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United States Senate elections in Alabama, 2014
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November 4, 2014 |
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Jeff Sessions  |
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Cook Political Report: Solid R[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe R[2] |
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Voters in Alabama elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Jeff Sessions won re-election in 2014 without opposition. He faced no primary challenger and was also completely unopposed in the general election. This election marked the first time in Alabama history that the Democratic Party fielded no candidates for the U.S. Senate race.[3]
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[4][5][6]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 24, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 25, 2014 (10 days prior to the general election).[7]
- See also: Alabama elections, 2014
Incumbent: The election was held to fill the Class 2 Senate seat held by Jeff Sessions (R). He was first elected in 1996.
Candidates
General election candidates
June 3, 2014, primary results
Republican Primary
- Jeff Sessions - Incumbent
Elections results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Jeff Sessions Incumbent |
97.3% | 795,606 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 2.7% | 22,484 | |
| Total Votes | 818,090 | |||
| Source: Alabama Secretary of State | ||||
Race background
Sessions was completely unopposed in 2014. This election marked the first time in Alabama history that no Democratic candidate ran in the U.S. Senate race.[8]
Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
During the shutdown in October 2013, the Senate rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, 2013, just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The bill to reopen the government, H.R. 2775, lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[9] The final vote on H.R. 2775 was 81-18, with all 18 votes against the bill from Republican members. Jeff Sessions voted with the Republican Party against the bill.[10]
Campaign contributions
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Jeff Sessions
| Jeff Sessions (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[11] | April 12, 2013 | $2,777,227.78 | $101,243 | $(47,441.76) | $2,831,029.12 | ||||
| July Quarterly[12] | July 12, 2013 | $2,831,029.12 | $180,280.83 | $(54,775.34) | $2,956,534.61 | ||||
| October Quarterly[13] | September 30, 2013 | $2,956,534.61 | $220,476.83 | $(72,397.40) | $3,104,614.04 | ||||
| Year-End[14] | February 4, 2014 | $3,104,614 | $139,315 | $(66,074) | $3,177,855 | ||||
| April Quarterly[15] | April 10, 2014 | $3,177,855 | $269,443 | $(103,550) | $3,343,748 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[16] | May 22, 2014 | $3,343,748 | $85,492 | $(52,964) | $3,376,275 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 15, 2014 | $3,376,275 | $119,439 | $(124,002) | $3,371,713 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 15, 2014 | $3,371,713 | $130,201 | $(475,785) | $3,026,129 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $1,245,890.66 | $(996,989.5) | ||||||||
Election history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Richard Shelby won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated William Barnes (D) in the general election.[19]
| U.S. Senate, Alabama General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Richard Shelby incumbent |
65.2% | 968,181 | |
| Democratic | William Barnes | 34.7% | 515,619 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 1,699 | |
| Total Votes | 1,485,499 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Jeff Sessions won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Vivian Davis Figures (D) in the general election.[20]
| U.S. Senate, Alabama General Election, 2008 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jeff Sessions incumbent |
63.4% | 1,305,383 | |
| Democratic | Vivian Davis Figures | 36.5% | 752,391 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 2,417 | |
| Total Votes | 2,060,191 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2014
- United States Senate elections, 2014
- Jeff Sessions
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 SENATE RACE RATINGS FOR JULY 18, 2014," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 Senate Races," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "For First Time in History, Democrats Won’t Run Anyone for U.S. Senate in Alabama," February 17, 2014
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "For First Time in History, Democrats Won’t Run Anyone for U.S. Senate in Alabama," February 17, 2014
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ Senate.gov, "H.R. 2775 As Amended," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions April Quarterly," accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions July Quarterly," accessed July 22, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions October Quarterly," accessed October 28, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions Year-End," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions April Quarterly," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions Pre-Primary," accessed June 2, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Jeff Sessions October Quarterly," accessed October 20, 2014
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
