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Democratic Party primaries in Alabama, 2022
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| Democratic Party primaries, 2022 |
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| Primary Date |
| May 24, 2022 |
| Primary Runoff Date |
| June 21, 2022 |
| Federal elections |
| Democratic primaries for U.S. House |
| State party |
| Democratic Party of Alabama |
| State political party revenue |
This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that took place in Alabama on May 24, 2022.
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.[1][2][3]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Federal elections
U.S. Senate
The 2022 U.S. Senate elections in Alabama took place on November 8, 2022. Voters elected one candidate to serve in the U.S. Senate.
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey
U.S. House
District 1
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 2
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 3
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 4
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 5
Democratic primary candidates = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 6
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 7
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Terri Sewell (Incumbent) ✔
State elections
State Senate
- See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2022
Alabama State Senate elections, 2022 |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 8 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 9 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 10 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 13 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 14 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 15 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 16 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 17 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 19 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 20 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 21 |
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| District 22 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 24 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 25 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 26 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 27 |
Tom Whatley (i) |
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| District 28 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 29 |
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| District 30 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 31 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 32 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 33 |
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| District 34 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 35 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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House of Representatives
Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2022 |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 2 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 4 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 5 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 8 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 9 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 10 |
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| District 11 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 12 |
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| District 13 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
Greg Barnes |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 16 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 17 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 18 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 19 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 20 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 21 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 22 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 23 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 24 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 28 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 29 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 30 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 31 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 33 |
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| District 34 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 35 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 36 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 37 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 38 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 39 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 40 |
Gayla Blanton |
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| District 42 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 44 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 45 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 46 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 47 |
The Republican primary was canceled. Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 48 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 49 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 50 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 64 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 65 |
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| District 66 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 67 |
The Republican primary was canceled. Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 69 |
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| District 70 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 71 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 72 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 73 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 75 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 77 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 78 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 79 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 80 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 86 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 87 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 88 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
Will Dismukes (i) Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 89 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 90 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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No candidates filed for the Democratic primary |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 97 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 98 |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 99 |
The Republican primary was canceled. |
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| District 100 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 101 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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| District 102 |
The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Republican primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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The Democratic primary was canceled. |
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State executive offices
Thirteen state executive offices were up for election in Alabama in 2022:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Treasurer
Auditor
State Board of Education (4 seats)
Agriculture Commissioner
Public Service Commissioner (2 seats)
Governor
Democratic primary candidates- Yolanda Flowers ✔
- Patricia Jamieson
- Arthur Kennedy
- Chad Chig Martin
- Malika Sanders-Fortier ✔
- Doug Smith
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyLieutenant Governor
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Attorney General
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Secretary of State
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Treasurer
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Auditor
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Board of Education
District 2
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 4
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Yvette Richardson (Incumbent) ✔
District 6
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
District 8
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Agriculture Commissioner
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Public Service Commissioner
Place 1
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Place 2
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
State supreme court
- See also: Alabama Supreme Court elections, 2022
Kelli Wise's seat
Democratic primary candidatesThe Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Michael Bolin's seat
Democratic primary candidatesThis primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains information about the primary election competitiveness of election in Alabama. For more information about this data, click here.
U.S. Senate competitiveness
U.S. House competitiveness
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Alabama in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 28, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 22 candidates ran for Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts, including 13 Republicans and eight Democrats. That’s 3.14 candidates per district, less than the 3.57 candidates per district in 2020 and 3.28 in 2018.
This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Alabama was apportioned the same number of congressional districts as after the 2010 census.
One district — the 5th — was open, with incumbent Rep. Mo Brooks (R) running for the U.S. Senate. Brooks was first elected in 2010 after defeating Steve Raby (D) 57.9% to 42.1%. The open seat in 2022 was one more than in 2012, the previous post-redistricting election year. There were two open seats in 2020, no open seats in 2018 and 2016, and one open seat in 2014.
There were three contested Democratic primaries and two contested Republican primaries. Five incumbents - four Republicans and one Democrat - didn't face any primary challengers. Two districts — the 1st and the 6th — were guaranteed to Republicans since no Democrats filed for election. There were no districts guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed. Eight candidates — two Democrats and six Republicans — ran in the 5th district, more than in any other.
State executive competitiveness
State legislative competitiveness
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Alabama in 2022. Information below was calculated on Feb. 8, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
In 2022, 271 candidates filed to run for Alabama's 140 state legislative districts: 88 Democrats, 182 Republicans, and one Libertarian. This equals 1.9 candidates per district, down from 2.2 in 2018 and 2.0 in 2014.
At the time of the candidate filing deadline, of the 140 districts holding elections, either a Democrat or Republican was likely to win 105 (75.0%) because no candidates from the opposing party filed. Democrats were likely to win 27 districts—six in the Senate and 21 in the House—because no Republicans filed to run for them. Republicans were likely to win 78 districts—21 in the Senate and 57 in the House. This represents the lowest rate of major party competition in the state since at least 2014.
Twenty-five of the 140 districts holding elections (17.9%) were left open, meaning no incumbent filed to run in them. This was a decrease from the 37 open districts in 2018 but more than the 20 in 2014. Sixty-three of the 280 possible major party primaries (22.5%) were contested following candidate filings, meaning more than one candidate filed for a party’s nomination in a given district. This was the lowest number of contested primaries since at least 2014, which had 64 contested primary elections.
