2010 Alabama Senate election

2010 Alabama Senate elections
All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate ; 18 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican gain Democratic gain; Republican hold Democratic hold Independent hold
President pro tempore before election; Rodger Smitherman ; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore ; Del Marsh ; Republican

Last updated March 02, 2025

The 2010 Alabama Senate election was held on November 2, 2010. Voters in all 35 districts of the Alabama State Senate voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 2. Republicans gained 9 seats, taking control of the chamber, while the Democrats lost 10 seats. This was the first time since 1873 that the Republican Party held a majority of seats in the Alabama Senate.^[1]

Overview

Summary of the November 2, 2010 Alabama Senate election results
2010 Alabama Senate elections

Party		Votes	Percentage	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	788,738	56.9%	14	22	8
	Democratic	565,026	40.8%	20	12	8
	Independent	23,800	1.7%	1	1
	Write-In	7,532	0.5%	0	0
Totals		1,385,096	100.0%	35	35	—

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing ^[2]	Lean R (flip)	November 1, 2010

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's 1st Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tammy Irons	23,178	55.9
	Republican	Jerry Freeman	18,266	44.1
	Independent	Write-In	20	0.0
Total votes			41,464	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Alabama's 2nd Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Holtzclaw	33,050	58.9
	Democratic	Tom Butler (incumbent)	23,060	41.1
	Independent	Write-In	20	0.0
Total votes			56,145	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Alabama's 3rd Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Orr (incumbent)	39,245	98.9
	Independent	Write-In	429	1.1
Total votes			39,674	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Alabama's 4th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Bussman	25,621	57.7
	Democratic	Zeb Little (incumbent)	18,733	42.2
	Independent	Write-In	83	0.2
Total votes			44,437	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 5

Alabama's 5th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Reed (incumbent)	33,500	73.2
	Democratic	Brett Wadsworth	12,213	26.7
	Independent	Write-In	33	0.1
Total votes			45,746	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

Alabama's 6th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roger Bedford Jr. (incumbent)	18,692	53.4
	Republican	Jim Bonner	16,304	46.5
	Independent	Write-In	27	0.1
Total votes			35,023	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

Alabama's 7th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Sanford (incumbent)	25,333	54.9
	Democratic	Jeff Enfinger	20,819	45.1
	Independent	Write-In	28	0.1
Total votes			46,180	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Alabama's 8th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shadrack McGill	20,603	50.5
	Democratic	Lowell Barron (incumbent)	20,016	49.1
	Independent	Write-In	177	0.4
Total votes			40,796	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 9

Alabama's 9th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clay Scofield	30,834	68.8
	Democratic	Tim Mitchell	13,933	31.1
	Independent	Write-In	47	0.1
Total votes			44,814	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

Alabama's 10th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Williams	20,249	53.6
	Democratic	Larry Means (incumbent)	17,459	46.2
	Independent	Write-In	51	0.1
Total votes			37,759	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

Alabama's 11th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry L. Fielding	19,929	53.4
	Republican	Ray Robbins	17,323	46.4
	Independent	Write-In	56	0.2
Total votes			37,308	100.0
	Democratic hold

The incumbent senator, Jim Preuitt, joined the Republican Party in April 2010.^[3]

District 12

Alabama's 12th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del Marsh (incumbent)	26,714	63.7
	Democratic	Wallace Wyatt, Jr.	15,210	36.2
	Independent	Write-In	42	0.1
Total votes			41,966	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Alabama's 13th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Dial	18,800	50.4
	Democratic	Greg Varner	18,443	49.5
	Independent	Write-In	50	0.1
Total votes			37,293	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

Alabama's 14th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cam Ward	42,511	98.9
	Independent	Write-In	460	1.1
Total votes			42,971	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Alabama's 15th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Slade Blackwell	46,018	98.8
	Independent	Write-In	557	1.2
Total votes			46,575	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

Alabama's 16th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner	43,604	98.5
	Independent	Write-In	676	1.5
Total votes			44,280	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

