He narrowly won reelection in 1990 after trailing most of the way .
Hunt 's election surprised many Alabamians since the last Republican governor had left office 113 years earlier , at the end of Reconstruction .
Hunt narrowly won reelection in 1990 after trailing most of the way .
Hunt 's election surprised many Alabamians since the last Republican governor had left office 113 years earlier , at the end of Reconstruction .