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United States Senate election in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Democratic primary)

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U.S. Senate, Alabama
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
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General election
Election details
Filing deadline: February 11, 2022
Primary: May 24, 2022
Primary runoff: June 21, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
Pre-election incumbent:
Richard Shelby (Republican)
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Alabama
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
See also
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A Democratic Party primary took place on May 24, 2022, in Alabama to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 8, 2022.

Will Boyd advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Alabama.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
February 11, 2022
May 24, 2022
November 8, 2022


Heading into the election, the incumbent was Richard Shelby (Republican), who was first elected in 1986. On February 8, 2021, Shelby announced that he would not be running for re-election in 2022.[1]

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.[2][3][4]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Alabama's United States Senate Democratic primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primary and the general election, see the following pages:

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Candidates and election results

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Alabama

Will Boyd defeated Brandaun Dean and Lanny Jackson in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Alabama on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Will Boyd
Will Boyd Candidate Connection
 
63.7
 
107,588
Image of Brandaun Dean
Brandaun Dean Candidate Connection
 
19.5
 
32,863
Image of Lanny Jackson
Lanny Jackson
 
16.8
 
28,402

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 168,853
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[5] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[6] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Will Boyd Democratic Party $134,567 $121,509 $13,058 As of December 31, 2022
Brandaun Dean Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Lanny Jackson Democratic Party $48 $0 $176 As of May 24, 2022

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Alabama in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Alabama, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Alabama U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party N/A Fixed by party 1/28/2022 Source
Alabama U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 51,588 N/A 5/24/2022 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
  • Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
  • State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

See also: Presidential voting trends in Alabama and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Alabama, 2022
District Incumbent Party PVI
AL-01 Jerry Carl Ends.png Republican R+16
AL-02 Barry Moore Ends.png Republican R+17
AL-03 Mike Rogers Ends.png Republican R+19
AL-04 Robert Aderholt Ends.png Republican R+33
AL-05 Open (Mo Brooks) Ends.png Republican R+17
AL-06 Gary Palmer Ends.png Republican R+18
AL-07 Terri Sewell Electiondot.png Democratic D+14

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Alabama[7]
District Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Alabama's 1st 35.3% 63.6%
Alabama's 2nd 34.8% 64.2%
Alabama's 3rd 32.5% 66.6%
Alabama's 4th 18.6% 80.4%
Alabama's 5th 35.6% 62.7%
Alabama's 6th 34.4% 64.4%
Alabama's 7th 65.6% 33.6%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:


Following the 2020 presidential election, 77.1% of Alabamians lived in one of the state's 52 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 22.2% lived in one of 13 Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Alabama was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Alabama following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Historical voting trends

Alabama presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 16 Democratic wins
  • 13 Republican wins
  • 2 other wins
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960[8] 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D D D D D D D D D D D D SR[9] D D D R AI[10] R D R R R R R R R R R R R


Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Alabama

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Alabama.

U.S. Senate election results in Alabama
Race Winner Runner up
2020 60.1%Republican Party 39.7%Democratic Party
2017 50.0%Democratic Party 48.3%Republican Party
2016 64.0%Republican Party 35.8%Democratic Party
2014 97.3%Republican Party 2.8%Grey.png (write-in)
2010 65.3%Republican Party 34.7%Democratic Party
Average 67.3 32.3

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Alabama

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Alabama.

Gubernatorial election results in Alabama
Race Winner Runner up
2018 59.5%Republican Party 40.4%Democratic Party
2014 63.6%Republican Party 36.2%Democratic Party
2010 57.9%Republican Party 42.1%Democratic Party
2006 57.5%Republican Party 41.6%Democratic Party
2002 49.2%Republican Party 49.0%Democratic Party
Average 57.5 41.9

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Alabama's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Alabama, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 0 1 1
Republican 2 6 8
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 7 9


State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Alabama's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Alabama, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Kay Ivey
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Will Ainsworth
Secretary of State Republican Party John Merrill
Attorney General Republican Party Steve Marshall

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Alabama State Legislature as of November 2022.

Alabama State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 8
     Republican Party 27
     Vacancies 0
Total 35

Alabama House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 28
     Republican Party 73
     Vacancies 4
Total 105

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Alabama was a Republican trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Alabama Party Control: 1992-2022
Six years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twelve 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
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
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
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


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Alabama and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Alabama
Alabama United States
Population 4,779,736 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 50,646 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 68.1% 72.5%
Black/African American 26.6% 12.7%
Asian 1.4% 5.5%
Native American 0.5% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0% 0.2%
Other (single race) 1.4% 4.9%
Multiple 1.9% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 4.3% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 86.2% 88%
College graduation rate 25.5% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $50,536 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 16.7% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ CNN, "GOP Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama won't run for reelection," February 8, 2021
  2. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024
  3. ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
  4. ↑ Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
  5. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  6. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  7. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022
  8. ↑ Although he was not on the ballot, Harry F. Byrd (D) won six unpledged electoral votes in Alabama's 1960 election against Richard Nixon (R) and Democratic Party nominee John F. Kennedy. Kennedy won Alabama's popular vote and received five electoral votes.
  9. ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
  10. ↑ American Independent Party


Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Katie Britt (R)
Tommy Tuberville (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Republican Party (7)
Democratic Party (2)


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