Riley elected to second term as Governor

Governor Riley has cruised to an easy victory over Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. With 2,734 of 2,904 precincts reporting, he leads 58%-42%.

A couple of interesting facts:

• Governor Riley is the first Alabama Governor to win re-election since Guy Hunt did it in 1990.
• If the numbers hold up, Riley will have won by the largest margin in an Alabama gubernatorial race since Democrat George C. Wallace defeated Republican Emory Folmar 1982. (The margin in that race was Wallace: 57.6%, Folmar: 39.1%, Others: 3.3%. Source: Alabama Secretary of State's Office.)