Vimal Patel
Vimal Patel (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.
Biography
Vimal Patel was born in Boonville, Indiana, and lives in Dothan, Alabama.[1][2][3] Patel earned a bachelor's degree from Auburn University in 2007.[1] His career experience includes working as a realtor.[2]
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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Larry Darnell Simpson | 0.4 | 247 | ||
 | Willie Lenard | 0.3 | 199 | |
| 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 | |
| Belinda Thomas | 1.9 | 1,082 | ||
 | Wallace Gilberry (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.5 | 838 | |
 | Karla DuPriest | 1.4 | 823 | |
| Stacey Shepperson | 1.4 | 773 | ||
| 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 Patel in this election.
2022
See also: Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Alabama District 2
Incumbent Barry Moore defeated Phyllis Harvey-Hall and Jonathan Realz in the general election for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Barry Moore (R) | 69.1 | 137,460 |
| Phyllis Harvey-Hall (D) | 29.2 | 58,014 | |
 | Jonathan Realz (L) | 1.7 | 3,396 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 91 | ||
| Total votes: 198,961 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2
Phyllis Harvey-Hall defeated Vimal Patel in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phyllis Harvey-Hall | 68.8 | 16,884 |
| Vimal Patel | 31.2 | 7,667 | |
| Total votes: 24,551 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Terell Anderson (D)
- Jack Slate (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Barry Moore advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Alabama District 2.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeff Coleman (R)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Vimal Patel did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Vimal Patel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Patel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Education Reform - Reform that involves the curriculum, the infrastructures, and how the personnel is treated. While this may be outside the scope of a Congressional seat, it's going to require all hands on deck after 3 decades of mismanagement. I speak on 3 decades from my own experience(I am 37) and we will quickly and efficiently assess and craft a plan to this endeavor. It will take the whole village. We must generate new pathways in a new world for our children to succeed and that must be a priority.
- Pro Business - Small businesses account for 48 percent of all American jobs and contribute 43.5 percent of US GDP. Legislation craft must always have small businesses in mind. First, do no harm. I operate a small business and will always have that as a guiding vision.
- Pro 2nd Amendment, Pro 1st Amendment - #AmericanFirst means American First. These two Amendments speak to the very essence of our notion of freedom and we must safeguard them from politics.
Business
Military
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 7, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Alabama Political Reporter, "2nd District Democratic challenger focuses on Medicare for All, justice reform," accessed March 19, 2022
- ↑ Ballotpedia's Elections Team, “Email communication with Vimal Patel," November 30, 2022
