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Steve Flowers on the 1978 Governor's Race Part One

Alabama Public Radio
Published May 15, 2018 at 1:04 PM CDT

The 1978 governor's race between the three heavy weights - former Governor Albert Brewer, Attorney General Bill Baxley and Lieutenant Governor Jere Beasley - was expected to be titanic. All three men had last names beginning with the letter B; thus, the press coined the phrase "the three Bs..."
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Politics & Government RepublicansBill BaxleyAttorney GeneralAlbert Brewerlieutenant governor178 governor's raceJere Beasleytitanicthe three B'sdemocratic primary
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