2020 United States Senate election in Alabama

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2020 United States Senate election in Alabama
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Nominee Tommy Tuberville Doug Jones
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,392,076920,478
Percentage60.10%39.74%
2020 United States Senate election in Alabama results map by county.svg
2020 AL Senate by State Senate district.svg
2020 Senate Election in Alabama by Precinct.svg
Tuberville:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80-90%     >90%
Jones:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:     40-50%     50%
     No data
U.S. senator before election

Doug Jones
Democratic

Elected U.S. senator

Tommy Tuberville
Republican

The 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent senator Doug Jones, first elected in a 2017 special election, ran for a full term, facing Tommy Tuberville in the general election.

This race was one of two Democratic-held U.S. Senate seats up for election in 2020 in a state President Trump won in 2016. [2] Jones was widely considered the most vulnerable senator among those seeking re-election in 2020 due to Alabama's heavy Republican partisan balance, with analysts predicting a Republican pickup; Jones's 2017 win was in part due to sexual misconduct allegations against Republican Roy Moore. [3]

As was predicted, Tuberville easily defeated Jones, [4] [5] [6] [7] who suffered the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent U.S. Senator since Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln in 2010. Tuberville received the highest percentage of the vote for any challenger since Joseph D. Tydings in 1964. Jones became the first Democratic senator to lose reelection in Alabama, and the only Democratic senator to be defeated in 2020. He outperformed Biden in the state by about 5 points. This was the only Republican flip of the 2020 U.S. Senate elections, and as of 2024 is the last time Republicans flipped a Senate seat.

Democratic primary

The candidate filing deadline was November 8, 2019. Jones ran unopposed. [8] [9]

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

Endorsements

Doug Jones
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Bradley Byrne (eliminated)
Federal officials
State officials
Arnold Mooney (eliminated)
Federal officials
Organizations
Individuals
Jeff Sessions (eliminated)
Federal officials
Organizations
Individuals
Tommy Tuberville
Federal officials
State officials
Organizations
Individuals

First round

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Stanley
Adair		Mo
Brooks		Bradley
Byrne		Del
Marsh		John
Merrill		Arnold
Mooney		Roy
Moore		Ruth
Page
Nelson		Gary
Palmer		Jeff
Sessions		Tommy
Tuberville		OtherUndecided
WPA Intelligence [upper-alpha 1] February 18–19, 2020607 (LV)± 4%<1%–17%––<1%5%––29%32%<1%15%
WPA Intelligence Archived February 15, 2020, at the Wayback Machine [upper-alpha 1] February 10–12, 2020600 (LV)± 4%<1%–17%––1%6%<1%–34%29%–15%
Harper Polling Archived March 8, 2020, at the Wayback Machine [upper-alpha 2] February 8–9, 2020609 (LV)± 3.97%––26%–––5%––31%24%–14%
Mason-Dixon February 4–6, 2020400 (LV)± 5.0%––17%–––5%––31%29%2%16%
OnMessage [upper-alpha 3] January 13–15, 2020700 (LV)± 2.5%––22%––––––43%21%––
OnMessage [upper-alpha 3] December 3–5, 2019700 (LV)± 3.7%––14%––1%7%1%–44%21%–12%
Cherry Communications [upper-alpha 4] December 1–3, 2019600 (LV)± 4.0%1%–12%––1%8%––35%31%––
December 1, 2019Merrill withdraws from the race
November 8, 2019Filing deadline, by which Palmer had not declared his candidacy
November 7, 2019Nelson and Sessions announce their candidacies
WPA Intelligence [upper-alpha 1] October 29–31, 2019511 (V)± 4.4%––11%–6%2%11%––36%23%––
Cygnal October 10–12, 2019536 (LV)–1%–18%–9%2%11%–––32%–28%
Tommy for Senate [upper-alpha 5] Released on
October 5, 2019		– (LV) [lower-alpha 2] –1%–13%–9%1%15%–––36%–26%
Moore Information [upper-alpha 6] August 11–13, 2019400 (LV)± 5.0%––17%–13%1%15%–––33%3%17%
June 25, 2019Merrill announces his candidacy
Cygnal June 22–23, 2019612 (LV) 4.0%––21%–12%2%13%–––29%–22%
––13%–8%–9%––29%21%––
June 20, 2019Moore announces his candidacy
Moore Information [upper-alpha 6] June 10–11, 2019650 (LV)± 4.0%––16%–7%2%18%–––23%6%28%
May 3, 2019Brooks announces he will not run
April 22, 2019Marsh announces he will not run
Mason-Dixon April 9–11, 2019400 (RV)± 5.0%–18%13%4%––27%–11%––2% [lower-alpha 3] 25%
Victory Phones [upper-alpha 7] Released in
February 2019		400 (LV)± 5.0%–30%17%7%––––12%––6%27%