Context of the 2022 elections
Alabama Party Control: 1992-2025
Six years of Democratic trifectas • Fifteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
State party overview
Democratic Party of Alabama
- See also: Democratic Party of Alabama
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.
Voter information
How the primary works
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.[1][4][5]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Poll times
In Alabama, polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. According to state law, "All polling places in areas operating on eastern time shall open and close under this section pursuant to eastern time except the county commissions in Chambers County and Lee County may by resolution provide for any polling place to be excluded from this sentence and to be open according to central time."[6] An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[7]
Registration requirements
- Check your voter registration status here.
Alabama requires that an applicant be a citizen of the United States who resides in Alabama. A voter must be at least 18 years old on or before Election Day. A citizen cannot have been barred from registering due to a felony conviction and cannot have been declared mentally incompetent by a court.[8]
Voters cannot register during the 14-day period preceding an election. According to the Alabama Secretary of State's website:[8]
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You may download the State of Alabama Postcard Voter Registration Application from this site. The form can be printed on your printer, filled out, and then mailed into your local voter registration officials. Click here for more information. You may also request a postcard voter registration from this office by e-mail. Click here to request a voter registration form. Voter registration is also available from your local County Board of Registrars. Click here to get the address and phone number for the board of registrars office in your county. You may also obtain voter registration services at the following state and local government offices and agencies:
The postcard voter registration form is also available at:
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Automatic registration
Alabama does not practice automatic voter registration.
Online registration
- See also: Online voter registration
Alabama has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.
Same-day registration
Alabama does not allow same-day voter registration.
Residency requirements
To register to vote in Alabama, you must be a resident of the state. State law does not specify a length of time for which you must have been a resident to be eligible.
Verification of citizenship
An Alabama state law, passed in 2011, requires people to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.[10] However, as of June 2025, the law had not been implemented.[11]
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot require proof of citizenship with federal registration forms. That meant states would need to create a separate registration system for state elections in order to require proof of citizenship. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) said the following: "That’s an election administration nightmare ... You’d have to have two sets of poll books, one for federal elections and one for state elections, and that just doesn’t make any sense to me."[12]
An individual applying to register to vote must attest that they are a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury.
All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[13] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.
Verifying your registration
The Alabama Secretary of State's Voter View website allows residents to check their voter registration status online.
Voter ID requirements
Alabama requires voters to present photo identification at the polls. The following list of accepted forms of identification was current as of September 2024. Click here for the most current information, sourced directly from the Office of the Alabama Secretary of State.
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A voter can obtain a free identification card from the Alabama Secretary of State, a county registrar's office, or a mobile location. The mobile location schedule can be accessed here.
Voters must also provide a copy of valid photo identification when applying for an absentee ballot, with the exception of 1) voters for whom polling locations are inaccessible due to age or disability, and 2) overseas military members.[14][15]
Early voting
Absentee voting
A voter is eligible to vote absentee/mail-in in an election if he or she cannot make it to the polls on Election Day for one of the following reasons:[16]
- The voter will be absent from the county on Election Day.
- The voter is ill or has a disability that prevents a trip to the polling place.
- The voter is a registered voter living outside the county, such as a member of the armed forces, a voter employed outside the United States, a college student, or a spouse or child of such a person.
- The voter is an appointed election officer or poll watcher at a polling place other than his or her regular polling place.
- The voter works a required shift of 10 hours or more that coincides with polling hours.
- The voter is a caregiver to a family member to the second degree of kinship who is confined to their home.
- The voter is incarcerated and has not been convicted of a felony involving moral turpitude.
Absentee/mail-in ballot application must be received by the seventh day prior to the election if delivered by mail, and by the fifth day before an election if delivered by hand.
In the following circumstances, the deadline to apply for an absentee/mail-in ballot is 5 p.m. the day before the election:
- The voter is required by an employer under unforeseen circumstances to be out of the county on Election Day for an emergency business trip.
- The voter has a medical emergency requiring treatment from a licensed physician.
- The voter is a caregiver of a person who requires emergency treatment by a licensed physician within five days before an election.
- The voter has a family member to the second degree of kinship by affinity or consanguinity die within five days before an election.
Alabama also provides for medical emergency absentee/mail-in voting for a voter who has a medical emergency requiring treatment from a licensed physician within 5 days of an election. A voted medical emergency absentee/mail-in ballot must be returned no later than noon on election day.[16]
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-9-6," accessed July 20, 2024
- ↑ NAACP Legal Defense Fund, "Alabama Voter Information," accessed July 20, 2024
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Alabama Secretary of State, "Voter Registration General Information," accessed July 20, 2024
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Election Laws, Section 31-13-28," accessed March 1, 2023
- ↑ Phone conversation between Amée LaTour and Jeff Elrod, supervisor of voter registration with the Alabama Secretary of State office.
- ↑ Pew Trusts, "'Proof of Citizenship' Voting Laws May Surge Under Trump," November 16, 2017
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-10-1," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Absentee Voting Information," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Alabama Secretary of State, "Absentee Voting Information," accessed July 21, 2024
