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On November 6, 2018 the 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Republican Kay Ivey squared off against Democratic challenger Walter Maddox. Kay Ivey replaced Governor Robert Bentley after he resigned on April 10, 2017. She was running for a full term during this election. Kay achieved that goal and defeated Walter Maddox, who was the mayor of Tuscaloosa. She was sworn in on January 14, 2019.[1]
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County results Ivey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Maddox: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kay Ivey (incumbent) | 330,743 | 56.1% | |
Republican | Tommy Battle | 146,887 | 24.9% | |
Republican | Scott Dawson | 79,302 | 13.5% | |
Republican | Bill Hightower | 29,275 | 5.0% | |
Republican | Michael McAllister (deceased) | 3,326 | 0.6% | |
Total votes | 589,533 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Walt Maddox | 154,559 | 54.6% | |
Democratic | Sue Bell Cobb | 82,043 | 29.0% | |
Democratic | James Fields | 22,635 | 8.0% | |
Democratic | Anthony White | 9,677 | 3.4% | |
Democratic | Doug "New Blue" Smith | 9,244 | 3.3% | |
Democratic | Christopher Countryman | 4,923 | 1.7% | |
Total votes | 283,081 | 100.0% |
After both Kay Ivey and Walter Maddox won the nominations for governor from their respective parties the focused turned to the general election where the two faced off. Throughout the race Ivey held the lead over Maddox and when election day arrived she won the race. Maddox won 14 counties including his home county of Tuscaloosa County by 1 vote. Kay Ivey won the remaining 53 counties which included the likes of Mobile County and Madison County.[58]
2018 Alabama gubernatorial election[58] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Republican | Kay Ivey (incumbent) | 1,022,457 | 59.46% | -4.10% | |
Democratic | Walter Maddox | 694,495 | 40.39% | +4.15% | |
Republican hold |
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