James Averhart

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James Averhart

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

March 5, 2024

Military

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U.S. Marine Corps

Years of service

1987 - 2017

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James Averhart (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Alabama's 2nd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on March 5, 2024.

Averhart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Averhart served in the United States Marine Corps from 1987 to 2017.

Elections

2024

See also: Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Democratic primary)

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Alabama District 2

Shomari Figures defeated Caroleene Dobson in the general election for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shomari Figures (D)	54.6	158,041
		Caroleene Dobson (R)	45.4	131,414
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	219

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 289,674
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2

Shomari Figures defeated Anthony Daniels in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on April 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shomari Figures	61.1	21,962
		Anthony Daniels	38.9	14,006

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,968
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2

Caroleene Dobson defeated Dick Brewbaker in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on April 16, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Caroleene Dobson	58.4	14,705
		Dick Brewbaker	41.6	10,471

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,176
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shomari Figures	43.4	24,980
✔		Anthony Daniels	22.4	12,879
		Napoleon Bracy Jr.	15.7	9,010
		Merika Coleman	6.0	3,445
		Phyllis Harvey-Hall	3.5	2,007
		James Averhart	2.8	1,623
		Jeremy Gray	2.7	1,580
		Juandalynn Givan	2.2	1,261
		Vimal Patel	0.5	289
	Submit photo	Larry Darnell Simpson	0.4	247
		Willie Lenard	0.3	199

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,520
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Brian Gary (D)
• Darryl Sinkfield (D)
• Terell Anderson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dick Brewbaker	39.6	22,589
✔		Caroleene Dobson	26.5	15,102
		Greg Albritton	25.3	14,434
		Hampton Harris	2.5	1,414
	Submit photo	Belinda Thomas	1.9	1,082
		Wallace Gilberry (Unofficially withdrew)	1.5	838
		Karla DuPriest	1.4	823
	Submit photo	Stacey Shepperson	1.4	773

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,055
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Barry Moore (R)
• Simon Mark Alvarez (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Averhart in this election.

2020

See also: Alabama's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Alabama's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Alabama's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Alabama District 1

Jerry Carl defeated James Averhart in the general election for U.S. House Alabama District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Carl (R)	64.4	211,825
		James Averhart (D)	35.5	116,949
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	301

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 329,075
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Democratic primary runoff election

Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 1

James Averhart defeated Kiani Gardner in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 1 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		James Averhart	56.7	15,840
		Kiani Gardner	43.3	12,102

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,942
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 1

Jerry Carl defeated Bill Hightower in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. House Alabama District 1 on July 14, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Carl	52.3	44,421
		Bill Hightower	47.7	40,552

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 84,973
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 1

Kiani Gardner and James Averhart advanced to a runoff. They defeated Frederick Collins in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 1 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kiani Gardner	44.1	22,962
✔		James Averhart	40.3	21,022
		Frederick Collins	15.6	8,119

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,103
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Alabama District 1

Jerry Carl and Bill Hightower advanced to a runoff. They defeated Chris Pringle, Wes Lambert, and John Castorani in the Republican primary for U.S. House Alabama District 1 on March 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jerry Carl	38.7	38,490
✔		Bill Hightower	37.5	37,283
		Chris Pringle	19.2	19,126
		Wes Lambert	3.1	3,102
		John Castorani	1.5	1,468

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,469
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chase Anderson Romagnano (R)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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James Averhart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Averhart's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

James Averhart is a retired United States Marine, Chief Warrant Officer Five (CWO5). After serving 30+ years, he looks forward to continuing his life's work as a public servant to his community, state, and country. He is a staunch advocate for Equal and Civil Rights for all American Citizens. He serves as the Executive Director of Alabama State Conference of the NAACP. He is also the National President of the National Montfort Point Marine Association, Incorporated.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I want to advocate for all people of the 2nd Congressional District. We must strive to establish effective policies, ensuring that our next generation of leaders has a safe and desirable environment to learn, grow, and positively contribute to society.
• I, like you, am a concerned citizen. I am ready to work alongside you as your agent for change. Together, we will seek sound solutions to the issues that we have seen plague our communities, our counties, our state, and our nation.
• One of the most important aspects of Congress is developing laws. New laws are created every week, and if elected to Congress, I will be actively involved in drafting, sponsoring/co-sponsoring, and supporting legislation about issues that are important to you.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Health care, education, and criminal justice reformation are issues that I'm passionate about. All citizens should have access to quality, affordable healthcare; every student deserves the chance to receive an education that will provide him or her the opportunity to be successful; and the criminal justice system is in desire need of change to implement fairnes on both sides of the law.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

2020

James Averhart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Averhart's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

James Averhart is a retired United States Marine, Chief Warrant Officer Five (CWO5). After serving 30+ years, he looks forward to continuing his life's work as a public servant to his community, state, and country. He is a staunch advocate for Equal and Civil Rights for all American Citizens.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• One of the most important aspects of Congress is developing laws. New laws are created every week, and if elected to Congress, I will be actively involved in drafting, sponsoring/co-sponsoring, and supporting legislation about issues that are important to you.
• I, like you, am a concerned citizen. I am ready to work alongside you as your agent for change. Together, we will seek sound solutions to the issues that we have seen plague our communities, our counties, our state, and our nation.
• I want to advocate for all people of the 1st Congressional District. We must strive to establish effective policies, ensuring that our next generation of leaders has a safe and desirable environment to learn, grow, and positively contribute to society.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Health care, education, and criminal justice reformation are issues that I'm passionate about. All citizens should have access to quality, affordable healthcare; every student deserves the chance to receive an education that will provide him or her the opportunity to be successful; and the criminal justice system is in desire need of change to implement fairnes on both sides of the law.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

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James Averhart campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Alabama District 2	Lost primary	$8,877	$6,241
2020	U.S. House Alabama District 1	Lost general	$80,095	$78,973
Grand total			$88,972	$85,214
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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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Footnotes

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Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Katie Britt (R)

Tommy Tuberville (R)

Representatives

District 1

Barry Moore (R)

District 2

Shomari Figures (D)

District 3

Mike Rogers (R)

District 4

Robert Aderholt (R)

District 5

Dale Strong (R)

District 6

Gary Palmer (R)

District 7

Terri Sewell (D)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (2)