Alabama elections, 2018

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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 6, 2018. All Alabama executive officers will be up for election along with all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections will take place on June 5, 2018 for both major parties. [1]

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

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Alabama State of the United States of America

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U.S. states. With a total of 1,500 miles (2,400 km) of inland waterways, Alabama has among the most of any state.

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Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who assumed the office upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley, is running for election to a full term against Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and Alabama Independent Write-In Chad Chig Martin.

Republican Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Kay Ivey Alabama politician

Kay Ellen Ivey is an American politician serving as the 54th Governor of Alabama since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she previously was the 38th Alabama State Treasurer from 2003 to 2011 and 30th Lieutenant Governor of Alabama from 2011 to 2017. Ivey became Alabama's second female governor and first female Republican governor upon the resignation of her predecessor, Robert J. Bentley. She won a full term in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

Robert J. Bentley 53rd Governor of Alabama

Robert Julian Bentley is an American former politician and physician who served as the 53rd Governor of Alabama from 2011 until 2017 upon his resignation after a political scandal and subsequent arrest. A member of the Republican Party, Bentley was elected governor in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. Bentley resigned on April 10, 2017 due to a sex scandal involving a political aide.

Lieutenant governor

The office of Lieutenant Governor is currently vacant.

State House Representative Will Ainsworth, State Senator Rusty Glover, and Public Serice Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh [2] are running for the Republican nomination. [3] [4] [5] [6] Dr. Will Boyd from Florence ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Will Ainsworth is the 31st and current lieutenant governor of Alabama, since 2019. A former representative of the 27th district of the Alabama House of Representatives. He was elected on November 4, 2014. He did not seek re-election in 2018, instead running for lieutenant governor. Ainsworth became the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor after winning the July 17 primary runoff against Twinkle Cavanaugh.

Benjamin Nash Glover III, known as Rusty Glover, was a Republican candidate for Alabama’s Lieutenant Governor in the 2018 election cycle and member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 34th District from 2006 to 2018. Previously, he was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives representing the 102nd District from 2002 through 2006.

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Will Boyd—Uncontested
Total votes——

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Twinkle Cavanaugh238,33343.27
Republican Will Ainsworth 204,46537.12
Republican Rusty Glover 107,98119.61
Total votes550,779100

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Will Ainsworth 176,68051.49
Republican Twinkle Cavanaugh166,47548.51
Total votes343,155100

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Will
Ainsworth (R)		Will
Boyd (D)		Undecided
Cygnal (R) July 24–25, 20181,027± 3.1%53%41%6%

Attorney general

Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King is seeking the Republican Nomination. [13]

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Governor Bentley in February 2017 after appointing Attorney General Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate, is running for a first full term. [14]

Former Chief Deputy Attorney General Alice Martin ran for the Republican nomination. [15]

Attorney Joseph Siegelman, son of former Governor Don Siegelman, is the nominee of the Democratic Party. [16]

Chris Christie ran for attorney general on the Democratic ballot. Christie has been a trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings for 30 years. [17]

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joseph Siegelman147,60154.16
Democratic Chris Christie124,91545.84
Total votes272,516100

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Marshall (incumbent)154,21928.36
Republican Troy King 151,36427.84
Republican Alice Martin 126,37423.24
Republican Chess Bedsole111,79420.56
Total votes543,751100

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Marshall (incumbent)211,61962.05
Republican Troy King 129,42737.95
Total votes341,046100

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Steve
Marshall (R)		Joseph
Siegelman (D)		Undecided
Cygnal (R) July 24–25, 20181,027± 3.1%55%42%4%

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State John Merrill is running for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Heather Milam160,73863.67
Democratic Lula Albert91,73636.33
Total votes252,474100

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Merrill (incumbent)334,92271.64
Republican Michael Johnson132,60127.84
Total votes467,523100

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		John
Merrill (R)		Heather
Milam (D)		Undecided
Cygnal (R) July 24–25, 20181,027± 3.1%57%38%5%

State auditor

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Jim Zeigler is running for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Miranda Joseph—Uncontested
Total votes——

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Zeigler (incumbent)261,41855.62
Republican Stan Cooke153,16032.59
Republican Elliott Lipinsky55,43711.79
Total votes470,015100

State treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third consecutive term.

Democratic primary

No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary.

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John McMillan 273,37461.18
Republican David Black95,45421.36
Republican Stephen Evans78,01017.46
Total votes446,838100

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries

Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan is term-limited and cannot run for re-election to a third consecutive term. The Republican candidates are Lowndesboro Mayor and Lowndes County GOP Chairman Rick Pate, former FBI Field Intelligence Supervisor T.O. (Tracy) Crane, State Senator Gerald Dial, and Cecil Murphy.

Democratic primary

No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary.

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Pate181,09840.37
Republican Gerald Dial 134,51129.98
Republican Cecil Murphy77,15417.20
Republican Tracy Crane55,83812.45
Total votes448,601100

Runoff results

Republican primary runoff results [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rick Pate176,51956.70
Republican Gerald Dial 134,79943.30
Total votes311,318100

Public Service Commission

The two Associate Commissioner seats on the Alabama Public Service Commission will be up for election. Incumbent Republican Commissioners Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the Commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, and Chip Beeker, who was first elected in 2014, are both eligible to run for re-election.

Place 1 Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cara McClure—Uncontested
Total votes——

Place 1 Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jeremy Oden (incumbent)215,54050.34
Republican Jim Bonner212,64649.66
Total votes428,186100

Place 2 Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kari Powell—Uncontested
Total votes——

Place 2 Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results [38]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chip Beeker (incumbent)275,18468.74
Republican Robin Litaker125,14531.26
Total votes400,329100

Alabama State Legislature

Every member of the Alabama state legislature is up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2014 elections, Republicans maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105 Alabama House of Representatives seats will be up for election. These seats will not be contested in a regularly-scheduled election again until 2022.

United States House of Representatives

All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for election in 2018.

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  2. ↑ Cason, Mike (August 17, 2017). "Twinkle Cavanaugh switches to lieutenant governor's race". AL.com. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
  3. ↑ Cason, Mike (February 22, 2017). "Sen. Rusty Glover to run for lieutenant governor of Alabama". AL.com. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
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  10. ↑ Cason, Mike (February 22, 2017). "Sen. Rusty Glover to run for lieutenant governor of Alabama". AL.com. Retrieved March 31, 2017.
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  12. ↑ "Unofficial Election Night Results". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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  14. ↑ Gattis, Paul (May 30, 2017). "Attorney General Steve Marshall seeks to win full term in office". AL.com. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Alice Martin announces run for Alabama attorney general". AL.com. Associated Press. June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Joseph Siegelman for Attorney General".
  17. ↑ "Chris Christie for Alabama Attorney General".
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  19. ↑ "Joseph Siegelman for Attorney General".
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