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.
Alabama has 9 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Donald Trump won all of them with 62% of the popular vote.
Republican Tommy Tuberville defeated incumbent Democrat Doug Jones, winning 60% of the vote.
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.
Incumbent Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh won re-election to a third term as Alabama Public Service Commission President and fourth term overall.
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:
Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.
Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.
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.
No candidates filed for election to this seat.
Incumbent judge Scott Donaldson decided not to seek re-election.
No candidates filed for election to this seat.
No candidates filed for election to this seat.
No candidates filed for election to this seat.
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.
A total of seven statewide ballot measures appeared on the ballot, one in March and six in November.
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