Primary results

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Initial primary round results by county
  Tuberville
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Sessions
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Byrne
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results [63]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tommy Tuberville 239,616 33.39%
Republican Jeff Sessions 227,088 31.64%
Republican Bradley Byrne 178,62724.89%
Republican Roy Moore 51,3777.16%
Republican Ruth Page Nelson7,2001.00%
Republican Arnold Mooney 7,1491.00%
Republican Stanley Adair6,6080.92%
Total votes717,665 100.00%

Runoff

The runoff for the Republican Senate nomination was planned for March 31, 2020, [64] but it was delayed until July 14 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [65]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Jeff
Sessions		Tommy
Tuberville		Other /
Undecided
Auburn University at Montgomery Archived July 10, 2020, at the Wayback Machine July 2–9, 2020558 (RV)± 6%31%47%22% [lower-alpha 4]
OnMessage (R) [upper-alpha 3] May 26–27, 2020600 (LV)± 3.46%43%49%8% [lower-alpha 5]
FM3 Research (D) [upper-alpha 8] May 14–18, 2020– (LV) [lower-alpha 2] –32%54%14% [lower-alpha 6]
Cygnal May 7–10, 2020607 (LV)± 3.98%32%55%13%
FM3 Research (D) [upper-alpha 8] March, 2020– (LV) [lower-alpha 2] –36%54%10% [lower-alpha 7]
OnMessage (R) [upper-alpha 3] March 8–9, 2020800 (LV)± 3.46%45%45%10%
Cygnal March 6–8, 2020645 (LV)+ 3.86%40%52%8%
Moore Information Group [ permanent dead link ] [upper-alpha 6] March 5–7, 2020400 (LV)± 5%38%49%13%
WT&S Consulting Archived April 23, 2020, at the Wayback Machine March 5, 20201,234 (LV)+ 3.29%42%49%8% [lower-alpha 5]
Mason-Dixon February 4–6, 2020400 (LV)± 5.0%49%42%9%
Hypothetical polling
with Bradley Byrne and Gary Palmer
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Bradley
Byrne		Gary
Palmer		Undecided
WPA Intelligence (R) [upper-alpha 9] February 10–12, 2019500 (LV)± 4.4%27%27%46%
with Bradley Byrne and Jeff Sessions
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Bradley
Byrne		Jeff
Sessions		Undecided
AL Daily News/Mason-Dixon February 4–6, 2020400 (LV)± 5.0%35%48%17%
with Mo Brooks and Bradley Byrne
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Mo
Brooks		Bradley
Byrne		Undecided
WPA Intelligence (R) Archived March 22, 2019, at the Wayback Machine [upper-alpha 9] March 10–12, 2019501 (LV)± 4.4%43%32%25%
with Mo Brooks and Roy Moore
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Mo
Brooks		Roy
Moore		Undecided
WPA Intelligence (R) Archived August 8, 2019, at the Wayback Machine [upper-alpha 9] [upper-alpha 10] March 10–12, 2019501 (LV)± 4.4%52%32%16%

Results

Runoff results by county Tuberville 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Sessions 50-60% Alabama U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff, 2020.svg
Runoff results by county
  Tuberville
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Sessions
  •   50–60%
Republican primary runoff results [63]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tommy Tuberville 334,675 60.73%
Republican Jeff Sessions 216,45239.27%
Total votes551,127 100.00%

Independents

Candidates

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [70] Lean R (flip)October 29, 2020
Inside Elections [71] Lean R (flip)October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [72] Likely R (flip)November 2, 2020
Daily Kos [73] Likely R (flip)October 30, 2020
Politico [74] Lean R (flip)November 2, 2020
RCP [75] Likely R (flip)October 23, 2020
DDHQ [76] Safe R (flip)November 3, 2020
538 [77] Likely R (flip)November 2, 2020
Economist [78] Safe R (flip)November 2, 2020

Endorsements

Doug Jones (D)
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Unions
Tommy Tuberville (R)
Federal officials
Senators
State officials
Organizations
Individuals

