2018 Alabama Senate election

2018 Alabama Senate election
All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate; 18 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican gain ; Republican hold Democratic hold
President pro tempore before election; Del Marsh; Republican	Elected President pro tempore ; Del Marsh; Republican

The 2018 Alabama Senate elections took place on November 3, 2018, as part of the 2018 United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state's Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama Senate.^[1]

A primary election on June 5, 2018, and a runoff election on July 17, 2018, determined which candidates would appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the Alabama Secretary of State's website.^[2]

Following the 2014 state Senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the House with a 27-seat majority—26 Republican members and onw independent who caucuses with the Republicans. Democrats held eight seats following the 2014 elections.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to gain 10 Senate seats.

The election resulted in the Republican Party holding all previously held seats and taking a seat previously held by an independent who caucused with the Republicans, leading to no effective shift in control of the chamber. The Republicans also gained slightly in the popular vote compared to the 2014 elections.

Summary

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st^[3]	Tim Melson	Republican	Tim Melson	Republican
2nd^[4]	Bill Holtzclaw	Republican	Tom Butler	Republican
3rd^[5]	Arthur Orr	Republican	Arthur Orr	Republican
4th^[6]	Paul Bussman	Republican	Garlan Gudger	Republican
5th^[7]	Greg Reed	Republican	Greg Reed	Republican
6th^[8]	Larry Stutts	Republican	Larry Stutts	Republican
7th^[9]	Paul Sanford	Republican	Sam Givhan	Republican
8th^[10]	Steve Livingston	Republican	Steve Livingston	Republican
9th^[11]	Clay Scofield	Republican	Clay Scofield	Republican
10th^[12]	Phil Williams	Republican	Andrew Jones	Republican
11th^[13]	Jim McClendon	Republican	Jim McClendon	Republican
12th^[14]	Del Marsh	Republican	Del Marsh	Republican
13th^[15]	Gerald Dial	Republican	Randy Price	Republican
14th^[16]	Cam Ward	Republican	Cam Ward	Republican
15th^[17]	Mark Slade Blackwell	Republican	Dan Roberts	Republican
16th^[18]	J. T. Waggoner	Republican	J. T. Waggoner	Republican
17th^[19]	Shay Shelnutt	Republican	Shay Shelnutt	Republican
18th^[20]	Rodger Smitherman	Democrat	Rodger Smitherman	Democrat
19th^[21]	Priscilla Dunn	Democrat	Priscilla Dunn	Democrat
20th^[22]	Linda Coleman-Madison	Democrat	Linda Coleman-Madison	Democrat
21st^[23]	Gerald H. Allen	Republican	Gerald H. Allen	Republican
22nd^[24]	Greg Albritton	Republican	Greg Albritton	Republican
23rd^[25]	Hank Sanders	Democrat	Malika Sanders-Fortier	Democrat
24th^[26]	Bobby D. Singleton	Democrat	Bobby D. Singleton	Democrat
25th^[27]	Dick Brewbaker	Republican	Will Barfoot	Republican
26th^[28]	David Burkette	Democrat	David Burkette	Democrat
27th^[29]	Tom Whatley	Republican	Tom Whatley	Republican
28th^[30]	Billy Beasley	Democrat	Billy Beasley	Democrat
29th^[31]	Harri Anne Smith	Independent^[b]	Donnie Chesteen	Republican
30th^[32]	Clyde Chambliss	Republican	Clyde Chambliss	Republican
31st^[33]	Jimmy Holley	Republican	Jimmy Holley	Republican
32nd^[34]	Trip Pittman	Republican	Chris Elliott	Republican
33rd^[35]	Vivian Davis Figures	Democrat	Vivian Davis Figures	Democrat
34th^[36]	Rusty Glover	Republican	Jack Williams	Republican
35th^[37]	Bill Hightower	Republican	David Sessions	Republican

^[38]

Closest races

District	Winner	Margin
District 2	Republican	8.986%
District 6	Republican	1.988%
District 7	Republican	10.485%
District 27	Republican	18.171%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing^[39]	Safe R	October 8, 2018

Results by district

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35

^[38]^[2]

Source: [1]

District 1

Election results, district 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Melson (incumbent)	33,141	67.643
	Democratic	Caroline Self	15,830	32.310
	Independent	Write-in	23	0.047
Total votes			48,994	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

