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The 1942 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Frank M. Dixon was term limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
Frank Murray Dixon was an American Democratic politician. He served as the 40th Governor of Alabama from 1939 to 1943 and is most known for reorganizing the state government and reforming the way property taxes were assessed.
At the time this election took place, Alabama, as with most other southern states, was solidly Democratic, and the Republican Party had such diminished influence that the Democratic primary was the de facto contest for state offices.
James Elisha Folsom Sr., commonly known as Jim Folsom or Big Jim Folsom, was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959.
George Chauncey Sparks, known as Chauncey Sparks, was an attorney and Democratic American politician who served as the 41st Governor of Alabama from 1943 to 1947. He made improvements to state education of whites and expanded the state schools and centers for agriculture. He campaigned for passage of the Boswell Amendment to the state constitution, which was designed to keep blacks disfranchised following the US Supreme Court ruling Smith v. Allwright (1944) against use of white primaries by the Democratic Party in the states.
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Chauncey Sparks | 145,798 | 52.17 | |
| Democratic | Jim Folsom | 73,306 | 26.23 | |
| Democratic | Christopher J. Sherlock | 53,448 | 19.13 | |
| Democratic | H. J. Carwile | 4,745 | 1.70 | |
| Democratic | W. O. Broyle | 2,157 | 0.77 | |
| Total votes | 279,454 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Chauncey Sparks | 69,048 | 88.96 | |
| Republican | Hugh McEniry | 8,167 | 10.52 | |
| Communist | Ordway Southard | 402 | 0.52 | |
| Total votes | 77,617 | 100.00 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
James Elisha Folsom Jr. is an American politician who was the 50th Governor of Alabama from April 22, 1993 to January 16, 1995. He has also served as Lieutenant Governor of Alabama on two separate occasions. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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.
The 1986 Alabama gubernatorial election saw the election of Republican H. Guy Hunt over Democrat Bill Baxley. In state politics, this election is largely seen as a realigning election since Hunt was the first Republican to be elected Governor since Reconstruction. In March 1986, incumbent George Wallace announced that he would not seek a fifth term as governor, ending an era in Alabama politics.
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, with a Republican runoff on July 13. In the general election, Republican Robert J. Bentley defeated Democrat Ron Sparks.
Elections in Alabama are authorized under the Alabama State Constitution, which establishes elections for the state level officers, cabinet, and legislature, and the election of county-level officers, including members of school boards.
The 2014 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Alabama.
The 1978 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democratic Governor George Wallace did not run for re-election. Fob James, a businessman who had switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party and campaigned as a "born-again Democrat", won the Democratic primary in an upset over Attorney General Bill Baxley. He went on to defeat Guy Hunt in a landslide in the general election. Incumbent Democrat George Wallace was term limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 6, 2018 in 36 states and three territories. These elections formed part of the 2018 United States elections. Other coinciding elections were the 2018 United States Senate elections and the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections. The last regular gubernatorial elections for all but three of the states took place in 2014. Governors in New Hampshire and Vermont serve two-year terms, meaning that their most recent gubernatorial elections took place in 2016. Meanwhile, Oregon held a special election in 2016 to fill an unexpired term.
The 1954 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1954, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Gordon Persons was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1950 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1950, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Jim Folsom was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1946 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Democrat Chauncey Sparks was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1938 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1938, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Bibb Graves was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1934 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1934, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Benjamin M. Miller was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1930 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1930, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Bibb Graves was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1926 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1926, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent William W. Brandon was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1922 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1922, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Thomas Kilby was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1918 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1918, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Charles Henderson was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1914 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1914, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent Emmet O'Neal was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
The 1910 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1910, in order to elect the Governor of Alabama. Democratic incumbent B. B. Comer was term-limited, and could not seek a second consecutive term.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 6, 2018. All Alabama executive officers were up for election along with all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on June 5, 2018, for both major parties.
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