Alabama's 17th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Beason (incumbent)	38,777	81.1
	Democratic	T. E. "Tommy" Hudson	8,973	18.8
	Independent	Write-In	55	0.1
Total votes			47,805	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Alabama's 18th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rodger M. Smitherman (incumbent)	25,154	98.3
	Independent	Write-In	431	1.7
Total votes			25,585	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

Alabama's 19th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Priscilla Dunn	29,227	98.9
	Independent	Write-In	324	1.1
Total votes			29,551	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Alabama's 20th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Coleman (incumbent)	28,282	99.1
	Independent	Write-In	263	0.9
Total votes			28,545	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

Alabama's 21st Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Allen	20,528	51.2
	Democratic	Phil Poole (incumbent)	19,509	48.7
	Independent	Write-In	55	0.1
Total votes			40,092	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 22

Alabama's 22nd Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Keahey	24,785	55.4
	Republican	Danny B. Joyner	19,939	44.6
	Independent	Write-In	31	0.1
Total votes			44,755	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Alabama's 23rd Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hank Sanders (incumbent)	30,322	97.7
	Independent	Write-In	724	2.3
Total votes			31,046	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Alabama's 24th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Singleton (incumbent)	30,803	98.3
	Independent	Write-In	521	1.7
Total votes			31,324	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Alabama's 25th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick Brewbaker	38,919	72.9
	Democratic	Doug "Smitty" Smith	14,425	27.0
	Independent	Write-In	50	0.1
Total votes			53,394	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Alabama's 26th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Quinton T. Ross, Jr. (incumbent)	28,703	97.9
	Independent	Write-In	615	2.1
Total votes			29,318	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Alabama's 27th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Whatley	21,245	54.9
	Democratic	T.D. (Ted) Little (incumbent)	17,379	44.9
	Independent	Write-In	77	0.2
Total votes			38,701	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 28

Alabama's 28th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Billy Beasley	28,619	70.4
	Republican	Kim West	12,033	29.6
	Independent	Write-In	27	0.1
Total votes			40,679	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Alabama's 29th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Harri Anne Smith (incumbent)	23,800	55.2
	Republican	George Flowers	19,225	44.6
	Independent	Write-In	84	0.2
Total votes			43,109	100.0
	Independent hold

District 30

Alabama's 30th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan Taylor	25,868	57.0
	Democratic	"Walking" Wendell Mitchell (incumbent)	19,506	43.0
	Independent	Write-In	33	0.1
Total votes			45,407	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

Alabama's 31st Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy W. Holley (incumbent)	29,301	98.2
	Independent	Write-In	536	1.8
Total votes			29,837	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Alabama's 32nd Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trip Pittman	42,365	98.8
	Independent	Write-In	497	1.2
Total votes			42,862	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33

Alabama's 33rd Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vivian Davis Figures (incumbent)	23,241	73.3
	Republican	Brad Moser	8,419	26.6
	Independent	Write-In	32	0.1
Total votes			31,692	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

Alabama's 34th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rusty Glover (incumbent)	34,325	98.8
	Independent	Write-In	391	1.1
Total votes			34,716	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

Alabama's 35th Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Brooks (incumbent)	18,307	59.1
	Democratic	Scott A. Buzbee	12,653	40.9
	Independent	Write-In	11	0.0
Total votes			30,971	100.0
	Republican hold

References

↑ Dubin, Michael J. (2007). Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures: A Year by Year Summary, 1796-2006. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 9780786429141 . Retrieved December 18, 2024.
↑ Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
↑ Chandler, Kim (June 5, 2011). "Bingo trial bios: James E. Preuitt". AL.com. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

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[1] Dubin, Michael J. (2007). Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures: A Year by Year Summary, 1796-2006. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 9780786429141 . Retrieved December 18, 2024.

[CE-2] Jacobson, Louis (November 1, 2010). "Update: 2010 State Legislatures: A Challenging Environment for Democrats". Governing. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

[3] Chandler, Kim (June 5, 2011). "Bingo trial bios: James E. Preuitt". AL.com. Retrieved December 30, 2024.

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