Wait, it's not good to be #1? Not when your state has the top spot in a book about the dirtiest political campaigns in history.
At the top of list is the battle between George Wallace and Albert Brewer. To win the 1970 gubernatorial race in Alabama, Wallace ran a radio advertisement in which a police siren was followed by an announcer intoning: "Suppose your wife is driving home at 11 o'clock at night. She is stopped by a highway patrolman. He turns out to be black. Think about it. Elect George C. Wallace." Wallace won a fourth term in 1982. If you ever wondered what race baiting was, well that pretty much sums it up.
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