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Alabama elections, 2014

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The state of Alabama will hold elections in 2014. Below are the dates of note:

2014 elections and events in Alabama
State House special election February 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
Filing deadline for primary election candidates February 7, 2014 Red padlock.png
State House special election April 1, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for primary election May 23, 2014 Red padlock.png
Primary election date June 3, 2014 Red padlock.png
Filing deadline for general election candidates June 3, 2014 Red padlock.png
Primary runoff election July 15, 2014 Red padlock.png
Statewide ballot measure election July 15, 2014 Red padlock.png
School board election (1) August 26, 2014 Red padlock.png
Voter registration deadline for general election October 20, 2014 Red padlock.png
General election date November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
Statewide ballot measure election November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
School board elections (9) November 4, 2014 Red padlock.png
School board election (1) November 30, 2014

Below are the types of elections that are scheduled in Alabama in 2014:

On the 2014 ballot
Find current election news and links here.
U.S. Senate Scheduled electiona
U.S. House Scheduled electiona
State Executives Scheduled electiona
State Senate Scheduled electiona
State House Scheduled electiona
Statewide ballot measures (6 measures) Scheduled electiona
Local ballot measures Unscheduled electiond
School boards Scheduled electiona
State courts Scheduled electiona

2014 elections

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Races to watch in Alabama

Alabama State Legislature


See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2014 and Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Alabama State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber with 23 seats over the 11 seats held by the Democratic Party.

Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Heading into the election, the Republican Party controlled the chamber with 63 seats over the 37 seats held by the Democratic Party.

Elections by type

U.S. Senate

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U.S. Senate elections in Alabama

See also: United States Senate elections in Alabama, 2014 and United States Senate elections, 2014

Voters in Alabama elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 4, 2014.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
February 7, 2014
June 3, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][2][3]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 24, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 25, 2014 (10 days prior to the general election).[4]

See also: Alabama elections, 2014

Incumbent: The election was held to fill the Class 2 Senate seat held by Jeff Sessions (R). He was first elected in 1996.

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This election marked the first time in Alabama history that no Democratic candidate ran in the U.S. Senate race.[5]

Candidates


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General election candidates

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June 3, 2014, primary results
Republican Party Republican Primary

Jeff Sessions - Incumbent Approveda

U.S. House

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U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alabama

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2014 and United States House of Representatives elections, 2014

The 2014 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014. Voters elected seven candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline Primary Election General Election
February 7, 2014
June 3, 2014
November 4, 2014

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][6][7]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by May 24, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 25, 2014 (10 days prior to the general election).[8]

See also: Alabama elections, 2014


Partisan breakdown


Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held six of the seven congressional seats from Alabama.

Members of the U.S. House from Alabama -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2014 After the 2014 Election
     Democratic Party 1 1
     Republican Party 6 6
Total 7 7

Incumbents


Heading into the 2014 election, the incumbents for the seven congressional districts were:

Name Party District
Jo Bonner Ends.png Republican 1
Martha Roby Ends.png Republican 2
Mike Rogers Ends.png Republican 3
Robert Aderholt Ends.png Republican 4
Mo Brooks Ends.png Republican 5
Spencer Bachus Ends.png Republican 6
Terri Sewell Electiondot.png Democratic 7

List of candidates by district


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1st Congressional District

General election candidates

Republican Party Bradley Byrne Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Burton LeFlore


June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

2nd Congressional District

General election candidates

Republican Party Martha Roby Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Erick Wright


June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

3rd Congressional District

General election candidates

Republican Party Mike Rogers Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Jesse Smith


June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

4th Congressional District

General election candidates

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June 3, 2014, primary results
Republican Party Republican Primary

Did not make ballot

5th Congressional District

General election candidates

Republican Party Mo Brooks Green check mark transparent.png
Grey.png Mark Bray


June 3, 2014, primary results
Republican Party Republican Primary

6th Congressional District

General election candidates

Republican Party Gary Palmer Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Mark Lester


Republican Party July 15, 2014, Republican primary runoff candidates

June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Withdrew

Democratic Party Avery Vise - Vise withdrew on August 6, 2014

Not on ballot

Libertarian Party Aimee Love

7th Congressional District

General election candidates

Democratic Party Terri Sewell Green check mark transparent.png


June 3, 2014, primary results
Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Did not run:

Republican Party Stanley Mack

State Executives

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State executive official elections in Alabama

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See also: Alabama state executive official elections, 2014 and State executive official elections, 2014

Seven state executive positions were up for election in 2014 in the state of Alabama:[11]

The following offices were elected in 2014 in Alabama:

List of candidates by office

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Governor


General election

Republican Party Robert Bentley - Incumbent Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Parker Griffith - Former Congressman