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Jones (D)		Tommy
Tuberville (R)		OtherUndecided
Swayable Archived November 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine October 27 – November 1, 2020294 (LV)± 8.5%42%58%––
Data for Progress October 27 – November 1, 20201,045 (LV)± 3%44%56%0% [lower-alpha 8] –
Morning Consult October 22–31, 2020850 (LV)± 3%39%51%––
Auburn University At Montgomery October 23–28, 2020853 (LV)± 4.4%43%54%3%–
Swayable October 23–26, 2020232 (LV)± 8.7%46%54%––
Cygnal October 21–23, 2020645 (LV)± 3.9%41%55%–4%
Moore Information (R) [upper-alpha 6] October 11–14, 2020504 (LV)± 4.5%40%55%––
FM3 Research (D) Archived October 19, 2020, at the Wayback Machine [upper-alpha 8] October 11–14, 2020801 (LV)± 3.5%48%47%–5% [lower-alpha 9]
Auburn University at Montgomery Archived November 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine September 30 – October 3, 20201,072 (RV)± 4.0%42%54%4%–
Morning Consult September 11–20, 2020658 (LV)± (2% – 7%)34%52%––
Morning Consult July 24 – August 2, 2020609 (LV)± 4.0%35%52%4% [lower-alpha 10] 9%
Auburn University at Montgomery Archived July 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine July 2–9, 2020567 (RV)± 5.1%36%44%7% [lower-alpha 11] 14%
WPA Intelligence (R) [upper-alpha 11] June 29 – July 2, 2020509 (LV) [lower-alpha 12] ± 3.8%40%50%––
ALG Research (D) June 18–22, 2020600 (LV)± 4.0%44%47%1%8%
Cygnal (R) June 13–16, 2020530 (LV)± 4.3%36%50%2% [lower-alpha 13] 13%
FM3 Research (D) [upper-alpha 8] May 14–18, 2020601 (LV)± 4.0%44%47%–9%
Mason-Dixon February 4–6, 2020625 (RV)± 4.0%42%50%–8%
JMC Analytics December 16–18, 2019525 (LV)± 4.3%40%47%–13%
Hypothetical polling
With Jeff Sessions
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Jones (D)		Jeff
Sessions (R)		OtherUndecided
Auburn University at Montgomery Archived July 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine July 2–9, 2020567 (RV)± 5.1%43%49%7% [lower-alpha 14] 1%
ALG Research (D) June 18–22, 2020600 (LV)± 4.0%43%45%3%9%
Cygnal (R) June 13–16, 2020530 (LV)± 4.3%35%45%3% [lower-alpha 15] 18%
Mason-Dixon February 4–6, 2020625 (RV)± 4.0%41%54%–5%
JMC Analytics December 16–18, 2019525 (LV)± 4.3%41%46%–13%
With Bradley Byrne
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Jones (D)		Bradley
Byrne (R)		Undecided
AL Daily News/Mason-Dixon February 4–6, 2020625 (RV)± 4.0%42%51%7%
JMC Analytics December 16–18, 2019525 (LV)± 4.3%40%44%16%
With Arnold Mooney
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Jones (D)		Arnold
Mooney (R)		Undecided
JMC Analytics December 16–18, 2019525 (LV)± 4.3%40%34%25%
With Roy Moore
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Jones (D)		Roy
Moore (R)		Undecided
JMC Analytics December 16–18, 2019525 (LV)± 4.3%47%33%20%
With Generic Republican
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Jones (D)		Generic
Republican		Undecided
Mason-Dixon Apr 9–11, 2019625 (RV)± 4.0%40%50%10%
With Generic Opponent
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Doug
Jones (D)		Generic
Opponent		Undecided
JMC Analytics December 16–18, 2019525 (LV)± 4.3%34%48% [upper-alpha 12] 18%
with Generic Democrat and Generic Republican
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Generic
Democrat		Generic
Republican		Undecided
Cygnal October 21–23, 2020645 (LV)± 3.9%38%55%6%

