In 1984, Heflin won his second Senate term by handily defeating Republican former U.S. Representative Albert L. Smith Jr., of Birmingham, who had hoped to win by running on the re-election coattails of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan.
Heflin won his second Senate term by handily defeating Republican former U.S. Representative Albert L. Smith Jr.. This was of Birmingham. This was in 1984. Birmingham had hoped to win by running on the re-election coattails of U.S. President Ronald W. Reagan.