Alabama's 3rd House of Representatives district

Alabama's 3rd House of Representatives district is one of 105 districts in the Alabama House of Representatives. Its most recent representative was Andrew Sorrell prior to his election as State Auditor of Alabama.^[1] It was created in 1966 and encompasses parts of Colbert, Lauderdale and Lawrence counties. As of the 2010 census, the district has a population of 42,348, with 77.9% being of legal voting age.^[2]

Alabama's 3rd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Andrew Sorrell R–Muscle Shoals
Demographics	77.2% White 19.1% Black 0.5% Asian 0.5% Native American 0.0% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1.1% Other
Population (2010)  • Voting age  • Citizens of voting age	42,348 18 77.9%

Representatives

Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Electoral history	Represented counties[3]
District created			November 9, 1966
John D. Snodgrass	Democratic	November 9, 1966	November 4, 1970	Elected in 1966	Madison
Tom Jones
Harry L. Pennington
Eugene M. McLain
Shelby A. Laxson
Hartwell B. Lutz		November 4, 1970	November 6, 1974	Elected in 1970
Charles E. Grainger
Bill G. King
Glenn H. Hearn
Douglas V. Hale	Republican
Tom C. Coburn	Democratic	November 6, 1974	November 8, 1978	Elected in 1974 Re-elected in 1978	Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale
		November 8, 1978	November 3, 1982
J. W. Goodwin		November 3, 1982	November 9, 1983	Elected in 1982 Re-elected in 1983 Re-elected in 1986 Re-elected in 1990	Colbert, Lauderdale
		November 9, 1983	November 5, 1986
		November 5, 1986	November 7, 1990
		November 7, 1990	November 9, 1994
Marcel Black		November 9, 1994	November 4, 1998	Elected in 1994 Re-elected in 1998 Re-elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2014	Colbert
		November 4, 1998	November 6, 2002
		November 6, 2002	November 8, 2006
		November 8, 2006	November 3, 2010
		November 3, 2010	November 5, 2014
		November 5, 2014	November 7, 2018
Andrew Sorrell	Republican	November 7, 2018	November 9, 2022	Elected in 2018	Colbert, Lauderdale, Lawrence

General elections

Year		Democratic				Republican				Other[4]
		Candidate	Votes	%		Candidate	Votes	%		Candidate	Votes	%
1966 Places 1-5		√Tom Jones	19,949	11.90		James L. Carpenter	14,079	8.40		None
		√John D. Snodgrass	20,712	12.36		Jim McCown	12,737	7.60		None
		√Harry L. Pennington	20,286	12.11		W. E. Brewer	13,110	7.82		None
		√Eugene M. McLain	19,227	11.47		Glenn F. Manning	14,411	8.60		None
		√Shelby A. Lawson	18,503	11.04		Lawrence Judd	14,568	8.69		None
1970 Places 1-5		√Hartwell B. Lutz	30,604	92.07		Richard Perkins	2,634	7.93		None
		√Charles E. Grainger	[data missing]			William Griffin	[data missing]			None