Results

United States Senate election in Alabama, 2020 [90]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Tommy Tuberville 1,392,076 60.10% +11.76%
Democratic Doug Jones (incumbent)920,47839.74%-10.23%
Write-in 3,8910.17%−1.06%
Total votes2,316,445 100.00% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic
By county
County [91] Tommy Tuberville
Republican 		Doug Jones
Democratic 		Write-ins
Various parties		MarginTotal votes
Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes%Votes
Autauga 19,38769.97%8,27729.87%430.16%11,11040.10%27,707
Baldwin 80,20073.34%28,92526.45%2250.21%51,27546.89%109,350
Barbour 5,44952.00%5,02147.91%90.09%4284.09%10,479
Bibb 7,32076.40%2,24423.42%170.18%5,07652.98%9,581
Blount 24,16387.85%3,29011.96%530.19%20,87375.89%27,506
Bullock 1,10824.09%3,49075.87%20.04%-2,382-51.78%4,600
Butler 5,23255.45%4,19344.44%110.12%1,03911.01%9,436
Calhoun 33,93666.78%16,80833.07%770.15%17,12833.71%50,821
Chambers 8,31254.56%6,90845.35%140.09%1,4049.21%15,234
Cherokee 10,12282.62%2,11217.24%170.14%8,01065.38%12,251
Chilton 15,70881.69%3,49918.20%220.11%12,20963.49%19,229
Choctaw 4,18856.47%3,22543.49%30.04%96312.98%7,416
Clarke 7,06153.95%6,01745.98%90.07%1,0447.97%13,087
Clay 5,45479.01%1,44120.87%80.12%4,01358.14%6,903
Cleburne 6,32188.17%84311.76%50.07%5,47876.41%7,169
Coffee 16,40073.95%5,75325.94%250.11%10,64748.01%22,178
Colbert 18,32065.94%9,40833.86%530.19%8,91232.08%27,781
Conecuh 3,29451.50%3,09843.44%40.06%1968.06%6,396
Coosa 3,55965.10%1,89934.74%90.16%1,66030.36%5,467
Covington 14,12081.37%3,21418.52%190.11%10,90662.85%17,353
Crenshaw 4,67170.89%1,91028.99%80.12%2,76141.90%6,589
Cullman 35,94986.14%5,69313.64%930.22%30,25672.50%41,735
Dale 13,65369.51%5,95530.32%330.17%7,69839.19%19,641
Dallas 5,29829.74%12,50370.18%150.08%-7,205-40.44%17,816
DeKalb 23,94081.86%5,25317.96%530.18%18,68763.90%29,246
Elmore 29,45972.00%11,39927.86%600.15%18,06044.14%40,918
Escambia 10,41765.80%5,40034.11%140.09%5,01731.69%15,831
Etowah 34,35172.18%13,14527.62%930.20%21,20644.56%47,589
Fayette 7,08881.00%1,65118.87%120.14%5,43762.13%8,751
Franklin 9,85678.97%2,60520.87%200.16%7,25158.10%12,481
Geneva 10,38282.91%2,12216.95%180.14%8,26065.96%12,522
Greene 81617.07%3,96282.90%10.02%-3,146-65.83%4,779
Hale 3,09039.21%4,78660.74%40.05%-1,696-21.53%7,880
Henry 6,39968.95%2,87230.95%90.10%3,52738.00%9,280
Houston 31,46268.35%14,49431.49%770.17%16,96836.86%46,033
Jackson 18,88880.36%4,58719.52%290.12%14,30160.84%23,504
Jefferson 134,31441.26%190,64458.57%5520.17%-56,330-17.31%325,510
Lamar 6,08885.00%1,07114.95%30.04%5,01770.05%7,162
Lauderdale 30,07168.29%13,87431.51%880.20%16,19736.78%44,033
Lawrence 11,71073.40%4,21126.39%330.21%7,49947.01%15,954
Lee 41,15457.76%29,98642.08%1140.16%11,16815.68%71,254
Limestone 33,36468.04%15,58431.78%900.18%17,78036.26%49,038
Lowndes 1,76625.90%5,05174.07%20.03%-3,285-48.17%6,819
Macon 1,48116.99%7,22482.87%120.14%-5,743-65.88%8,717
Madison 99,18151.10%94,45848.67%4430.23%4,7232.43%194,082
Marengo 5,16647.56%5,68752.36%90.08%-521-4.80%10,862
Marion 11,89786.46%1,84713.42%160.12%10,05073.04%13,760
Marshall 32,08681.22%7,33618.57%830.21%24,75062.65%39,505
Mobile 96,32052.73%86,03447.10%3150.17%10,2865.63%182,669
Monroe 5,90655.50%4,71944.35%160.15%1,18711.15%10,641
Montgomery 32,22132.57%66,59267.31%1250.13%-34,371-34.74%98,938
Morgan 38,28071.55%15,10828.24%1110.21%23,17243.31%53,499
Perry 1,27424.42%3,94375.58%00.00%-2,669-51.16%5,217
Pickens 5,43956.40%4,19343.48%110.11%1,24612.92%9,643
Pike 7,77756.31%6,02043.59%140.10%1,75712.72%13,811
Randolph 8,40077.98%2,36221.93%100.09%6,03856.05%10,772
Russell 9,38344.14%11,85355.77%190.09%-2,470-11.63%21,255
Shelby 77,83667.87%36,60631.92%2360.21%41,23035.95%114,678
St. Clair 35,42679.89%8,84419.94%760.17%26,58259.95%44,346
Sumter 1,55024.77%4,70575.18%30.05%-3,155-50.41%6,258
Talladega 21,72660.99%13,85538.89%440.12%7,87122.10%35,625
Tallapoosa 14,66870.04%6,25529.87%200.10%8,41340.17%20,943
Tuscaloosa 49,34754.87%40,40444.92%1900.21%8,9439.95%89,941
Walker 25,01680.54%5,97819.25%650.21%19,03861.29%31,059
Washington 6,16269.98%2,63529.92%90.10%3,52740.06%8,806
Wilcox 1,77930.26%4,09569.65%50.09%-2,316-39.39%5,879
Winston 9,91588.29%1,30211.59%130.12%8,61376.70%11,230
Total1,392,07660.10%920,47839.74%3,8910.17%471,59820.36%2,316,445

