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In 2024, five special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the Alabama State Legislature in 2024. Click here to read more about the special election.

A special election for District 55 of the state House was called for January 9, 2024, but the election was won outright in the primary runoff on October 24, 2023.

Senate special elections called:

District 9: April 23, 2024

House special elections called:

District 16: January 9, 2024
District 10: March 26, 2024
District 27: July 16, 2024
District 52: October 1, 2024

How vacancies are filled in Alabama

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

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.^[1]^[2]^[3] The governor has all discretion in setting the date of the election along with the nominating deadlines.^[3]^[4]

See sources: Alabama Code § 17-15-1

About the legislature

The Alabama State Legislature is a bicameral body composed of the Alabama House of Representatives, with 105 members, and the Alabama State Senate, with 35 members.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the most recent general elections prior to 2024. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, see here (Senate) and here (House).

Alabama State Senate
Party		As of November 8, 2022	After November 9, 2022
	Democratic Party	8	8
	Republican Party	27	27
Total		35	35

Alabama House of Representatives
Party		As of November 8, 2022	After November 9, 2022
	Democratic Party	28	28
	Republican Party	73	77
	Vacancy	4	0
Total		105	105

Special elections

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January 9, 2024

Alabama House of Representatives District 16

See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2024

A special election for District 16 of the Alabama House of Representatives was called for January 9, 2024. A special primary was called for September 26, 2023. A primary runoff took place on October 24, 2023. The candidate filing deadline was July 25, 2023, for major political parties and September 26, 2023, for independents and minor political parties.^[5]

The seat became vacant on June 30, 2023, after incumbent Kyle South resigned to accept a job as president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama.^[6]

General election

Special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 16

Bryan Brinyark defeated John Underwood in the special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 16 on January 9, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Brinyark (R)	83.4	2,372
	Submit photo	John Underwood (D)	16.5	469
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	4

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,845
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Republican primary runoff election

Special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 16

Bryan Brinyark defeated Brad Cox in the special Republican primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 16 on October 24, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Brinyark	52.8	1,706
	Submit photo	Brad Cox	47.2	1,528

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,234
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. John Underwood advanced from the special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 16.

Republican primary election

Special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 16

Brad Cox and Bryan Brinyark advanced to a runoff. They defeated Mike Simpson, Floyd Rodgers Jr., and Greg Fanin in the special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 16 on September 26, 2023.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Brad Cox	33.4	1,216
✔		Bryan Brinyark	33.0	1,201
		Mike Simpson	18.8	684
	Submit photo	Floyd Rodgers Jr.	8.8	320
	Submit photo	Greg Fanin	6.0	218

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,639
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Greg Lowery (R)

March 26, 2024

Alabama House of Representatives District 10

See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2024

A special election for Alabama House of Representatives District 10 was called for March 26, 2024. The special primary called for December 12, 2023, was canceled after only one candidate was nominated by each party. The candidate filing deadline was October 10, 2023, for major political parties and December 12, 2023, for independents and minor political parties.^[7]

The seat became vacant after incumbent David Cole (R) resigned on August 31, 2023, in response to charges that he committed voter fraud.^[8]

Marilyn Lands (D) won the special election with 62.4% of the vote. Teddy Powell (R) received 37.6% of the vote. Land's victory changed partisan control of the district from Republican to Democratic. Lands received a larger share of the vote in this district than previous Democrats; she received 45% of the vote in her 2022 campaign for the same seat, while Joe Biden (D) received 48% of the vote in the district during the 2020 presidential election.^[9]^[10]

Lands campaigned against the state's abortion ban and a recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that doctors providing in vitro fertilization (IVF) services could be held liable for the destruction of frozen embryos.^[10]^[11] Powell's campaign focused on the economy and local infrastructure, while avoiding the issues of abortion and IVF according to The New York Times.^[12]^[13]

In the leadup to the election, The Hill's Caroline Vakil said the special election would "[test] the political potency of reproductive rights in a red state after a major ruling there last month led to a temporary pause on [IVF] treatment . . . The race could offer one of the first clues about how salient the issues of IVF and abortion coming on heels of the state Supreme Court’s decision."^[12]