2018 Alabama Senate election

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]

2018 Alabama Senate election

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All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate 18 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Greg Reed Billy Beasley Party Republican Democratic Leader's seat 5th 28th Last election 26+1[a] 8 Seats before 26+1[a] 8 Seats won 27 8 Seat change Popular vote 945,469 527,696 Percentage 62.79% 35.05% Swing 1.19% 0.14%
Results:      Republican gain      Republican hold      Democratic hold
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 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	Party		Elected Senator	Party
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

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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

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Source:

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

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

• 2018 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
• Supreme Court of Alabama elections
• List of Alabama state legislatures