Question: Former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter pulled off a major upset by defeating which Alabama governor in Florida’s 1976 Democratic presidential primary?
Answer: Gov. George Wallace
Former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter pulled off a major upset by defeating Alabama Gov. George Wallace in Florida’s 1976 Democrat presidential primary. Carter called the win “hard to believe” because the conservative Wallace had decisively won the state’s primary in 1972 with 41.6% of the vote. Carter didn’t get that much in 1976, 35% to Wallace’s 31%, but the upset victory made Carter the national frontrunner and was the last major hurdle in his quest for the nomination.
