Four years later in 1986, Guy Hunt in a very unusual election would defeat the Democrat with 57% of the vote in the Governor's race.
The Republican Governor, Guy Hunt, 57, won re-election over Paul Hubbert.
Alas, those days are past for Governor - now ex-Governor - Guy Hunt.
He was thereafter active in 1986 in the election of Guy Hunt as the state's first Republican governor of the 20th century.
His Republican successor, Guy Hunt, is expected to usher in a conservative era.
And under Guy Hunt's leadership, Alabama is doing just fine.
It's between Guy Hunt and the laws and courts of this state.
Guy Hunt and questions of Democratic party loyalty both reappeared in another Baxley campaign eight years later.
Guy Hunt made history in 1986 when he was elected Alabama's first Republican Governor since Reconstruction.
As a result, they supported Guy Hunt in the general election, who won with 56 percent of the vote.