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Will Ainsworth is the 31st and current lieutenant governor of Alabama, since 2019. He formerly served as a representative of the 27th district of the Alabama House of Representatives, a position he was elected to 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.
The 2018 Alabama House of Representatives elections were held on November 6, 2018, as part of the biennial United States elections. All 105 of Alabama's state representatives were up for reelection. In Alabama, members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate serve four year terms, running in years corresponding with presidential midterm elections.
The 2018 Alabama State Senate elections are taking place as part of the biennial United States elections. Alabama voters elected state senators in all 35 of the state Senate's districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama State Senate. A statewide map of Alabama's state Senate districts can be obtained from the Alabama State Legislature here, and individual district maps can be obtained from the U.S. Census here.
The 2020 United States presidential election in Alabama is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Alabama voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Alabama has 9 electoral votes in the Electoral College.
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- ↑ "Alabama Secretaries of State". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
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