Lost in the primary

Republican Party Stacy George - State correctional officer, former Morgan County Commissioner[12]
Republican Party Bob Starkey - Retired software company owner[13]
Democratic Party Kevin Bass - Businessman, former minor league baseball player[14]

Lieutenant Governor


General election

Republican Party Kay Ivey - Incumbent [15] Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party James C. Fields - Former state Rep. and Minister[16][17]

Lost in the primary

Republican Party Stan Cooke - Founder and President of an international Christian mission organization supporting benevolence programs in Israel.[18][19]

Attorney General


General election

Republican Party Luther Strange - Incumbent Green check mark transparent.png [20]
Democratic Party Joseph Lister Hubbard - State Rep.[21][22]

Secretary of State


General election candidates

Democratic Party Lula Albert-Kaigler - 2013 U.S. House candidate[23]
Republican Party John Merrill - Current legislator, Alabama House of Representatives District 62 Green check mark transparent.png [24]

Did not file

Republican Party Jim Bennett - Incumbent

Lost in the primary

Republican Party Reese McKinney - Former probate judge of Montgomery County, Alabama (Lost in runoff)[25]
Republican Party James Perdue - Probate judge of Crenshaw County, Alabama[26]

Down ballot offices


Office Incumbent Assumed Office Incumbent running? General Election Candidates 2015 Winner Partisan Switch?
Auditor Samantha Shaw
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2007 Term-limited Republican Party Jim Zeigler
Democratic Party Miranda Joseph
Republican Party Jim Zeigler No
Treasurer Young Boozer
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2011 Yes Republican Party Young Boozer Republican Party Young Boozer No
Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan
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2011 Yes[27] Republican Party John McMillan
Democratic Party Lula Albert-Kaigler
Republican Party John McMillan No
Public Service Commission Jeremy Oden
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2012 Yes[28] Republican Party Jeremy Oden Republican Party Jeremy Oden No
Public Service Commission Terry Dunn
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2010 Yes[29] Republican Party Chip Beeker Republican Party Chip Beeker No


State Senate

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State Senate election in Alabama

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See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

Elections for the Alabama State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Alabama State Senate:

Alabama State Senate
Party As of November 3, 2014 After November 4, 2014
     Democratic Party 11 8
     Republican Party 23 26
     Independent 1 1
Total 35 35

List of candidates by district

Red padlock.png Note: The filing deadline for candidates was February 7, 2014.

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35

State House

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State House elections in Alabama

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See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2014 State legislative special elections, 2014 and State legislative elections, 2014

There were both regular elections and special elections scheduled for the Alabama House of Representatives in 2014.

Regularly scheduled elections


Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014.

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates

Heading into the November 4 election, the Republican Party held the majority in the Alabama House of Representatives:

Alabama House of Representatives
Party As of November 3, 2014 After November 4, 2014
     Democratic Party 37 33
     Republican Party 66 72
     Independent 1 0
     Vacancy 1 0
Total 105 105

List of candidates by district

Red padlock.png Note: The filing deadline for candidates was February 7, 2014.

District 1District 2District 3District 4District 5District 6District 7District 8District 9District 10District 11District 12District 13District 14District 15District 16District 17District 18District 19District 20District 21District 22District 23District 24District 25District 26District 27District 28District 29District 30District 31District 32District 33District 34District 35District 36District 37District 38District 39District 40District 41District 42District 43District 44District 45District 46District 47District 48District 49District 50District 51District 52District 53District 54District 55District 56District 57District 58District 59District 60District 61District 62District 63District 64District 65District 66District 67District 68District 69District 70District 71District 72District 73District 74District 75District 76District 77District 78District 79District 80District 81District 82District 83District 84District 85District 86District 87District 88District 89District 90District 91District 92District 93District 94District 95District 96District 97District 98District 99District 100District 101District 102District 103District 104District 105

Special elections by date


February 4, 2014

April 1, 2014



Statewide ballot measures

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Statewide ballot measure elections in Alabama

See also: Alabama 2014 ballot measures and 2014 ballot measures

Six statewide measures were certified for the 2014 ballot in the state of Alabama. The state does not allow initiative or referendums, therefore, all measures were referred by the Alabama Legislature. The 2014 regular legislative session began on January 14, 2014 and convened on April 3, 2014.[47]

On the ballot


July 15:

Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA Amendment 1 Business Ends the assessment refund for cotton producers who do not participate in the assessment program
Approveda

November 4:

