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2002 Alabama Senate election

The 2002 Alabama Senate election was held on November 7, 2002, to determine which party would control the Alabama Senate for the following four years in the 2002-2006 Alabama Legislature. All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate were up for election and the primary occurred on June 6, 2002. Prior to the election, 24 seats were held by Democrats and 11 seats were held by Republicans. The general election saw Democrats expand their majority in the State Senate by a single seat.

Predictions

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 26: Charles Langford retired.
  2. District 28: George H. Clay retired.

Republicans

  1. District 14: Bill Armistead retired to unsuccessfully run for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama.
  2. District 32: Albert Lipscomb retired.

Defeated incumbents

In general

Republicans

  1. District 35: George Callahan lost re-election to Gary Tanner.

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. (gain)

Results

District 1

District 2

District 3

District 4

District 5

District 6

District 7

District 8

District 9

District 10

District 11

District 12

District 13

District 14

District 15

District 16

District 17

District 18

District 19

District 20

District 21

District 22

District 23

District 24

District 25

District 26

District 27

District 28

District 29

District 30

District 31

District 32

District 33

District 34

District 35

Notes

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