Alabama's 1st congressional district special election, 2013

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Alabama's 1st congressional district special election, 2013
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Alabama's 1st congressional district
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Nominee Bradley Byrne Burton LeFlore
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote36,04214,968
Percentage71.0%29.0%
U.S. Representative before election

Jo Bonner
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bradley Byrne
Republican

A special election for Alabama's 1st congressional district was held following the resignation of Jo Bonner on August 2 to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama. [1] Primary elections were held on September 24. A runoff in the Republican primary took place on November 5 and the general election was pushed back to December 17. [2] Republican Bradley Byrne won the election by a wide margin in the strongly conservative district. [3]

Alabamas 1st congressional district

Alabama's 1st congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It includes the counties of Washington, Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia and Monroe counties. It also includes part of Clarke County. The largest city in the district is Mobile.

Jo Bonner Alabama Republican politician

Josiah Robins Bonner Jr. is a former American politician who was the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district from 2003 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party. He resigned from Congress on August 2, 2013, to take a job with the University of Alabama.

University of Alabama public university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It is the flagship of the University of Alabama System. Established in 1820, the University of Alabama (UA) is the oldest and largest of the public universities in Alabama. The university offers programs of study in 13 academic divisions leading to bachelor's, master's, Education Specialist, and doctoral degrees. The only publicly supported law school in the state is at UA. Other academic programs unavailable elsewhere in Alabama include doctoral programs in anthropology, communication and information sciences, metallurgical engineering, music, Romance languages, and social work.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Bradley Byrne U.S. Representative

Bradley Roberts Byrne is an American business attorney and Republican congressman for Alabama's 1st congressional district. He served in the Alabama State Senate from 2003 to 2007. He was chancellor of the Alabama Community College System from 2007 until his resignation in 2009 to unsuccessfully run for the 2010 Republican nomination for Governor of Alabama. In December 2013, he won a special election to represent Alabama's 1st congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. On February 20, 2019, he announced his intention to run for U.S. Senate in 2020.

Chad Fincher American politician

Chad Austin Fincher is an American politician from Semmes, Alabama. He is a member of the Alabama State House of Representatives, having been first elected in 2006.

Declined

Ben Brooks is a Republican former member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 35th District and serving from November 2006 through December 2012. He stepped down after being elected circuit court judge for Mobile County in November 2012 and prior to being sworn in January 2013.

Mobile County, Alabama County in the United States

Mobile County is the second most-populous county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census, its population was 412,992. Its county seat is Mobile, which was founded on the Mobile River. The city, river, and county were named in honor of the indigenous Maubila tribe.

Alabama Circuit Courts

The Alabama Circuit Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the State of Alabama. The Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to hear civil and criminal cases. For civil cases, the courts has authority to try cases with an amount in controversy of more than $3,000 and has exclusive original jurisdiction over claims for more than $10,000. The Circuit Courts are the criminal trial courts for most felony charges, and for some misdemeanors and lesser included offenses. The Circuit Courts also have appellate jurisdiction over certain cases arising from the Alabama District Courts.

Endorsements

Wells Griffith
Paul Ryan 54th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Paul Davis Ryan is an American politician who served as the 54th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from October 2015 to January 2019. He was also the 2012 vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party, running alongside Mitt Romney.

Vice President of the United States Second highest executive office in United States

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Quin Hillyer
Rick Santorum American politician

Richard John Santorum is an American politician, attorney, author, and political commentator. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1995 to 2007 and was the Senate's third-ranking Republican from 2001 to 2007. Santorum ran for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, finishing second to Mitt Romney.

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Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Bradley
Byrne		Daniel
Dyas		Chad
Fincher		Wells
Griffith		Quin
Hillyer		Jessica
James		Sharon
Powe		David
Thornton		Dean
Young		Undecided
Cygnal September 17–18, 2013716± 3.64%34%2%14.9%8.3%9.1%0.7%1.1%0.3%12.1%17.5%

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bradley Byrne18,09034.57%
Republican Dean Young12,01122.95%
Republican Chad Fincher8,17715.63%
Republican Quin Hillyer7,26013.87%
Republican Wells Griffith5,75811.00%
Republican Daniel Dyas3910.75%
Republican Jessica James3910.75%
Republican Sharon Powe1840.35%
Republican David Thornton720.14%
Total votes52,344100.00%

Runoff

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Bradley
Byrne		Dean
Young		OtherUndecided
Cygnal October 30, 20131,027± 3.03%40.2%43.2%—16.6%
Wenzel Strategies October 6–8, 2013412± ?%44%37%—19%

Results

Republican primary runoff results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bradley Byrne38,15052.5%
Republican Dean Young34,53447.5%
Total votes72,684100.00%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Lula Albert-Kaigler, retired self-employed worker [5]
  • Burton LeFlore, real estate agent [5]

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Burton LeFlore3,12970.2%
Democratic Lula Albert-Kaigler1,32829.8%
Total votes4,457100.00%

Independent

Candidates

Declared

  • James Hall, former Marine [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "LIVE: Rep. Jo Bonner talks about his resignation from Congress; new job at UA". Blog.al.com. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ "9 Republicans, 2 Democrats qualify for AL-01 congressional race". Blog.al.com. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Sean (December 17, 2013). "Republican Bradley Byrne wins Alabama special election". The Washington Post . Washington, DC . Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ Cahn, Emily (June 3, 2013). "Top Republican to Enter Alabama Special Election #AL01" . Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Talbot, George (August 5, 2013). "9 Republicans, 2 Democrats qualify for AL-01 congressional race". al.com. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ Talbot, George (July 9, 2013). "Republican Wells Griffith to run for AL-01 congressional seat". al.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Talbot, George (May 28, 2013). "The list: who's in, who's out of AL-01 congressional race". al.com. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Talbot, George (May 24, 2013). "First District congressional race: who's in, who's out (updated)". Press-Register . Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  9. ↑ Can a convicted felon run for Congress from jail? | PolitiFact
  10. ↑ State Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Montrose, rules out bid for Congress | AL.com
  11. 1 2 "Paul Ryan Endorses in Special Election". Roll Call. August 7, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  12. ↑ Talbot, George (June 6, 2013). "First-time candidate James Hall to run for AL-01 congressional seat". al.com. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
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