Various special elections for the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate have been held in the U.S. state of Alabama on various dates in 2021.
The 2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election took place on September 7, 2021, to elect a member to the Alabama House of Representatives to fill the vacancy left by Kirk Hatcher, who was elected to the Alabama State Senate in a special election in March.[2] Primaries took place on May 25, 2021. The election was won by Democrat Kenyatté Hassell, who defeated Republican Loretta Grant with over 80% of the vote.
On March 8, 2021, Alabama governor Kay Ivey set a special election date and candidate filing deadlines for the 78th state house district.[3][4]
Alabama's 78th state house district is situated within Montgomery County, Alabama and represents south, west, and north Montgomery, Alabama.[5]
The 78th state house district is considered a Democratic stronghold, having voting for Democratic candidates by wide margins in recent elections, and with no Republican candidate appearing on the ballot in the 2018 election.[6]
Democratic candidates[]
Nominee[]
Kenyatté Hassell, urban director for Young Life[7]
Eliminated in primary runoff[]
Donald Williams, retired human resources consultant[8]
Eliminated in primary[]
Terance Dawson
Roderick Thornton
Republican candidates[]
The Republican primary for Alabama's 78th house district was cancelled. Loretta Grant advanced to the general election by default.[6]
Results[]
Primary results by precinct
Hassell
Hassell: 40–50%
Hassell: 50–60%
Hassell: 60–70%
Williams
Williams: 40–50%
Williams: 60–70%
Williams: >90%
Dawson
Dawson: 30–40%
Thornton
Thornton: 30–40%
Tie
Tie: 37.5%
Data not available
Data not available
2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary[9]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Kenyatté Hassell
554
48.13
Democratic
Donald Williams
265
23.02
Democratic
Terance Dawson
218
18.94
Democratic
Roderick Thornton
114
9.90
Total votes
1,151
100.0%
Runoff results by precinct
Hassell
Hassell: 50–60%
Hassell: 60–70%
Hassell: 70–80%
Williams
Williams: 50–60%
Williams: >90%
Data not available
Data not available
2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary runoff[10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
Democratic
Kenyatté Hassell
678
64.82
Democratic
Donald Williams
368
35.18
Total votes
1,046
100.0%
2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election[11]
Federal government
State government
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
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