2006 Alabama Senate election

The 2006 Alabama Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 35 districts of the Alabama Senate voted for their senators. The Democratic Party retained their majority in the Senate, losing two seats to the Republican Party. To date, this is the last time that the Democratic Party has held a majority in the Alabama Senate.

2006 Alabama Senate elections

← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010 →
All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Lowell Barron J. T. Waggoner Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 8th 16th Seats before 25 10 Seats after 23 12 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 585,860 552,797 Percentage 51.2 48.3
Results:      Republican gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
President pro tempore before election Lowell Barron Democratic Elected President pro tempore Hinton Mitchem Democratic

Overview

Summary of the November 7, 2006 Alabama Senate election results

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1st	Bobby E. Denton		Democratic	Bobby E. Denton		Democratic
2nd	Tom Butler		Democratic	Tom Butler		Democratic
3rd	Tommy Ed Roberts		Democratic	Arthur Orr		Republican
4th	Zeb Little		Democratic	Zeb Little		Democratic
5th	Curt Lee		Republican	Charles Bishop		Republican
6th	Roger Bedford Jr.		Democratic	Roger Bedford Jr.		Democratic
7th	Jeff Enfinger		Democratic	Parker Griffith		Democratic
8th	Lowell Barron		Democratic	Lowell Barron		Democratic
9th	Hinton Mitchem		Democratic	Hinton Mitchem		Democratic
10th	Larry Means		Democratic	Larry Means		Democratic
11th	Jim Preuitt		Democratic	Jim Preuitt		Democratic
12th	Del Marsh		Republican	Del Marsh		Republican
13th	Gerald Dial		Democratic	Kim Benefield		Democratic
14th	Hank Erwin		Republican	Hank Erwin		Republican
15th	Steve French		Republican	Steve French		Republican
16th	J. T. Waggoner		Republican	J. T. Waggoner		Republican
17th	Jack Biddle		Republican	Scott Beason		Republican
18th	Rodger Smitherman		Democratic	Rodger Smitherman		Democratic
19th	Edward McClain		Democratic	Edward McClain		Democratic
20th	Sundra Escott-Russell		Democratic	Linda Coleman-Madison		Democratic
21st	Phil Poole		Democratic	Phil Poole		Democratic
22nd	Pat Lindsey		Democratic	Pat Lindsey		Democratic
23rd	Henry Sanders		Democratic	Henry Sanders		Democratic
24th	Bobby D. Singleton[a]		Democratic	Bobby D. Singleton		Democratic
25th	Larry Dixon		Republican	Larry Dixon		Republican
26th	Quinton Ross		Democratic	Quinton Ross		Democratic
27th	T. D. Little		Democratic	T. D. Little		Democratic
28th	Myron Penn		Democratic	Myron Penn		Democratic
29th	Harri Anne Smith		Republican	Harri Anne Smith		Republican
30th	Wendell Mitchell		Democratic	Wendell Mitchell		Democratic
31st	Jimmy Holley		Democratic	Jimmy Holley		Democratic
32nd	Bradley Byrne		Republican	Bradley Byrne		Republican
33rd	Vivian Davis Figures		Democratic	Vivian Davis Figures		Democratic
34th	Hap Myers		Republican	Rusty Glover		Republican
35th	Gary Tanner		Democratic	Ben Brooks		Republican

1. Singleton won a special election in 2005, following resignation of Charles Steele Jr.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[1]	Likely D	November 4, 2006

Results

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

District 1

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 1^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bobby E. Denton (incumbent)	23,862	63.76	+0.19
	Republican	Buddy Brook	13,531	36.15	−0.08
	Write-in		32	0.09	-0.11
Majority			10,331	27.60	+0.26
Turnout			37,425
	Democratic hold

District 2

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 2^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tom Butler (incumbent)	24,584	60.39	+2.88
	Republican	Jim Burden	16,096	39.54	−2.51
	Write-in		30	0.07	-0.37
Majority			8,488	20.85	−5.38
Turnout			40,710
	Democratic hold

District 3

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 3^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Arthur Orr	24,769	62.27	+24.93
	Democratic	Bobby Day	14,923	37.52	−25.06
	Write-in		85	0.21	+0.13
Majority			9,846	24.75	−0.49
Turnout			39,777
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 4

