Fred F. Bell

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Fred F. Bell

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

July 14, 2020

Fred F. Bell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Alabama State Board of Education to represent District 5. He lost in the Democratic primary runoff on July 14, 2020.

Bell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Alabama State Senate to represent District 26. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 5, 2018.

Elections

2020

See also: Alabama State Board of Education election, 2020

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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.

2018

See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Alabama State Senate District 26

Incumbent David Burkette defeated D.J. Johnson in the general election for Alabama State Senate District 26 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Burkette (D)	80.2	31,973
	Submit photo	D.J. Johnson (R)	19.7	7,863
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	45

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,881 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for Alabama State Senate District 26

Incumbent David Burkette defeated John Knight in the Democratic primary runoff for Alabama State Senate District 26 on July 17, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Burkette	62.1	5,965
		John Knight	37.9	3,634

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 9,599
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Alabama State Senate District 26

Incumbent David Burkette and John Knight advanced to a runoff. They defeated Fred F. Bell in the Democratic primary for Alabama State Senate District 26 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Burkette	47.3	6,901
✔		John Knight	33.3	4,853
		Fred F. Bell	19.4	2,833

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 14,587
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Senate District 26

D.J. Johnson advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama State Senate District 26 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	D.J. Johnson

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2018 special election

See also: Alabama state legislative special elections, 2018

A special election for the position of Alabama State Senate District 26 was called for May 15, 2018. A special Democratic primary election was called for December 12, 2017. Since no candidate in the Democratic primary received more than 50 percent of the vote on December 12, a special Democratic primary runoff was held on February 27, 2018. The special general election was held May 15, 2018.

The candidate filing deadline for major party candidates was October 10, 2017, and the deadline for minor party candidates and independents was December 12, 2017.

The seat became vacant following Senate Minority Leader Quinton Ross' (D) resignation to become president of Alabama State University.

Democrat David Burkette defeated Republican D.J. Johnson in the special election. Burkette defeated State Rep. John Knight in the Democratic primary runoff after the two emerged from the Democratic primary, defeating Deborah Anthony, Fred F. Bell, and Tony Q. Cobb Jr.

Alabama State Senate, District 26, Special Election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	David Burkette	89.3%	3,876
	Republican	D.J. Johnson	10.4%	450
Total Votes				4,340
Source: Alabama Secretary of State

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