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List of United States Senate elections in Alabama

United States Senate elections in Alabama occur when voters in the U.S. state of Alabama select an individual to represent the state in the United States Senate in either of the state's two seats allotted by the Constitution. Regularly scheduled general elections occur on Election Day, coinciding with various other federal, statewide, and local races.

Each state is allotted two U.S. Senators elected to staggered six-year terms, which were originally selected by the state legislature. The Senate is divided into three classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon Alabama's admission to the Union in 1819, the state was assigned a Class 2 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in 1819. Since the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, U.S. Senators are elected directly by the voters of each state. Special elections may be held to fill mid-term vacancies to elect an individual to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.

The list below contains results from all U.S. Senate elections held in Alabama after the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment, sorted by year. The next scheduled election for the Class 2 seat is in 2026, while the Class 3 seat will hold its next election in 2028.

List of recent elections

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Class 2

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Year Winner Runner-up Others Ref
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1918 John H. Bankhead Democratic 54,880 100.00% [1]
1920 (sp) James Thomas Heflin Democratic 160,680 69.27% Charles P. Lunsford Republican 68,460 29.51% 2,820 1.22% [2]
1924 James Thomas Heflin Democratic 154,560 79.52% Frank H. Lathrop Republican 39,818 20.48% [3]
1930 John H. Bankhead II Democratic 150,985 59.93% James Thomas Heflin Independent 100,952 40.07% [4]
1936 John H. Bankhead II Democratic 239,532 87.02% H. E. Berkstresser Republican 33,697 12.24% 2,023 0.73% [5]
1942 John H. Bankhead II Democratic 69,212 100.00% [6]
1946 (sp) John Sparkman Democratic 163,217 100.00% [7]
1948 John Sparkman Democratic 185,534 84.00% Paul G. Parsons Republican 35,341 16.00% [8]
1954 John Sparkman Democratic 259,348 82.47% Junius Foy Guin Jr. Republican 55,110 17.53% [9]
1960 John Sparkman Democratic 389,196 70.24% Julian Elgin Republican 164,868 29.76% [10]
1966 John Sparkman Democratic 482,138 60.07% John Grenier Republican 313,018 39.00% 7,452 0.93% [11]
1972 John Sparkman Democratic 654,491 62.27% Winton M. Blount Republican 347,523 33.06% 49,085 4.67% [12]
1978 Howell Heflin Democratic 547,054 93.99% Jerome B. Couch Prohibition 34,951 6.01% [13]
1984 Howell Heflin Democratic 860,535 62.76% Albert L. Smith Jr. Republican 498,508 36.35% 12,195 0.89% [14]
1990 Howell Heflin Democratic 717,814 60.55% William J. Cabaniss Republican 467,190 39.41% 559 0.04% [15]
1996 Jeff Sessions Republican 786,436 52.45% Roger Bedford Jr. Democratic 681,651 45.46% 31,306 2.09% [16]
2002 Jeff Sessions Republican 792,561 58.58% Susan Parker Democratic 538,878 39.83% 21,584 1.59% [17]
2008 Jeff Sessions Republican 1,305,383 63.36% Vivian Davis Figures Democratic 752,391 36.52% 2,417 0.12% [18]
2014 Jeff Sessions Republican 795,606 97.25% Scattered Write-in 22,484 2.75% [19]
2017 (sp) Doug Jones Democratic 673,896 49.97% Roy Moore Republican 651,972 48.34% 22,852 1.69% [20]
2020 Tommy Tuberville Republican 1,392,076 60.10% Doug Jones Democratic 920,478 39.74% 3,891 0.17% [21]
County results of Class 2 elections since 2002

