Post-governorship and Return To Politics
In 2006, Folsom reentered state politics, running again as the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor. He won the Democratic nomination unopposed, and in the general election, he narrowly defeated Republican lawyer Luther Strange for a third, nonconsecutive four-year term in all with the previous six years he served as Lieutenant Governor, Folsom is the longest-serving Lieutenant Governor in Alabama history with ten years of service with his third term ending on January 17, 2011.
Folsom endorsed former Governor of Vermont Howard Dean in 2004 Democratic presidential primaries. In the 1988 primaries, he supported Al Gore.
Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom Jr. announced on April 1, 2009 he would seek re-election as Lieutenant Governor in 2010 and will not run for the Democratic nomination for Governor. On November 2, 2010, Folsom was defeated in a re-election bid for an unprecedented fourth term by the Republican candidate, State Treasurer Kay Ivey.
Folsom is married to the former Marsha Guthrie. They have two children. He is an Episcopalian.
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