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 4^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Zeb Little (incumbent)	23,389	59.86	−1.84
	Republican	Harold Sachs	15,648	40.05	+4.00
	Write-in		38	0.10	-0.04
Majority			7,741	19.81	−5.84
Turnout			39,075
	Democratic hold

District 5

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 5^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Charles Bishop	20,322	55.23	−2.72
	Democratic	Larry Cagle	16,088	43.73	+1.76
	Write-in		383	1.04	+0.96
Majority			4,234	11.51	−4.47
Turnout			36,793
	Republican hold

District 6

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 6^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Roger Bedford Jr. (incumbent)	24,890	97.32	+36.75
	Write-in		685	2.68	+2.47
Majority			24,205	94.64	+73.28
Turnout			25,575
	Democratic hold

District 7

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 7^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Parker Griffith	23,582	65.43	+1.28
	Republican	Cheryl Baswell-Guthrie	12,414	34.44	+2.01
	Write-in		48	0.13	-0.22
Majority			11,168	30.98	−0.74
Turnout			36,044
	Democratic hold

District 8

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 8^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lowell Barron (incumbent)	19,364	56.50	−1.70
	Republican	Don Stout	14,855	43.35	+1.73
	Write-in		51	0.15	-0.03
Majority			4,509	13.16	−3.43
Turnout			34,270
	Democratic hold

District 9

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 9^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hinton Mitchem (incumbent)	21,570	53.40	−5.54
	Republican	Bill Ingram	18,766	46.46	+5.75
	Write-in		54	0.13	-0.21
Majority			2,804	6.94	−11.29
Turnout			40,390
	Democratic hold

District 10

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 10^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Larry Means (incumbent)	26,449	97.67	+29.93
	Write-in		630	2.33	+2.08
Majority			25,819	95.35	+59.61
Turnout			27,079
	Democratic hold

District 11

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 11^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jim Preuitt (incumbent)	19,969	64.32	−2.57
	Republican	Jim Hethcox	11,045	35.58	+2.79
	Write-in		32	0.10	-0.23
Majority			8,924	28.74	−5.36
Turnout			31,046
	Democratic hold

District 12

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 12^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Del Marsh (incumbent)	26,047	98.21	+39.03
	Write-in		476	1.79	+1.45
Majority			25,571	96.41	+77.72
Turnout			26,523
	Republican hold

District 13

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 13^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kim Benefield	16,009	50.49	−48.77
	Republican	Jim C. Ingram	15,652	49.36	+49.36
	Write-in		46	0.15	-0.59
Majority			357	1.13	−97.40
Turnout			31,707
	Democratic hold

District 14

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 14^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Hank Erwin (incumbent)	30,820	97.48	−1.19
	Write-in		797	2.52	+1.19
Majority			30,023	94.96	−2.37
Turnout			31,617
	Republican hold

District 15

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 15^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Steve French (incumbent)	35,972	98.74	+10.27
	Write-in		458	1.26	+0.90
Majority			35,514	97.49	+20.20
Turnout			36,430
	Republican hold

District 16

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 16^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	J. T. Waggoner (incumbent)	34,196	77.66	−20.90
	Democratic	Russ Parker	9,789	22.23	+22.23
	Write-in		47	0.11	-1.33
Majority			24,407	55.43	−41.69
Turnout			44,032
	Republican hold

District 17

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 17^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Scott Beason	30,446	98.79	+14.87
	Write-in		373	1.21	+0.78
Majority			30,073	97.58
Turnout			30,819
	Republican hold

District 18

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 18^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Rodger Smitherman (incumbent)	21,212	80.60	−17.95
	Republican	Stanley Nance	5,063	19.24	+19.24
	Write-in		41	0.16	-1.29
Majority			16,149	61.37	−35.74
Turnout			26,316
	Democratic hold

District 19

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 19^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edward McClain (incumbent)	23,600	98.93	+22.14
	Write-in		256	1.07	+0.96
Majority			23,344	97.85	+44.17
Turnout			23,856
	Democratic hold

