CREATE TABLE table_73997 ("District" CLOB, "Incumbent" CLOB, "Party" CLOB, "First elected" CLOB, "Result" CLOB, "Candidates" CLOB)

Name the total number of party for willis alston
SELECT COUNT("Party") FROM table_73997 WHERE "Incumbent" = 'Willis Alston'
SELECT COUNT("Party") FROM "table_73997" WHERE "Incumbent" = 'Willis Alston'