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Analysis

The result was a landslide victory for Tuberville. Tuberville's 20-point margin of victory is largely attributed to the presence of Donald Trump on the ballot, and Jones' votes against Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, as well as his vote to convict Donald Trump in his first impeachment trial. Jones was widely considered the most vulnerable senator in 2020, and his victory in 2017 was largely attributed to allegations of child molestation against his opponent. While Jones was able to receive more raw votes than he did in 2017, Tuberville received nearly double the number of votes Roy Moore did in 2017, largely due to the high Republican turnout. Jones did perform well in Jefferson County and Montgomery County, but still vastly underperformed his margins in 2017, while Tuberville easily won the rural areas, and successfully flipped many counties that went to Jones by significant margins.

In the 2017 election, Jones won several traditionally Republican counties while also driving up margins and turnout in traditionally Democratic counties: he added onto massive margins in Birmingham and Montgomery with narrow wins in the state's other, previously more conservative metropolitan areas, such as Huntsville, Mobile, and Tuscaloosa, alongside several other small counties encircling the Black Belt. [92] Jones' win, though attributable to a spike in Democratic turnout and a decline in Republican turnout, was primarily reliant on sexual misconduct allegations against Moore, resulting in several prominent Republicans rescinding their endorsements. [93] [94] [95] With Tuberville lacking such controversies, the state swung hard into the Republican column in 2020, [96] and he flipped 12 counties Jones won in 2017. Jones only won the 13 counties won by Joe Biden in the concurrent 2020 presidential election, and his victories in Jefferson County (Birmingham) and Montgomery County (Montgomery) were insufficient to overcome Tuberville's performance in the rest of the state.

Notes

Partisan clients and other notes
  1. 1 2 3 The Club for Growth is a PAC supporting the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign and has also endorsed Tuberville
  2. ↑ Poll sponsored by the Bradley Byrne campaign
  3. 1 2 3 4 Poll sponsored by the Jeff Sessions campaign
  4. ↑ Poll sponsored by FarmPAC
  5. ↑ Internal poll from Tuberville's campaign
  6. 1 2 3 4 Poll sponsored by the Tommy Tuberville campaign.
  7. ↑ Poll produced, according to Mo Brooks, by a group attempting to persuade him to enter this race
  8. 1 2 3 4 Poll sponsored by Jones' campaign.
  9. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by Club for Growth Action
  10. ↑ Standard VI response
  11. ↑ Poll sponsored by the Club for Growth, which supports exclusively Republican candidates.
  12. ↑ "Jones does not deserve to be re-elected" with 48% as opposed to "Jones deserves to be re-elected"
Voter samples
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. 1 2 3 Not yet released
  3. ↑ Tim James with 2%
  4. ↑ Undecided with 22%
  5. 1 2 Undecided with 8%
  6. ↑ Undecided with 14%
  7. ↑ Undecided with 10%
  8. ↑ "Other candidate or write-in" with 0%
  9. ↑ Includes "Refused"
  10. ↑ "Someone else" with 4%
  11. ↑ "Write-in candidate" with 7%
  12. ↑ Additional data sourced from FiveThirtyEight
  13. ↑ Parrish (I) with 2%
  14. ↑ "Write-in candidate" with 7%
  15. ↑ Parrish (I) with 3%

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