United States House elections in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Democratic primaries)

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U.S. House elections in Alabama

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Primary date
May 24, 2022

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Primary runoff date
June 21, 2022

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General election date
November 8, 2022

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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alabama are scheduled on November 8, 2022. Voters will elect seven candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's seven U.S. House districts. The primary is scheduled for May 24, 2022, and a primary runoff is scheduled for June 21, 2022. The filing deadline was February 11, 2022.

Candidate filing deadline  | Primary election  | General election

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February 11, 2022 | May 24, 2022 | November 8, 2022

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.[1][2][3]

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

This page focuses on Alabama's Democratic primaries for the U.S. House. For more in-depth information on the state's Republican primaries and the general election, see the following pages:

* United States House elections in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Republican primaries)
* United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2022

## Contents

* 1 Candidates and election results
* 1.1 District 1
* 1.2 District 2
* 1.3 District 3
* 1.4 District 4
* 1.5 District 5
* 1.6 District 6
* 1.7 District 7
* 2 Primary election competitiveness
* 2.1 Post-filing deadline analysis
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes

## Candidates and election results[edit]

Note: The following list of candidates is unofficial. The filing deadline for this election has passed, and Ballotpedia is working to update this page with the official candidate list. This note will be removed once the official candidate list has been added.

### District 1[edit]

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

### District 2[edit]

Democratic primary candidates

* Phyllis Harvey-Hall
* Vimal Patel

Did not make the ballot:

* Terell Anderson
* Jack Slate

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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

### District 3[edit]

Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

* Lin Veasey ✔

### District 4[edit]

Democratic primary candidates

* Rhonda Gore
* Rick Neighbors

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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

### District 5[edit]

Democratic primary candidates

* Charlie Thompson
* Kathy Warner-Stanton

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= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

### District 6[edit]

Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

### District 7[edit]

Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

* Terri Sewell (Incumbent) ✔

## Primary election competitiveness[edit]

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Alabama.

Alabama U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022

Year  | Districts/
offices  | Seats  | Open seats  | Candidates  | Possible primaries  | Contested Democratic primaries  | Contested Republican primaries  | % of contested primaries  | Incumbents in contested primaries  | % of incumbents in contested primaries
2022 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 35.7% | 1 | 16.7%
2020 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 35.7% | 1 | 20.0%
2018 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 50.0% | 3 | 42.9%
2016 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 28.6% | 4 | 57.1%
2014 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 28.6% | 3 | 50.0%

#### Post-filing deadline analysis[edit]

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Alabama in 2022. Information below was calculated on April 28, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

This year, 22 candidates ran for Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts, including 13 Republicans and eight Democrats. That’s 3.14 candidates per district, less than the 3.57 candidates per district in 2020 and 3.28 in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Alabama was apportioned the same number of congressional districts as after the 2010 census.

One district — the 5th — was open, with incumbent Rep. Mo Brooks (R) running for the U.S. Senate. Brooks was first elected in 2010 after defeating Steve Raby (D) 57.9% to 42.1%. This year’s open seat was one more than in 2012, the previous post-redistricting election year. There were two open seats in 2020, no open seats in 2018 and 2016, and one open seat in 2014.

There were three contested Democratic primaries and two contested Republican primaries. Five incumbents - four Republicans and one Democrat - didn't face any primary challengers. Two districts — the 1st and the 6th — were guaranteed to Republicans since no Democrats filed for election. There were no districts guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans filed. Eight candidates — two Democrats and six Republicans — ran in the 5th district, more than in any other.

## See also[edit]

* United States House elections in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Republican primaries)
* United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2022
* United States House of Representatives elections, 2022
* U.S. House battlegrounds, 2022
* U.S. House primaries, 2022

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures Website, "State Primary Election Types," accessed January 6, 2014
2. ↑ Fair Vote, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open, Closed, Semi-Closed, and 'Top Two,'" accessed January 6, 2014
3. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.

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Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Richard Shelby (R)

Tommy Tuberville (R)

Representatives

District 1

Jerry Carl (R)

District 2

Barry Moore (R)

District 3

Mike Rogers (R)

District 4

Robert Aderholt (R)

District 5

Mo Brooks (R)

District 6

Gary Palmer (R)

District 7

Terri Sewell (D)

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