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Last election

June 18, 2024

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Eric Major (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Alabama House of Representatives to represent District 52. He lost in the special Democratic primary on June 18, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2024

General election

Special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 52

Kelvin Datcher defeated Erskine Brown Jr. in the special general election for Alabama House of Representatives District 52 on October 1, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kelvin Datcher
Kelvin Datcher (D)
 
84.1
 
1,174
Erskine Brown Jr. (R)
 
15.6
 
218
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
4

Total votes: 1,396
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Democratic primary runoff election

Special Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 52

Kelvin Datcher defeated Frank Woodson in the special Democratic primary runoff for Alabama House of Representatives District 52 on July 16, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kelvin Datcher
Kelvin Datcher
 
55.2
 
832
Image of Frank Woodson
Frank Woodson
 
44.8
 
676

Total votes: 1,508
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Democratic primary election

Special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 52

The following candidates ran in the special Democratic primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 52 on June 18, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kelvin Datcher
Kelvin Datcher
 
37.9
 
510
Image of Frank Woodson
Frank Woodson
 
17.8
 
239
LaTanya Millhouse
 
17.6
 
236
Eric Major
 
14.7
 
198
Image of Eyrika Parker
Eyrika Parker
 
7.3
 
98
Dedra Campbell
 
4.7
 
63

Total votes: 1,344
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Carlos Crum advanced from the special Republican primary for Alabama House of Representatives District 52.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Major in this election.

2018

General election

General election for Jefferson County Commission District 1

Lashunda Scales won election in the general election for Jefferson County Commission District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lashunda Scales
Lashunda Scales (D)
 
98.7
 
40,513
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
534

Total votes: 41,047
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Jefferson County Commission District 1

Lashunda Scales defeated incumbent George Bowman Sr. in the Democratic primary runoff for Jefferson County Commission District 1 on July 17, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lashunda Scales
Lashunda Scales
 
59.2
 
6,654
Image of George Bowman Sr.
George Bowman Sr.
 
40.8
 
4,589

Total votes: 11,243
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Jefferson County Commission District 1

Lashunda Scales and incumbent George Bowman Sr. advanced to a runoff. They defeated Gary Richardson and Eric Major in the Democratic primary for Jefferson County Commission District 1 on June 5, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Lashunda Scales
Lashunda Scales
 
42.3
 
8,452
Image of George Bowman Sr.
George Bowman Sr.
 
24.9
 
4,971
Gary Richardson
 
18.4
 
3,683
Eric Major
 
14.4
 
2,879

Total votes: 19,985
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2014

See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 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. Incumbent Rod Scott defeated Eric Major in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[1][2][3][4]

Alabama House of Representatives, District 55 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngRod Scott Incumbent 64.1% 2,788
Eric Major 35.9% 1,562
Total Votes 4,350

Campaign themes

2024

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Eric Major campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Alabama House of Representatives District 52Lost primary$10,140 $4,725
Grand total$10,140 $4,725
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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