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In the 1962 Alabama Senate election Jim Martin came very close to unseating veteran Dem incumbent Lister Hill, in part by running way to his right on civil rights. Let's say Martin manages to win the seat. He joins John Tower as 1 of 2 Southern GOP senators. Can he hold that seat like Tower or will the Alabama Dems knock him off in '68? Does he start trying to build a party infrastructure earlier than OTL, seeing as IOTL Alabama just finished its Blue-Red transition in 2010?
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