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Stoner ran for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia governor of Georgia] in 1970. During this campaign, where he called himself the "candidate of love", he | Stoner ran for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Georgia governor of Georgia] in 1970. During this campaign, where he called himself the "candidate of love", he described [http://real-life-villains.wikia.com/wiki/Adolf_Hitler Hitler]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;"> as "too moderate," black people as an extension of the </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape ape]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;"> family, and </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews Jews]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;"> as "vipers of hell." The primary was won by </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_rights civil rights]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;"> supporter and future </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States President]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;"> </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter Jimmy Carter]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;">. Stoner then ran for the </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate United States Senate]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;"> in 1972, finishing fifth in the </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_%28United_States%29 Democratic Party]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;"> primary with just over 40,000 votes. The nomination and election went to </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Nunn Sam Nunn]<span style="font-size:13px;line-height:21px;">.</span> | ||
During his Senate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_campaign campaign], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission FCC] ruled that television stations had to play his ads due to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine fairness doctrine]. His ads included the word "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger_%28word%29 nigger]." Stoner also ran for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Georgia lieutenant governor] in 1974 and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate United States Senate] in 1980. His best showing was 73,000 votes (10 percent) in his campaign for lieutenant governor in 1974, when he sought to succeed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_G._Maddox Lester G. Maddox] in Georgia's second highest constitutional office. Maddox lost the gubernatorial nomination that year to former legislator [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_D._Busbee George D. Busbee]. | During his Senate [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_campaign campaign], the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission FCC] ruled that television stations had to play his ads due to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine fairness doctrine]. His ads included the word "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigger_%28word%29 nigger]." Stoner also ran for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Georgia lieutenant governor] in 1974 and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate United States Senate] in 1980. His best showing was 73,000 votes (10 percent) in his campaign for lieutenant governor in 1974, when he sought to succeed [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_G._Maddox Lester G. Maddox] in Georgia's second highest constitutional office. Maddox lost the gubernatorial nomination that year to former legislator [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_D._Busbee George D. Busbee]. |