2018 Alabama Senate election

The 2018 Alabama State Senate elections are taking place as part of the biennial United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state Senate's districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama State Senate. A statewide map of Alabama's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Alabama State Legislature here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.[1]

Alabama State Senate elections, 2018

November 6, 2018
All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Leader Del Marsh Billy Beasley Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 12th 28th Last election 26+1[lower-alpha 1] 8 Seats before 26+1[lower-alpha 1] 8 Seats won 27 8 Seat change 1 Popular vote 945,469 527,696 Percentage 62.79% 35.05% Swing 1.19% 0.14%
President pro tempore before election Del Marsh Republican Elected President pro tempore Del Marsh Republican

A primary election on June 5, 2018 and a runoff election on July 17, 2018 determined which candidates 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 1 independent who caucuses with the Republicans. Democrats hold 8 seats following the 2014 elections.

To claim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats would have needed to net 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 of Results by State Senate District

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

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Detailed Results by State Senate 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

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Source:

District 1

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Melson (incumbent)	33,141	67.643
	Democratic	Caroline Self	15,830	32.310
	Many	Write-Ins	23	0.047
Total votes			48,994	100.0
	Republican hold

District 2

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Butler	31,997	54.627
	Democratic	Amy Wasyluka	26,911	45.641
	Many	Write-Ins	54	0.091
Total votes			58,962	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Orr (incumbent)	37,295	97.335
		Write-Ins	1,021	2.665
Total votes			38,316	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Garlan Gudger	39,817	99.146
		Write-Ins	343	0.854
Total votes			40,160	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Reed (incumbent)	42,404	98.842
		Write-Ins	497	1.158
Total votes			42,901	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

General Election, 2018

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

District 7

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Givhan	30,080	55.217
	Democratic	Deborah Barros	24,363	44.722
		Write-Ins	33	0.061
Total votes			54,476	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Livingston (incumbent)	37,913	98.327
		Write-Ins	645	1.673
Total votes			38,558	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clay Scofield (incumbent)	35,192	98.572
		Write-Ins	510	1.428
Total votes			35,702	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andrew Jones	25,902	60.601
	Independent	Craig Ford[lower-alpha 3]	16,759	39.210
		Write-Ins	81	0.190
Total votes			42,742	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

General Election, 2018

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

District 12

General Election, 2018

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

District 13

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Price	31,614	71.065
	Democratic	Darrell Turner	12,839	28.861
		Write-Ins	33	0.074
Total votes			44,486	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

General Election, 2018

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

District 15

General Election, 2018

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

District 16

General Election, 2018

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

District 17

General Election, 2018

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

District 18

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rodger Smitherman (incumbent)	39,819	98.350
		Write-Ins	668	1.650
Total votes			40,487	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Priscilla Dunn (incumbent)	38,668	98.184
		Write-Ins	715	1.816
Total votes			39,383	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Coleman-Madison (incumbent)	36,478	98.345
		Write-Ins	614	1.655
Total votes			37,092	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

General Election, 2018

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

District 22

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Albritton (incumbent)	34,507	98.544
		Write-Ins	510	1.456
Total votes			35,017	100.0
	Republican hold

District 23

General Election, 2018

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

District 24

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Singleton (incumbent)	37,394	98.488
		Write-Ins	574	1.512
Total votes			37,968	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Will Barfoot	33,029	61.252
	Democratic	David Sadler	20,866	38.696
		Write-Ins	28	0.052
Total votes			53,923	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

General Election, 2018

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

District 27

General Election, 2018

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

District 28

General Election, 2018

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

District 29

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donnie Chesteen	34,273	93.222
		Write-Ins	2,492	6.778
Total votes			36,765	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clyde Chambliss, Jr. (incumbent)	35,259	98.105
		Write-Ins	681	1.895
Total votes			35,940	100.0
	Republican hold

District 31

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy Holley (incumbent)	33,137	98.484
		Write-Ins	510	1.516
Total votes			33,647	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Elliott	45,726	74.955
	Democratic	Jason Fisher	15,193	24.905
		Write-Ins	86	0.141
Total votes			61,005	100.0

District 33

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vivian Davis Figures (incumbent)	34,995	98.605
		Write-Ins	495	1.395
Total votes			35,490	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jack Williams	35,093	97.758
		Write-Ins	805	2.242
Total votes			35,898	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

General Election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Sessions	29,046	67.582
	Democratic	Tom Holmes	13,896	32.332
		Write-Ins	37	0.086
Total votes			42,979	100.0
	Republican hold

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

See also

• United States elections, 2018
• United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2018
• Alabama gubernatorial election, 2018
• Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2018
• Alabama Attorney General election, 2018
• Alabama State Treasurer election, 2018
• Alabama State Auditor election, 2018
• Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries election, 2018
• Alabama Public Service Commission election, 2018
• Alabama Secretary of State election, 2018
• Alabama House of Representatives election, 2018
• Alabama elections, 2018
• Supreme Court of Alabama elections

References

1. "Permanant [sic] Legislative Committee on Reapportionment". Alabama Legislature. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
2. "2018 Election Information". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
3. "Alabama State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 7, 2018.