Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Alabama House of Representatives District 74 is represented by Phillip Ensler (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Alabama state representatives represented an average of 47,905 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 45,743 residents.
About the office
Elected officials are not subjected to term limits and Alabama House members are one of only five lower house officials in the United States that are elected every four years. Alabama's state representatives assume office the day following their election.[1][2]
Qualifications
Members of the Alabama State House must be 21 years old at the time of their election, registered voters, U.S. citizens for at least one day, residents of the State of Alabama for at least three years, and residents of their district at least one year prior to the general election.[2]
Salaries
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[3] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $59,674.08/year | No per diem is paid to legislators whose permanent residence is less than six hours away. Legislators who are 6-12 hrs from their permanent residence receive $12.75/day. Legislators who are over 12 hours away and have no overnight stay receive $34/day. |
Vacancies
If there is a vacancy in the Alabama State Legislature, a special election must generally be conducted in order to fill the vacant seat. In the event that a vacancy occurs on or after October 1 in the year of a regular election, the seat will remain vacant until filled at the regular election. Otherwise, the governor must call for a special election if the vacancy happens before the next scheduled general election and the Legislature is in session.[4][5][6] The governor has all discretion in setting the date of the election along with the nominating deadlines.[6][7]
See sources: Alabama Code § 17-15-1
District map
Redistricting
2020 redistricting cycle
On August 22, 2025, the district court struck down the state senate map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.[8]
Alabama enacted state legislative maps for the state Senate and House of Representatives on Nov. 4, 2021, after Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the proposals into law.[9] Senators approved the Senate map on Nov. 1 with a 25-7 vote.[10] Representatives approved the Senate map on Nov. 3 with a 76-26 vote.[9] For the House proposal, representatives voted 68-35 in favor on Nov. 1 and senators followed on Nov. 3 with a 22-7 vote.[11] These maps took effect for Alabama's 2022 legislative elections.
How does redistricting in Alabama work? The Alabama State Legislature is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. Both chambers of the state legislature must approve a single redistricting plan. State legislative district lines must be approved in the first legislative session following the United States Census. There is no statutory deadline for congressional redistricting. The governor may veto the lines drawn by the state legislature.[12]
The Alabama Constitution requires that state legislative district lines be contiguous. In addition, the state constitution mandates that state Senate districts "follow county lines except where necessary to comply with other legal requirements."[12]
In 2000, according to All About Redistricting, the legislative committee charged with redistricting "adopted guidelines ... asking that [congressional] districts be contiguous, reasonably compact, follow county lines where possible, and maintain communities of interest to the extent feasible." In addition, the committee agreed to "attempt to avoid contests between incumbents." Similar guidelines apply to state legislative redistricting. At its discretion, the state legislature may change these guidelines, which are non-binding.[12]
Alabama House of Representatives District 74
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Alabama House of Representatives District 74
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Elections
2022
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Phillip Ensler defeated incumbent Charlotte Meadows in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Phillip Ensler (D) | 60.1 | 7,538 |
 | Charlotte Meadows (R) | 39.7 | 4,986 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 12,546 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Phillip Ensler defeated Malcolm Calhoun in the Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phillip Ensler | 65.5 | 2,170 |
 | Malcolm Calhoun | 34.5 | 1,143 | |
| Total votes: 3,313 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Charlotte Meadows advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74.
2019
A special election for District 74 of the Alabama House of Representatives took place on November 12, 2019. A primary was held on June 11, 2019. A primary runoff was held on August 27, 2019. The filing deadline for major party candidates was April 9, 2019. Independent candidates had until June 11, 2019, to file.[13]
The seat became vacant when Dimitri Polizos (R) died of a heart attack on March 27, 2019.[14]
General election
Special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Charlotte Meadows defeated Rayford Mack in the special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on November 12, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charlotte Meadows (R) | 68.0 | 1,664 |
 | Rayford Mack (D) | 31.4 | 767 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 15 | ||
| Total votes: 2,446 | |||
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Republican primary runoff election
Special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Charlotte Meadows defeated Michael Fritz in the special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on August 27, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charlotte Meadows | 55.1 | 3,807 |
 | Michael Fritz | 44.9 | 3,105 | |
| Total votes: 6,912 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Rayford Mack advanced from the special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 11, 2019.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Rayford Mack |
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Republican primary election
Special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
