2018 Alabama elections
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Elections in Alabama |
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Government |
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 6, 2018. All Alabama executive officers were up for election along with all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on June 5, 2018, for both major parties.[1]
Governor[]
Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who assumed the office upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley in April 2017, ran for election to a full term against Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and independent write-in Chad Chig Martin. Kay Ivey won with 60% of the votes.
Lieutenant Governor[]
The office of Lieutenant Governor was vacant prior to the election.
State House Representative Will Ainsworth, State Senator Rusty Glover, and Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh[2] were running for the Republican nomination.[3][4][5][6] Dr. Will Boyd from Florence ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Democratic primary[]
- Will Boyd, pastor and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2017[7]
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Will Boyd | — | Uncontested | |
Total votes | — | — |
Republican primary[]
- Will Ainsworth, state representative[8]
- Twinkle Cavanaugh, president of the Public Service Commission[9]
- Rusty Glover, state senator[10]
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Twinkle Cavanaugh | 238,333 | 43.27 | |
Republican | Will Ainsworth | 204,465 | 37.12 | |
Republican | Rusty Glover | 107,981 | 19.61 | |
Total votes | 550,779 | 100 |
Runoff results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Will Ainsworth | 176,680 | 51.49 | |
Republican | Twinkle Cavanaugh | 166,475 | 48.51 | |
Total votes | 343,155 | 100 |
General election[]
Polling[]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Will Ainsworth (R) |
Will Boyd (D) |
Undecided |
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Cygnal (R) | July 24–25, 2018 | 1,027 | ± 3.1% | 53% | 41% | 6% |
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Will Ainsworth | 1,044,941 | 61.25 | |
Democratic | Will Boyd | 660,013 | 38.69 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 1,023 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 1,705,977 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Attorney General[]
Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.[14]
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Governor Bentley in February 2017 after appointing Attorney General Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate, ran for a first full term.[15]
Former chief deputy attorney general Alice Martin sought the Republican nomination.[16]
Attorney Joseph Siegelman, son of former governor Don Siegelman, is the nominee of the Democratic Party.[17]
Chris Christie ran for attorney general on the Democratic ballot. Christie has been a trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings for 30 years.[18]
Democratic primary[]
- Chris Christie, trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings[19]
- Joseph Siegelman, son of former governor Don Siegelman[20]
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Joseph Siegelman | 147,601 | 54.16 | |
Democratic | Chris Christie | 124,915 | 45.84 | |
Total votes | 272,516 | 100 |
Republican primary[]
- Chess Bedsole, chairman of Donald Trump's Alabama campaign[22]
- Troy King, former Alabama Attorney General[23]
- Steve Marshall, incumbent[24]
- Alice Martin, Deputy Attorney General of Alabama and former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama[25]
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Marshall (incumbent) | 154,219 | 28.36 | |
Republican | Troy King | 151,364 | 27.84 | |
Republican | Alice Martin | 126,374 | 23.24 | |
Republican | Chess Bedsole | 111,794 | 20.56 | |
Total votes | 543,751 | 100 |
Runoff results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Steve Marshall (incumbent) | 211,619 | 62.05 | |
Republican | Troy King | 129,427 | 37.95 | |
Total votes | 341,046 | 100 |
General election[]
Polling[]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Steve Marshall (R) |
Joseph Siegelman (D) |
Undecided |
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Cygnal (R) | July 24–25, 2018 | 1,027 | ± 3.1% | 55% | 42% | 4% |
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Marshall (incumbent) | 1,004,438 | 58.79 | |
Democratic | Joseph Siegelman | 702,858 | 41.14 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 1,141 | 0.07 | |
Total votes | 1,708,437 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Secretary of State[]
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State John Merrill ran for re-election to a second term.
Democratic primary[]
- Lula Albert
- Heather Milam
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Heather Milam | 160,738 | 63.67 | |
Democratic | Lula Albert | 91,736 | 36.33 | |
Total votes | 252,474 | 100 |
Republican primary[]
- Michael Johnson
- John Merrill, incumbent
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Merrill (incumbent) | 334,922 | 71.64 | |
Republican | Michael Johnson | 132,601 | 27.84 | |
Total votes | 467,523 | 100 |
General election[]
Polling[]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
John Merrill (R) |
Heather Milam (D) |
Undecided |
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Cygnal (R) | July 24–25, 2018 | 1,027 | ± 3.1% | 57% | 38% | 5% |
Results[]
Governing magazine projected the race as "safe Republican".[30]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Merrill (incumbent) | 1,032,425 | 61.02 | |
Democratic | Heather Milam | 658,537 | 38.92 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 1,064 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 1,692,026 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
State Auditor[]
Incumbent Republican State Auditor Jim Zeigler was running for re-election to a second term.
Democratic primary[]
- Miranda Joseph[31]
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Miranda Joseph | — | Uncontested | |
Total votes | — | — |
Republican primary[]
- Stan Cooke
- Elliott Lipinsky
- Jim Zeigler, incumbent
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Zeigler (incumbent) | 261,418 | 55.62 | |
Republican | Stan Cooke | 153,160 | 32.59 | |
Republican | Elliott Lipinsky | 55,437 | 11.79 | |
Total votes | 470,015 | 100 |
General election[]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Zeigler (incumbent) | 1,018,466 | 60.43 | |
Democratic | Miranda Joseph | 665,679 | 39.49 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 1,362 | 0.08 | |
Total votes | 1,685,507 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
State Treasurer[]
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term.
