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2020 Alabama elections

Alabama state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primary elections were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 31.

In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Alabama voters will elect the class II U.S. senator from Alabama, 4 of 9 members of the Alabama State Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 2 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Alabama, 4 of 10 seats on the Alabama Appellate Court and one seat of the Alabama House of Representatives. It will also vote on five ballot measures.

To vote by mail, registered Alabama voters must request a ballot by October 29, 2020. As of early October some 130,576 voters have requested mail ballots.

Federal offices

President of the United States

Alabama has 9 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Donald Trump won all of them with 62% of the popular vote.

United States class II Senate seat

Republican Tommy Tuberville defeated incumbent Democrat Doug Jones, winning 60% of the vote.

United States House of Representatives

There were five U.S. Representatives in Alabama that were up for election in addition to two open seats. 6 seats were won by the Republicans while 1 seat was won by the Democrats. No congressional districts changed hands.

Public Service Commission

President

Incumbent Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh won re-election to a third term as Alabama Public Service Commission President and fourth term overall.

Republican primary

Candidates
Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Laura Casey, retired attorney.
  • Robert Mardis III, corporate imaging specialist.

General election

State Board of Education

4 of 9 seats of the Alabama State Board of Education are up for election (one is a non-elected position held by the governor). Before the election the composition of that board was:

Member, District 1

Candidates

Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.

  • Tom Holmes (Democratic)
  • Jackie Zeigler, incumbent (Republican)

General election

Member, District 3

Candidates

Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.

  • Jarralynne Agee (Democratic)
  • Stephanie Bell, incumbent (Republican)

General election

Member, District 5

Republican primary

  • Lesa Keith

Democratic primary

General election

Member, District 7

General election

State judiciary

Two seats on the Alabama Supreme Court and two seats each on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals were up for election, all of which were held by Republicans. Of these four had contested primaries.

State Supreme Court, Place 1

Democratic primary

No candidates filed for election to this seat.

Republican primary

Candidates
Polling
Primary results

General election

Court of Civil Appeals, Place 2

Incumbent judge Scott Donaldson decided not to seek re-election.

Democratic primary

No candidates filed for election to this seat.

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Matt Fridy, state representative.
  • Philip Bahakel, judge.
Primary results

General election

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1

Democratic primary

No candidates filed for election to this seat.

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Mary Windom, incumbent.
  • Melvin Hasting, attorney.
Primary results

General election

Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2

Democratic primary

No candidates filed for election to this seat.

Republican primary

Candidates
  • J. Elizabeth Kellum,incumbent.
  • Jill Ganus, judge.
  • William Smith, county commissioner⁣.
Primary results

General election

State House of Representatives

A special election had been called on November 17 for the 49th District as a result of Republican incumbent April Weaver resigning from the legislature. Primaries were held on August 4 that year, with a Republican runoff set for September 1. Alabaster City Councilmember Russell Bedsole won the general election against Democratic challenger Cheryl Patton.

Republican primary

Democratic nominee

  • Cheryl Patton, real estate operative.

General election

Ballot measures

A total of seven statewide ballot measures appeared on the ballot, one in March and six in November.

Polling

For March 2020 Amendment

Summary

Notes

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References

External links

  • (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
  • . ("Deadlines, dates, requirements, registration options and information on how to vote in your state")