Election results, district 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Butler	31,997	54.627
	Democratic	Amy Wasyluka	26,911	45.641
	Independent	Write-in	54	0.091
Total votes			58,962	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Election results, district 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Orr (incumbent)	37,295	97.335
	Independent	Write-in	1,021	2.665
Total votes			38,316	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Election results, district 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Garlan Gudger	39,817	99.146
	Independent	Write-in	343	0.854
Total votes			40,160	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Election results, district 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Reed (incumbent)	42,404	98.842
	Independent	Write-in	497	1.158
Total votes			42,901	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Election results, district 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Stutts (incumbent)	22,683	50.834
	Democratic	Johnny Mack Morrow	21,796	48.846
	Independent	Write-in	143	0.320
Total votes			44,622	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Election results, district 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Givhan	30,080	55.217
	Democratic	Deborah Barros	24,363	44.722
	Independent	Write-in	33	0.061
Total votes			54,476	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Election results, district 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Livingston (incumbent)	37,913	98.327
	Independent	Write-in	645	1.673
Total votes			38,558	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Election results, district 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clay Scofield (incumbent)	35,192	98.572
	Independent	Write-in	510	1.428
Total votes			35,702	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Election results, district 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Jones	25,902	60.601
	Independent	Craig Ford^[c]	16,759	39.210
	Independent	Write-in	81	0.190
Total votes			42,742	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Election results, district 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim McClendon (incumbent)	36,192	75.970
	Democratic	Carl Carter	11,411	23.953
	Independent	Write-in	37	0.078
Total votes			47,640	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

Election results, district 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del Marsh (incumbent)	27,416	64.501
	Democratic	Jim Williams	15,010	35.313
	Independent	Write-in	79	0.186
Total votes			42,505	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Election results, district 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Price	31,614	71.065
	Democratic	Darrell Turner	12,839	28.861
	Independent	Write-in	33	0.074
Total votes			44,486	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Election results, district 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cam Ward (incumbent)	34,957	72.572
	Democratic	Jerry McDonald	13,173	27.347
		Write-in	39	0.081
Total votes			48,169	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Election results, district 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Roberts	44,792	97.421
	Democratic	Laura Casey (withdrawn)
	Independent	Write-in	1,186	2.579
Total votes			45,978	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

Election results, district 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jabo Waggoner (incumbent)	37,068	62.880
	Democratic	Lindsey Deckard	21,851	37.066
	Independent	Write-in	32	0.054
Total votes			58,951	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

Election results, district 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shay Shelnutt (incumbent)	45,964	98.306
		Write-in	792	1.694
Total votes			46,756	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Election results, district 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rodger Smitherman (incumbent)	39,819	98.350
	Independent	Write-in	668	1.650
Total votes			40,487	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

Election results, district 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Priscilla Dunn (incumbent)	38,668	98.184
	Independent	Write-in	715	1.816
Total votes			39,383	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Election results, district 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Coleman-Madison (incumbent)	36,478	98.345
	Independent	Write-in	614	1.655
Total votes			37,092	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

Election results, district 21
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Allen (incumbent)	33,368	67.512
	Democratic	Rick Burnham	16,005	32.382
	Independent	Write-in	52	0.105
Total votes			49,425	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Election results, district 22
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Albritton (incumbent)	34,507	98.544
	Independent	Write-in	510	1.456
Total votes			35,017	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

Election results, district 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Malika Sanders-Fortier	30,193	65.527
	Independent	Mark Story	15,796	34.282
	Independent	Write-in	88	0.191
Total votes			46,077	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Election results, district 24
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Singleton (incumbent)	37,394	98.488
	Independent	Write-in	574	1.512
Total votes			37,968	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Election results, district 25
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Barfoot	33,029	61.252
	Democratic	David Sadler	20,866	38.696
	Independent	Write-in	28	0.052
Total votes			53,923	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Election results, district 26
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Burkette (incumbent)	31,973	80.171
	Republican	D.J. Johnson	7,863	19.716
	Independent	Write-in	45	0.113
Total votes			39,881	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Election results, district 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Whatley (incumbent)	29,741	59.036
	Democratic	Nancy Carlton Bendinger	20,587	40.865
	Independent	Write-in	50	0.099
Total votes			50,378	100.0
	Republican hold

District 28

Election results, district 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Billy Beasley (incumbent)	28,445	97.471
	Independent	Write-in	738	2.529
Total votes			29,183	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Election results, district 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donnie Chesteen	34,273	93.222
	Independent	Write-in	2,492	6.778
Total votes			36,765	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

Election results, district 30
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde Chambliss, Jr. (incumbent)	35,259	98.105
	Independent	Write-in	681	1.895
Total votes			35,940	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

Election results, district 31
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Holley (incumbent)	33,137	98.484
	Independent	Write-in	510	1.516
Total votes			33,647	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Election results, district 32
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Elliott	45,726	74.955
	Democratic	Jason Fisher	15,193	24.905
	Independent	Write-in	86	0.141
Total votes			61,005	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33

Election results, district 33
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vivian Davis Figures (incumbent)	34,995	98.605
	Independent	Write-in	495	1.395
Total votes			35,490	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

Election results, district 34
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Williams	35,093	97.758
	Independent	Write-in	805	2.242
Total votes			35,898	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

Election results, district 35
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Sessions	29,046	67.582
	Democratic	Tom Holmes	13,896	32.332
	Independent	Write-in	37	0.086
Total votes			42,979	100.0
	Republican hold

^ ^a ^b Independent Harri Anne Smith from Senate District 29 is an Independent who caucuses with the Republicans.
^ Sen. Smith is an Independent who caucuses with the Republicans.
^ Craig Ford was a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives, but is running for the Alabama Senate as an Independent.

