Alabama Public Service Commission election, 2020

	2022 → ← 2018
Alabama Public Service Commission
Election details
	Filing deadline: November 8, 2019
	Primary: March 3, 2020; Primary runoff: July 14, 2020; General: November 3, 2020; Pre-election incumbent(s):; Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R)
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Voting in Alabama
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2020; Impact of term limits in 2020; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2020
Alabama; executive elections
	Public Service Commissioner; State Board of Education (4 seats)

Alabama held an election for one of three seats on the public service commission on November 3, 2020. The primary was scheduled for March 3, 2020. The filing deadline was November 8, 2019.

Incumbent Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh won election in the general election for Alabama Public Service Commission President.

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Alabama modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

Absentee/mail-in voting: Any qualified voter could cast an absentee ballot in the general election.
Candidate filing procedures: The petition deadline for unaffiliated presidential candidates was extended to August 20, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Candidates and election results

General election candidates

Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
Laura Casey (Democratic Party)

Democratic primary candidates

Laura Casey ✔
Robert Mardis III

Republican primary candidates

Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (Incumbent) ✔
Robin Litaker

Past elections

2018

See also: Alabama Public Service Commission election, 2018

Place 1

General election

General election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1

Incumbent Jeremy Oden defeated Cara McClure in the general election for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeremy Oden (R)	60.4	1,013,072
	Cara McClure (D)	39.5	662,581
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	940

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,676,593 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1

Cara McClure advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Cara McClure

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1

Incumbent Jeremy Oden defeated Jim Bonner in the Republican primary for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1 on June 5, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jeremy Oden	50.6	222,830
	Jim Bonner	49.4	217,721

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 440,551
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