Democratic primary[]
No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary.
Republican primary[]
- David Black
- Stephen Evans
- John McMillan, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McMillan | 273,374 | 61.18 | |
Republican | David Black | 95,454 | 21.36 | |
Republican | Stephen Evans | 78,010 | 17.46 | |
Total votes | 446,838 | 100 |
General election[]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John McMillan | 1,085,054 | 97.14 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 31,968 | 2.86 | |
Total votes | 1,117,022 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries[]
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term. The Republican candidates are Lowndesboro Mayor and Lowndes County GOP chairman Rick Pate, former FBI field intelligence supervisor T. O. (Tracy) Crane, State Senator Gerald Dial, and Cecil Murphy.
Democratic primary[]
No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary.
Republican primary[]
- Tracy Crane, former FBI field intelligence supervisor[34]
- Gerald Dial, state senator
- Cecil Murphy
- Rick Pate, Lowndesboro Mayor and Lowndes County GOP chairman
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rick Pate | 181,098 | 40.37 | |
Republican | Gerald Dial | 134,511 | 29.98 | |
Republican | Cecil Murphy | 77,154 | 17.20 | |
Republican | Tracy Crane | 55,838 | 12.45 | |
Total votes | 448,601 | 100 |
Runoff results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rick Pate | 176,519 | 56.70 | |
Republican | Gerald Dial | 134,799 | 43.30 | |
Total votes | 311,318 | 100 |
General election[]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Rick Pate | 1,081,431 | 97.19 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 31,312 | 2.81 | |
Total votes | 1,112,743 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Public Service Commission[]
The two associate commissioner seats on the Alabama Public Service Commission was up for election. Incumbent Republican commissioners Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, and , who was first elected in 2014, were both eligible to run for re-election.
Place 1 Democratic primary[]
- Cara McClure[37]
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cara McClure | — | Uncontested | |
Total votes | — | — |
Place 1 Republican primary[]
- Jim Bonner
- Jeremy Oden, incumbent
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jeremy Oden (incumbent) | 215,540 | 50.34 | |
Republican | Jim Bonner | 212,646 | 49.66 | |
Total votes | 428,186 | 100 |
Place 1 general election[]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jeremy Oden (incumbent) | 1,013,072 | 60.42 | |
Democratic | Cara McClure | 662,581 | 39.52 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 940 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 1,676,593 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Place 2 Democratic primary[]
- Kari Powell[39]
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kari Powell | — | Uncontested | |
Total votes | — | — |
Place 2 Republican primary[]
- , incumbent
- Robin Litaker
Primary results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Chip Beeker (incumbent) | 275,184 | 68.74 | |
Republican | Robin Litaker | 125,145 | 31.26 | |
Total votes | 400,329 | 100 |
Place 2 general election[]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Chip Beeker (incumbent) | 1,006,713 | 60.05 | |
Democratic | Kari Powell | 668,620 | 39.89 | |
N/A | Write-ins | 1,029 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 1,676,362 | 100 | ||
Republican hold |
Alabama State Legislature[]
Every member of the Alabama state legislature was up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2014 elections, Republicans maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105 Alabama House of Representatives seats were up for election. These seats will not be contested in a regularly-scheduled election again until 2022.
The outcome of this election could affect partisan balance during post-2020 census redistricting.[41]
Senate[]
Republicans won 27 while Democrats won 8 seats. The Republican Party gained 1 seat, the 29th, which was held by an retiring independent who caucused with the Republicans.
House of Representatives[]
Republicans won 77 seats while Democrats won 28 seats. The Republican Party gained 5 seats.
United States House of Representatives[]
All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat were returned. No districts changed hands.
Ballot measures[]
Amendment 1[]
Choice | Votes | % |
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Yes | 1,094,677 | 71.65 |
No | 433,133 | 28.35 |
Total votes | 1,527,810 | 100.00 |
Amendment 2[]
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 916,061 | 59.01 |
No | 636,438 | 40.99 |
Total votes | 1,552,499 | 100.00 |
Amendment 3[]
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 835,707 | 60.30 |
No | 550,299 | 39.70 |
Total votes | 1,386,006 | 100.00 |
Amendment 4[]
Choice | Votes | % |
---|---|---|
Yes | 973,951 | 66.13 |
No | 498,918 | 33.87 |
Total votes | 1,472,869 | 100.00 |
References[]
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External links[]
- Candidates at Vote Smart
- Candidates at Ballotpedia
- Campaign finance at National Institute on Money in State Politics
- Official lieutenant gubernatorial campaign websites
- Official attorney general campaign websites
- Official Secretary of State campaign websites
- Official State Auditor campaign websites
- Official place 1 public service commission websites
- Official place 2 public service commission websites
- 2018 Alabama elections
- 2018 elections in the United States by state
- Alabama elections by year