -
	Subject:	Etch a Sketch
	Date:	3/22/2012 10:38:55 AM

Republicans put in Lester Maddox? What are you smoking?

Lester Maddox was elected by the Georgia legislature. The opposing candidate to Maddox in the general was Bo Callaway, a formidable candidate that actually got the more votes that Maddox who finished second.

The problem was caused by a Progressive Democrat -Ellis Arnall - who was opponent to the Democrat Maddox in the primary. When defeated by Maddox, Arnall ran a write-in campaign in the general election. The result was no one got a majority of the votes. That threw it into the legislature to determine the winner from the top two vote getters.

The Democrat populated legislature went against the voters wishes who gave more votes to Calloway and elected Maddox instead. Bottom line? A Progressive Democrat caused the problem after he lost then the Democrats in the legislature gave the election to Maddox who got less votes than Callaway. Bottom Line #2 The Democrats pooped in their own hat.

As a final note here's Maddox's record as governor:

Accomplishments in office

Salary increases (in dollars) during four years as governor were more than for the two previous administrations combined.
Percentage of salary increase for elementary and secondary teachers was a record breaker that was not reached again until seventeen years later.
In higher education, the State Board of Regents received the highest budget increase of the latter half of the 20th century; and has been reported as likely the largest percentage increase for higher education of any state during the four fiscal years of the Maddox approved state budget appropriations.
Dollars gained for new and expanded industry (during the Maddox Administration) equaled that of the seven previous three year terms from 1947 through 1966.
According to a letter written by Maddox in 1999, Maddox "left the Office of Governor with a favorable poll rating of above 84% and won the Office of Lieutenant Governor in a landslide vote of over 73%, which remains the greatest percentage of votes for any governor or lieutenant governor against a Republican opponent in a Georgia General Election".^[4]
Maddox was favorably influenced by Murray M. Silver, Esq., General Counsel of the Georgia Department of Labor, and Commissioner Sam Caldwell to hire blacks and to approve legislation affecting unemployment insurance of automobile workers within the state.^[13]
He integrated the lines of farmer's markets throughout the state.^[14]