References

^ "Permanant [sic] Legislative Committee on Reapportionment". Alabama Legislature. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "2018 Election Information". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ 1st
^ 2nd
^ 3rd
^ 4th
^ 5th
^ 6th
^ 7th
^ 8th
^ 9th
^ 10th
^ 11th
^ 12th
^ 13th
^ 14th
^ 15th
^ 16th
^ 17th
^ 18th
^ 19th
^ 20th
^ 21st
^ 22nd
^ 23rd
^ 24th
^ 25th
^ 26th
^ 27th
^ 28th
^ 29th
^ 30th
^ 31st
^ 32nd
^ 33rd
^ 34th
^ 35th
^ ^a ^b "Alabama Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
^ Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). "A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains". Governing. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

[Independent-1] Independent Harri Anne Smith from Senate District 29 is an Independent who caucuses with the Republicans.

[Ind/Rep-33] Sen. Smith is an Independent who caucuses with the Republicans.

[Craig_Ford-42] Craig Ford was a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives, but is running for the Alabama Senate as an Independent.

[2] "Permanant [sic] Legislative Committee on Reapportionment". Alabama Legislature. Retrieved September 10, 2018.

[alabama_votes-3] "2018 Election Information". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

[4] 1st

[5] 2nd

[6] 3rd

[7] 4th

[8] 5th

[9] 6th

[10] 7th

[11] 8th

[12] 9th

[13] 10th

[14] 11th

[15] 12th

[16] 13th

[17] 14th

[18] 15th

[19] 16th

[20] 17th

[21] 18th

[22] 19th

[23] 20th

[24] 21st

[25] 22nd

[26] 23rd

[27] 24th

[28] 25th

[29] 26th

[30] 27th

[31] 28th

[32] 29th

[34] 30th

[35] 31st

[36] 32nd

[37] 33rd

[38] 34th

[39] 35th

[ballot-40] "Alabama Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 7, 2018.

[GovPred-41] Jacobson, Louis (October 8, 2018). "A Month Before Election Day, Democrats Poised for Legislative Gains". Governing. Retrieved June 27, 2024.

[a]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

[30]

[31]

[b]

[32]

[33]

[34]

[35]

[36]

[37]

[38]

[39]

[c]

v t e (2017 ←) 2018 United States elections (→ 2019)
U.S. Senate	Arizona California Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Indiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Minnesota (special) Mississippi Mississippi (special) Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Pennsylvania Rhode Island Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
U.S. House (election ratings)	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona 8th sp Arkansas California 10th 21st 39th Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan 13th sp Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York 14th 25th sp North Carolina 9th North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio 12th sp Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania 7th and 15th sp 18th sp Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas 27th sp Utah Vermont Virginia 10th U.S. Virgin Islands Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Governors	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Lt. Gov Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Lt. Gov Guam Hawaii Idaho Lt. Gov Illinois Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Mexico New York Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Vermont Wisconsin Wyoming
Attorneys general	Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nevada New Mexico New York North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Vermont Wisconsin
State legislatures	Alabama House Senate Alaska House Senate Arizona House Senate California Assembly Senate Colorado House Senate Connecticut House Senate Delaware House Senate Florida House Senate Georgia House Senate Hawaii House Senate Illinois House Senate Indiana Senate Iowa House Senate Kentucky House Senate Maine House Senate Maryland House Senate Massachusetts Senate Michigan House Senate Minnesota House Montana House Senate Nebraska Nevada Senate New Hampshire House Senate New Mexico House New York Assembly Senate North Carolina House Senate Ohio House Senate Oregon Pennsylvania House Senate South Carolina House Texas House Senate Utah House Senate Vermont House Senate Washington House Senate West Virginia Senate Wisconsin Assembly Senate Wyoming House Senate
Mayors	Alexandria, VA Anaheim, CA Anchorage, AK Auburn, AL Austin, TX Burlington, VT Chula Vista, CA Columbus, GA Fairfax, VA Fort Lauderdale, FL Franklin, VA Irvine, CA Lexington, KY Little Rock, AR Long Beach, CA Louisville, KY Lubbock, TX Nashville, TN (special) Newark, NJ Newport News, VA Oakland, CA Oklahoma City, OK Phoenix, AZ (special) Providence, RI Radford, VA Reno, NV San Bernardino, CA San Francisco, CA (special) San Jose, CA Santa Ana, CA Sioux Falls, SD Tallahassee, FL Virginia Beach, VA (special) Washington, DC
Local	Anchorage, AK Proposition 1 Champaign County, IL Executive Cook County, IL County elections Cuyahoga County, OH Executive County Council El Paso, TX Municipal El Paso County, CO County elections Jackson County, MO Executive Jefferson County, MO Executive Los Angeles County, CA Board of Supervisors Macomb County, MI Executive Orange County, CA Board of Supervisors Orange County, FL Mayor San Diego, CA City Council San Francisco, CA Board of Supervisors St. Charles County, MO Executive St. Louis County, MO Executive Wayne County, MI Executive
Statewide	Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Other	ballot measures
Related	Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections