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Elections in Alabama |
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Government |
The 2014 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate for Alabama.
Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, who served in the position since 1997, ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. As the Democrats did not field a candidate, he was the only candidate to file before the deadline and was therefore unopposed in the Republican primary election and only faced write-in opposition in the general election. [1]
Sessions was re-elected with 97.25% of the vote with the remaining votes being write-ins. This alongside the concurrent gubernatorial election is the last time Jefferson County voted Republican in a statewide election.
An independent candidate would have been able to challenge Sessions if at least 44,828 signatures had been submitted by June 3, 2014. [3] None did so.
Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
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Jeff Sessions (R) | $1,369,672 | $1,151,690 | $3,343,748 |
Victor Sanchez Williams (D) | $4,497 | $4,247 | $250 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [6] | Solid R | November 3, 2014 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [7] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Rothenberg Political Report [8] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Real Clear Politics [9] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jeff Sessions (R) | Other | Undecided |
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YouGov | October 16–23, 2014 | 661 | ± 6.0% | 63% | 11% | 27% |
YouGov | September 20 – October 1, 2014 | 692 | ± 4.0% | 61% | 13% | 26% |
YouGov | August 18 – September 2, 2014 | 741 | ± 5.0% | 54% | 12% | 34% |
YouGov | July 5–24, 2014 | 1,036 | ± 5.2% | 65% | 10% | 26% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jeff Sessions (incumbent) | 795,606 | 97.25% | +33.89% | |
Write-in | 22,484 | 2.75% | +2.63% | ||
Total votes | 818,090 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Republican hold |
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