The following candidates ran in the special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 11, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Charlotte Meadows | 44.0 | 1,220 |
| ✔ | | Michael Fritz | 22.3 | 619 |
| Jesse Heifner | 11.6 | 321 | ||
 | Daniel Sparkman | 11.1 | 307 | |
 | Tobias Grant | 7.0 | 193 | |
 | Jay King | 4.1 | 115 | |
| Total votes: 2,775 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Dimitri Polizos defeated Rayford Mack in the general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dimitri Polizos (R) | 60.5 | 9,449 |
| Rayford Mack (D) | 39.4 | 6,160 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 15,626 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Rayford Mack advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Rayford Mack |
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74
Incumbent Dimitri Polizos advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Dimitri Polizos |
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2014
Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Zack Buckner was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Dimitri Polizos was unopposed in the Republican primary. Polizos defeated Buckner in the general election.[15][16][17][18][19]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Dimitri Polizos Incumbent |
72.3% | 9,481 | |
| Democratic | Zack Buckner | 27.6% | 3,621 | |
| NA | Write-In | 0.1% | 19 | |
| Total Votes | 13,121 | |||
2013
Dimitri Polizos (R) won election in the special election for Alabama House of Representatives District 74. The seat was vacant following Jay Love's (R) resignation to work for the Business Council of Alabama. Polizos faced Heather Sellers and Charlotte Meadows in the October 8 Republican primary. Since no candidate gained more than fifty percent of the votes, the top two vote-getters - Meadows and Polizos - met in a runoff on November 19, which Polizos won. As no Democrat filed to run, Polizos was declared the winner.[20][21][22][23]
2010
Elections for the office of Alabama House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on June 1, 2010, and a general election on November 2, 2010. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was April 2, 2010. Jay Love defeated Jay King (I) in the general election. Both candidates ran unopposed in the June 1 primary elections.[24][25][26]
| Alabama House of Representatives District 74, General Election, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Jay Love Incumbent |
77.3% | 8,714 | |
| Independent | Jay King | 22.7% | 2,562 | |
| Total Votes | 11,276 | |||
Campaign contributions
From 2002 to 2022, candidates for Alabama House of Representatives District 74 raised a total of $1,353,134. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $64,435 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money
| Campaign contributions, Alabama House of Representatives District 74 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Amount | Candidates | Average |
| 2022 | $483,292 | 3 | $161,097 |
| 2019 | $347,200 | 7 | $49,600 |
| 2018 | $109,200 | 2 | $54,600 |
| 2014 | $55,315 | 2 | $27,658 |
| 2010 | $91,625 | 2 | $45,813 |
| 2008 | $-7,500 | 1 | $-7,500 |
| 2006 | $30,135 | 1 | $30,135 |
| 2002 | $243,866 | 3 | $81,289 |
| Total | $1,353,134 | 21 | $64,435 |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Constitution, Article IV, Section 46," accessed November 22, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alabama State Legislature, "The Alabama House of Representatives," accessed December 12, 2013 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "house" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Ballotpedia, "Alabama Amendment 4, Legislative Vacancies Amendment (2018)," accessed March 28, 2025
- ↑ Justia US Law, "2023 Code of Alabama Title 17 - Elections. Chapter 15 - Special Elections. Section 17-15-1 - When and for What Offices Held." accessed February 26, 2025
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Justia US Law, "2023 Code of Alabama Title 17 - Elections. Chapter 15 - Special Elections. Section 17-15-3 - Special Elections Ordered by Governor." accessed February 26, 2025
- ↑ Alabama Legislature, "Constitution of Alabama 2022," accessed February 26, 2025
- ↑ Alabama Reflector, "Federal judge: Alabama Senate map violates Voting Rights Act," August 22, 2025
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Montgomery Advertiser, "Gov. Kay Ivey signs off on Alabama congressional, legislative, SBOE maps for 2022," Nov. 4, 2021
- ↑ Alabama Political Reporter, "Alabama Senate passes Senate, State School Board districts," Nov. 1, 2021
- ↑ Alabama Political Report, "House district lines comfortably pass House over objections from both sides ," Nov. 1, 2021
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 All About Redistricting, "Alabama," accessed April 16, 2015
- ↑ Montgomery Adviser, "Ivey calls special election for Montgomery House seat," April 1, 2019
- ↑ Montgomery Adviser, "Dimitri Polizos, state representative and small business champion, dies," March 27, 2019
- ↑ Alabama Democrats, "Qualified candidates for public office list," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Republican Party, "State Senate," accessed February 27, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Democratic Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Official Republican Primary Results," accessed June 20, 2014
- ↑ Montgomery Advertiser, "Campaign 2014: Results for Alabama state elections," November 5, 2014
- ↑ timesdaily.com, " Special elections set for Ala. House districts," August 8, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ "Official candidate list," accessed October 7, 2013
- ↑ montgomeryadvertiser.com, "Polizos, Meadows in runoff for Alabama House District 74 seat," October 9, 2013
- ↑ blog.al.com, "Dimitri Polizos defeats Charlotte Meadows in Alabama House District 74 (updated)," November 19, 2013
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "State of Alabama 2010 Certified General Election Results," November 2, 2010
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Democratic Primary results," November 21, 2013
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Republican Primary results," November 21, 2013
