Alabama State Board of Education election, 2022

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2024 → ← 2020
Alabama State Board of Education
Election details
Filing deadline: January 28, 2022
Primary: May 24, 2022 Primary runoff: June 21, 2022 General: November 8, 2022 Pre-election incumbent(s): Tracie West (Republican) (District 2) Yvette Richardson (Democratic) (District 4) Cynthia Sanders McCarty (Republican) (District 6) Wayne Reynolds (Republican) (District 8)
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Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voting in Alabama
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Alabama held an election for four of nine seats on the Alabama State Board of Education on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for May 24, 2022, and a primary runoff was scheduled for June 21, 2022. The filing deadline was January 28, 2022.

Incumbent Tracie West won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 2.

Incumbent Yvette Richardson won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 4.

Marie Manning won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 6.

Incumbent Wayne Reynolds won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 8.

Candidates and election results

District 2

General election candidates

• Tracie West  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

 Republican primary candidates

• Tracie West (Incumbent) ✔
• Alex Balkcum

District 4

General election candidates

• Yvette Richardson  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Yvette Richardson (Incumbent) ✔

 Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

District 6

General election candidates

• Marie Manning  (Republican Party) ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

 Republican primary candidates

• Marie Manning ✔
• Priscilla Yother

District 8

General election candidates

• Wayne Reynolds  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Patrick Wallace  (Libertarian Party) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

 Republican primary candidates

• Wayne Reynolds (Incumbent) ✔
• Rex Davis

Past elections

2020

See also: Alabama State Board of Education election, 2020

General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 1

Incumbent Jackie Zeigler defeated Tom Holmes in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Zeigler (R)	72.7	212,461
		Tom Holmes (D)	27.2	79,380
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	294

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 292,135
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Tom Holmes advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 1.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jackie Zeigler advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 1.

General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 3

Incumbent Stephanie Bell defeated Jarralynne Agee in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephanie Bell (R)	68.9	209,909
		Jarralynne Agee (D)	31.0	94,375
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	278

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 304,562
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Jarralynne Agee advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 3.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Stephanie Bell advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 3.

General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 5

Tonya Smith Chestnut defeated Lesa Keith in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tonya Smith Chestnut (D)	62.7	161,192
		Lesa Keith (R)	37.2	95,593
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	245

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 257,030
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Alabama State Board of Education District 5

Tonya Smith Chestnut defeated Fred F. Bell in the Democratic primary runoff for Alabama State Board of Education District 5 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tonya Smith Chestnut	61.4	21,302
		Fred F. Bell	38.6	13,417

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,719
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 5

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 5 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Fred F. Bell	30.3	24,589
✔		Tonya Smith Chestnut	19.8	16,044
	Submit photo	Billie Jean Young	13.9	11,271
	Submit photo	Ron Davis	11.1	8,957
		Pamela Laffitte	8.3	6,712
		Patrice McClammy	7.3	5,932
	Submit photo	Woodie Pugh Jr.	7.0	5,696
	Submit photo	Joanne Shum	2.3	1,830

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,031
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Phillip Ensler (D)
• Robert White II (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Lesa Keith advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 5.

General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 7

Belinda Palmer McRae won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Belinda Palmer McRae (R)	98.7	230,122
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	2,957

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 233,079
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Belinda Palmer McRae advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 7.

2018

See also: Alabama State Board of Education election, 2018

General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 2

Tracie West defeated Adam Jortner in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tracie West (R)	66.5	128,498
	Submit photo	Adam Jortner (D)	33.4	64,437
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	155

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 193,090 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Alabama State Board of Education District 2

Tracie West defeated Melanie Hill in the Republican primary runoff for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on July 17, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Tracie West	50.7	21,547
	Submit photo	Melanie Hill	49.3	20,917

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 42,464
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 2

Adam Jortner advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Adam Jortner

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 2

Melanie Hill and Tracie West advanced to a runoff. They defeated John Taylor and Sybil Little in the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Melanie Hill	32.9	19,677
✔	Submit photo	Tracie West	31.7	18,963
	Submit photo	John Taylor	28.5	17,038
	Submit photo	Sybil Little	7.0	4,159

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 59,837
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General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 4

Incumbent Yvette Richardson defeated Don Wallace in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Yvette Richardson (D)	67.4	142,282
	Submit photo	Don Wallace (R)	32.5	68,571
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	139

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 210,992 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 4

Incumbent Yvette Richardson advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 4 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Yvette Richardson

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 4

Don Wallace advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 4 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Don Wallace

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General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Cynthia Sanders McCarty won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Sanders McCarty (R)	98.8	155,682
		Other/Write-in votes	1.2	1,843

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 157,525 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 6

Incumbent Cynthia Sanders McCarty advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 6 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Cynthia Sanders McCarty

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General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 8

Wayne Reynolds defeated Jessica Fortune Barker in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 8 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wayne Reynolds (R)	61.0	137,524
		Jessica Fortune Barker (D)	38.9	87,714
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	174

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 225,412 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 8

Jessica Fortune Barker advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 8 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Jessica Fortune Barker

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 8

Wayne Reynolds defeated Rich McAdams in the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 8 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Wayne Reynolds	51.8	30,885
	Submit photo	Rich McAdams	48.2	28,693

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 59,578
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