Class 3

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Year Winner Runner(s)-up Others Ref
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1914 (sp) Francis S. White Democratic 102,326 99.94% Scattered Write-in 58 0.06% [22]
1914 Oscar Underwood Democratic 163,338 90.20% Alex C. Birch Republican 12,320 6.80% 4,263 2.35% [23]
1920 Oscar Underwood Democratic 154,664 66.10% L. H. Reynolds Republican 77,337 33.05% 1,984 0.85% [2]
1926 Hugo Black Democratic 91,801 80.87% Edmund H. Dryer Republican 21,712 19.13% [24]
1932 Hugo Black Democratic 209,614 86.25% J. Theodore Johnson Republican 33,425 13.75% [25]
1938 (sp) J. Lister Hill Democratic 49,429 100.00% [26]
1938 J. Lister Hill Democratic 113,413 86.38% J. M. Pennington Republican 17,885 13.62% 1 0.00% [27]
1944 J. Lister Hill Democratic 202,604 81.78% John Posey Republican 41,983 16.95% 3,162 1.28% [28]
1950 J. Lister Hill Democratic 125,534 76.54% John G. Crommelin Independent 38,477 23.46% [29]
1956 J. Lister Hill Democratic 330,182 100.00% [30]
1962 J. Lister Hill Democratic 201,937 50.86% James D. Martin Republican 195,134 49.14% [31]
1968 James Allen Democratic 638,774 69.99% Perry Hooper Sr. Republican 201,227 22.05% [32]
Robert P. Schwenn National Democratic 72,699 7.97%
1974 James Allen Democratic 501,541 95.84% Alvin Abercrombie Prohibition 21,749 4.16% [33]
1978 (sp) Donald Stewart Democratic 401,852 55.06% James D. Martin Republican 316,170 43.32% 11,820 1.62% [34]
1980 Jeremiah Denton Republican 650,362 50.15% Jim Folsom Jr. Democratic 610,175 47.05% 36,220 2.79% [35]
1986 Richard Shelby Democratic 609,360 50.28% Jeremiah Denton Republican 602,537 49.72% 56 0.00% [36]
1992 Richard Shelby Democratic 1,022,698 64.82% Richard Sellers Republican 522,015 33.08% 33,086 2.10% [37]
1998 Richard Shelby Republican 817,973 63.24% Clayton Suddith Democratic 474,568 36.69% 864 0.07% [38]
2004 Richard Shelby Republican 1,242,200 67.55% Wayne Sowell Democratic 595,018 32.35% 1,848 0.10% [39]
2010 Richard Shelby Republican 968,181 65.18% William G. Barnes Democratic 515,619 34.71% 1,699 0.11% [40]
2016 Richard Shelby Republican 1,335,104 63.96% Ron Crumpton Democratic 748,709 35.87% 3,631 0.17% [41]
2022 Katie Britt Republican 942,154 66.62% Will Boyd Democratic 436,746 30.88% 35,338 2.50% [42]
County results of Class 3 elections since 2004

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AL Senate Race - Nov 03, 1918". Our Campaigns.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  3. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 4, 1924" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  4. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1930" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  5. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1936" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  6. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1942" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  7. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1946" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  8. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  9. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1954" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  10. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  11. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1966" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  12. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  13. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  14. ^ "Federal Elections 1984" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  15. ^ "Federal Elections 1990" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  16. ^ "Federal Elections 1996" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  17. ^ "Federal Elections 2002" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  18. ^ "Federal Elections 2008" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  19. ^ "Federal Elections 2014" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  20. ^ "Canvass of Results - Special General Election - December 12, 2017" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama.
  21. ^ "Federal Elections 2020" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  22. ^ "AL Senate Special Race - May 11, 1914". Our Campaigns.
  23. ^ "AL Senate Race - Nov 08, 1914". Our Campaigns.
  24. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1926" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  25. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 8, 1932" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  26. ^ "AL Senate - Special Election Race - Apr 26, 1938". Our Campaigns.
  27. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1938" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  28. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  29. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1950" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  30. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  31. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  32. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  33. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1974" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  34. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  35. ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.
  36. ^ "Federal Elections 1986" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  37. ^ "Federal Elections 1992" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  38. ^ "Federal Elections 1998" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  39. ^ "Federal Elections 2004" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  40. ^ "Federal Elections 2010" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  41. ^ "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF). Federal Election Commission.
  42. ^ "Canvass of Results - General Election - November 8, 2022" (PDF). Secretary of State of Alabama.
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