District 20

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 20^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Linda Coleman-Madison	21,661	79.57	−19.10
	Republican	Mel C. Glenn	5,535	20.33	+20.33
	Write-in		26	0.10	-1.23
Majority			16,126	59.24	−38.09
Turnout			27,222
	Democratic hold

District 21

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 21^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Phil Poole (incumbent)	22,017	69.38	+10.61
	Republican	Joe Saxton	9,695	30.55	−8.34
	Write-in		23	0.07	+0.00
Majority			12,322	38.83
Turnout			31,735
	Democratic hold

District 22

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 22^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat Lindsey (incumbent)	19,744	54.06	+2.94
	Republican	John McMillan	16,748	45.86	−2.81
	Write-in		29	0.08	-0.14
Majority			2,996	8.20	+5.75
Turnout			36,521
	Democratic hold

District 23

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 23^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Henry Sanders (incumbent)	24,142	65.62	−4.91
	Republican	Bob Duke	12,626	34.32	+34.32
	Write-in		25	0.07	-0.29
Majority			11,516	31.30	−10.11
Turnout			36,793
	Democratic hold

District 24

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 24^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bobby Singleton (incumbent)	27,556	98.10	+12.02
	Write-in		533	1.90	+1.73
Majority			27,023	96.20	+23.88
Turnout			28,089
	Democratic hold

District 25

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 25^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Larry Dixon (incumbent)	33,197	74.24	−3.37
	Democratic	Michael Chappell	11,469	25.65	+6.64
	Write-in		52	0.12	-0.09
Majority			21,728	48.59	−10.00
Turnout			44,718
	Republican hold

District 26

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 26^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Quinton Ross (incumbent)	23,652	99.09	+26.97
	Write-in		217	0.91	+0.90
Majority			23,435	98.18	+53.92
Turnout			23,869
	Democratic hold

District 27

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 27^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	T. D. Little (incumbent)	19,656	60.79	−3.27
	Republican	Peggy Martin	12,652	39.13	+3.32
	Write-in		26	0.08	-0.06
Majority			7,004	21.66	−6.59
Turnout			32,334
	Democratic hold

District 28

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 28^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Myron Penn (incumbent)	23,413	98.94	+13.49
	Write-in		252	1.06	+0.92
Majority			23,161	97.87	+26.82
Turnout			23,665
	Democratic hold

District 29

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 29^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Harri Anne Smith (incumbent)	26,507	75.20	−23.48
	Democratic	Ronnie Helms	8,710	24.71	+24.71
	Write-in		33	0.09	-1.23
Majority			17,797	50.49	−46.87
Turnout			35,250
	Republican hold

District 30

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 30^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Wendell Mitchell (incumbent)	22,774	62.00	−36.61
	Republican	Joan Reynolds	13,927	37.92	+37.92
	Write-in		30	0.08	-1.31
Majority			8,847	24.09	−73.13
Turnout			36,731
	Democratic hold

District 31

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 31^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jimmy Holley (incumbent)	19,323	56.30	−8.87
	Republican	Dwight L. Adams	14,979	43.64	+9.10
	Write-in		19	0.06	-0.23
Majority			4,344	12.66	−17.97
Turnout			34,321
	Democratic hold

District 32

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 32^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bradley Byrne (incumbent)	32,670	98.90	+8.97
	Write-in		364	1.10	+0.45
Majority			32,306	97.80	+17.29
Turnout			33,034
	Republican hold

District 33

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 33^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vivian Davis Figures (incumbent)	19,029	71.41	−28.39
	Republican	Jeffery Jones	7,594	28.50	+28.50
	Write-in		25	0.09	-0.11
Majority			11,435	42.91	−56.69
Turnout			26,648
	Democratic hold

District 34

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 34^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Rusty Glover	27,080	98.75	−1.14
	Write-in		343	1.25	+1.14
Majority			26,737	97.50	−2.28
Turnout			27,423
	Republican hold

District 35

Alabama Senate election, 2006: Senate District 35^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ben Brooks	13,945	50.88	+1.86
	Democratic	Gary Tanner (incumbent)	13,434	49.02	−1.91
	Write-in		26	0.09	+0.04
Majority			511	1.86	−0.05
Turnout			27,405
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• List of Alabama state legislatures