Alabama gubernatorial election, 2010

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Alabama gubernatorial election, 2010
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Nominee Robert J. Bentley Ron Sparks
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote860,472625,710
Percentage57.9%42.1%
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County Results

Bentley:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Sparks:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Governor before election

Bob Riley
Republican

Elected Governor

Robert J. Bentley
Republican

The 2010 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 2010. Republican Governor Bob Riley was term limited and unable to seek re-election. The party primaries were held on June 1, 2010, [1] with a Republican runoff on July 13. In the general election, Republican Robert J. Bentley defeated Democrat Ron Sparks.

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

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Bob Riley Alabama politician

Robert Renfroe Riley is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party who served as the 52nd Governor of Alabama from 2003 to 2011.

A primary election is the process by which voters, either the general public or members of a political party, can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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Republican primary

Candidates

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.

Alabama House of Representatives

The Alabama House of Representatives is the lower house of the Alabama Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alabama. The House is composed of 105 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing at least 42,380 citizens. There are no term limits in the House. The House is also one of the five lower houses of state legislatures in the United States that is elected every four years. Other lower houses, including the United States House of Representatives, are elected for a two-year term.

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.

Endorsements

Robert J. Bentley
Mike Huckabee Arkansas politician

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Bradley Byrne
Individuals
Jeb Bush American politician, former Governor of Florida

John Ellis "Jeb" Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. Bush, who grew up in Houston, is the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush, and a younger brother of former President George W. Bush. He graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and attended the University of Texas, where he earned a degree in Latin American affairs. In 1980, he moved to Florida and pursued a career in real estate development, and in 1986 became Florida's Secretary of Commerce until 1988. At that time, he joined his father's successful campaign for the Presidency.

Alabamas 1st congressional district

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Associations
  • Alabama Retail Association [11]
  • Alabama Home Builders Association [12]
  • Alabama Association of Realtors [13]
  • Associated Builders and Contractors of Alabama [14]
  • Right on Huntsville [15]
Tim James
Robert Aderholt U.S. Representative

Robert Brown Aderholt is the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district, serving since 1997. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of Tuscaloosa County north of the Black Warrior River, as well as the far northern suburbs of Birmingham in Walker County and the southern suburbs of Huntsville and Decatur.

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Roy Moore

Polling

SourceDate(s) administered Robert J. Bentley Bradley Byrne Kay Ivey Tim James Bill Johnson Roy Moore Undecided
Research 2000 May 17–19, 20109%29%--17%3%23%17%
Public Strategy Associates May 10–11, 201012%24%n/a23%2%18%21%
Ayres, McHenry and Associates May 3–4, 20107%20%n/a26%n/a21%26%
Public Policy Polling March 27–29, 201010%27%10%9%1%23%20%
Public Strategy Associates February 3–4, 20104%20%3%8%2%17%46%

Results

Republican primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bradley Byrne137,34927.89
Republican Robert J. Bentley123,87025.15
Republican Tim James123,66225.11
Republican Roy Moore95,07719.31
Republican Bill Johnson8,3501.70
Republican Charles Taylor2,6220.53
Republican James Potts1,5490.31
Total votes492,480100.00
Republican primary runoff results (July 13, 2010) [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Robert J. Bentley260,88756.07
Republican Bradley Byrne204,39443.93
Total votes465,281100.00

Democratic primary

Candidates

Polling

SourceDate(s) administeredArtur DavisRon SparksSam FranklinUndecided
Research 2000 May 17–19, 201041%33%--11%
Public Policy Polling March 27–29, 201038%28%9%25%

Results

Democratic primary results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Sparks199,55862.44
Democratic Artur Davis120,05037.56
Total votes319,608100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political Report Solid R [23] October 29, 2010
Rothenberg Safe R [24] October 15, 2010
Swing State ProjectSafe R[ citation needed ]
RealClearPolitics Safe R [25] October 21, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Safe R [26] October 21, 2010
CQ Politics Safe R [27] October 21, 2010

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredRobert J. Bentley (R)Ron Sparks (D)
Rasmussen Reports September 21, 201055%35%
Rasmussen Reports August 19, 201058%34%
Rasmussen Reports July 22, 201055%35%
Rasmussen Reports June 3, 201056%37%
Rasmussen Reports May 25, 201044%31%

Results

2010 gubernatorial election, Alabama [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Republican Robert J. Bentley 860,47257.9%+0.5
Democratic Ron Sparks 625,71042.1%-0.5
Majority234,76215.8%
Turnout 1,486,182100%
Republican hold Swing

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