The election is over and Young Boozer III, a retired Republican banker from Montgomery, has won, in the process gaining nationwide attention for his name.

So when it came time to remove all those thousands of Young Boozer signs across the state to keep them from becoming roadside litter, you'd think his campaign workers would have a bit of an easy time of it, right?

Glenda Allred, Boozer's campaign manager, said that's not necessarily the case.

"There are lots of signs still out," Allred told the Press-Register. "That (people appropriating them from the roadside) seemed to be something that happened moreso leading up to the primary. As time went along, that stopped."

Allred said the campaign also used a tactic that campaign officials hope would stop some of the sign-stealing: They tried to place many of them on the private property of supporters.

That said, the signs still have had a commemorative and, for some, decorative value. "If you're talking about a certain demographic wanting the signs for themselves, yes, we've dealt with that," Allred said.

That "certain demographic" tends to be college students who want the signs to display over their dormitory or frat house bars.

Boozer perhaps got his most notoriety from a Wall Street Journal article that mentioned him among a host of other candidates with remarkable names. Among the others: Isaac Hayes, a Republican candidate from Illinois, and Krystal Ball, a 28-year old Democratic congressional candidate in Virginia. Krystal Ball wound up losing; Hayes was trounced by someone with even better name-recognition: Jesse Jackson Jr.

Boozer's name did not become a liability, perhaps because he never shied away from its obviously humorous aspects, and because he stressed his issues. It also doesn't hurt that while it's a new name in Alabama political circles, it's not a new name in Alabama athletics.

Boozer's father, Young Boozer Jr., was a star football player at the University of Alabama and Paul "Bear" Bryant's roommate. The Wall Street Journal pointed out that Boozer Jr. faced off in the Rose Bowl against a Stanford player named Tom Collins.

Allred said the name, and the signs, have led to some odd requests, particularly people from out of state who requested signs even though they had no say in the election.

One request came from a journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "He came down to cover the BP oil spill and saw the sign as he was going down the interstate," Allred said. "He called saying how he read about the candidate, saw the website and was following the race."

The CBC journalist got a sign.

Given the candidate's notoriety, will the signs have any value as a collectible? That remains to be seen. Allred said the campaign auctioned off a sign on eBay for $100, with the money being donated to the oil spill cleanup effort. But a check of eBay today found only

on the auction site.

There were no bidders.