In the primary to determine who would represent the Democratic Party in the 1966 gubernatorial election,  no candidate collected enough votes to attain a majority.  Ellis Arnall won the plurality of the votes with 29.4% of the ballots.  Lester Maddox won 23.5% and Jimmy Carter won 20.9%, with the remaining votes being split between Garland Byrd and James Gray.

Since none of the candidates attained the required majority, the top two candidates, Arnall and Maddox, were forced into a runoff.

Photo:  Maddox's Pickrick Restaurant, as seen in 1963 after a renovation that extended the front of the building out closer to Hemphill Avenue.  Click here to see what it looked as of 2006.

Postcard of the Pickrick.  Source: Ga Tech Capital Planning & Space Management