Ranked around 12th in early polling, Carter leapfrogged former Alabama Governor George Wallace and former nominee Hubert Humphrey to win the 1976 Democratic primary.

Carter fused both blocs — claiming the simultaneous support Daddy King and George Corley Wallace in the general election.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president and human rights advocate who worked after leaving office to broker international peace, has died at 99.

“So, when Carter runs for governor in 1970, he runs as the Wallace candidate,” Bullock said. “He runs and says if I'm elected governor, I'll invite George Wallace to come here.

Former President Jimmy Carter, who just died at the age of 100, sat down with 60 Minutes three times, starting with an interview in the last months of his presidency.

Florida voters did something else in the 1976 Democratic primary. The results — a win for Carter and a defeat of the notorious segregationist George Wallace — showed the nation that Florida ...

Though support for Carter was driven by his record of conciliation, which he often couched in spiritual language, it was also helped by the fact that George Wallace was one of his main opponents.

Part of the award-winning "The Presidents" collection. Jimmy Carter's story is one of the greatest dramas in American politics. In 1980, he was overwhelmingly voted out of office in a humiliating ...

In 1976, Jimmy Carter and Hamilton Jordan crafted one of the canniest, best-executed presidential primary campaigns in history. Here's a reminder of how.

The 39th president left D.C. a sore loser. But that was just the beginning.

Former President Jimmy Carter built a legacy as a tireless champion for peace.