Type Title Subject Description Result
LRCA Amendment 1 Judiciary Forbids state's recognition of laws violating its policies, including all foreign law Approveda
LRCA Amendment 2 Gov't Finances Increases the amount of the General Obligation Bonds authorized by $50 million Approveda
LRCA Amendment 3 Firearms Protects right to bear arms; requires strict scrutiny of any restriction on the right Approveda
LRCA Amendment 4 Gov't Finance Requires a two-thirds majority vote by the state legislature to increase local education expenditure by $50,000 or more Approveda
LRCA Amendment 5 Hunt & Fish Clarifies that the people have the right to hunt, fish, and harvest wildlife subject to reasonable regulations Approveda

School boards

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School board elections in Alabama

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See also: List of school board elections in 2014 and Alabama school board elections, 2014

In 2014, 670 of America's largest school districts held elections for 2,188 seats. These elections took place in 37 states.

State elections


A total of 12 Alabama school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 25 seats. Huntsville City Schools held elections on August 26, 2014, while the remaining 11 districts held elections on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Alabama's school board elections in 2014:

  • An average of 1.6 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Alabama’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was lower than the national average of 1.89 candidates per seat.
  • 44 percent of all the school board seats on the 2014 ballot had no opposition. This was a higher percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.
  • 76 percent of incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election, and they retained 60 percent of the total seats up for election in 2014.
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The districts listed below served 282,124 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[48] Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 Alabama School Board Elections
District Date Seats up for election Total board seats Student enrollment
Huntsville City Schools 8/26/2014 3 5 22,188
Baldwin County Public Schools 11/4/2014 3 7 28,165
Cullman County Schools 11/4/2014 4 7 9,678
Elmore County Public Schools 11/4/2014 2 7 11,016
Etowah County Schools 11/4/2014 3 7 9,295
Jefferson County School District 11/4/2014 1 5 34,095
Lee County Schools 11/4/2014 1 7 9,810
Madison County Schools 11/4/2014 1 5 19,328
Mobile County Public School System 11/4/2014 2 5 61,237
Montgomery Public Schools 11/4/2014 2 7 31,464
Shelby County Schools 11/4/2014 1 5 28,063
Tuscaloosa County School System 11/4/2014 2 7 17,785


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Voting in Alabama

See also: Voting in Alabama

Important voting information

  • A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1][49][50]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

  • Alabama does not permit online voter registration.

Voting absentee

See also: Absentee voting by state

For information about eligibility, deadlines, military and overseas voting and updates to the voting laws in Alabama, please visit our absentee voting by state page.

Voting early

See also: Early voting

Alabama is one of 14 states that does not have any form of early voting.

Elections Performance Index

See also: Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index

Alabama ranked 47th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2012 elections. The EPI examined election administration performance and assigned an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. These indicators were chosen in order to determine both the convenience and integrity of these three phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Alabama received an overall score of 49 percent.[51]

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Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024
  2. Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
  3. Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
  4. Alabama Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
  5. Ballot Access News, "For First Time in History, Democrats Won’t Run Anyone for U.S. Senate in Alabama," February 17, 2014
  6. Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
  7. Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
  8. Alabama Secretary of State Website, "Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
  9. Chad Mathis campaign website, "News," October 7, 2013
  10. Abc3340, "Ala state Rep. Paul DeMarco running for Congress," October 28, 2013
  11. The Green Papers, "Alabama 2012 General Election," accessed June 28, 2012
  12. Alabama's Bentley draws 2014 opposition from man who would be 'gun-toting governor'," accessed August 6, 2013
  13. AL.com, "Bob Starkey of Scottsboro joins race for Republican nomination for governor," February 6, 2014
  14. CBS Chicago local, "Former Cubs Minor Leaguer Running For Governor Of Alabama," December 27, 2013
  15. Kay Ivey for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 10, 2013
  16. Fields for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed November 29, 2013
  17. Anniston Star, "Cullman County Democrat to enter Lt. Gov. race," November 20, 2013 (dead link)
  18. Alabama Political Reporter, Dr. Stan Cooke Announces His Candidacy for Lt. Governor

, August 22, 2013
  19. Stan Cooke for Lieutenant Governor 2014 Official campaign website," accessed October 8, 2013
  20. Luther Strange for Attorney General 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 10, 2013
  21. Alabama Democratic Party, "2014 Primary Candidate List," February 7, 2014
  22. The Republic, "State Rep. Joe Hubbard announces run for Ala. attorney general," February 6, 2014
  23. Alabama Democratic Party, "2014 Primary Candidate List," February 7, 2014
  24. John Merrill for Alabama Secretary of State 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 10, 2013
  25. Reese McKinney for Secretary of State 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 10, 2013
  26. AL.com, "Crenshaw County Probate Judge Jim Perdue to run for Secretary of State," accessed August 8, 2013
  27. The Associated Press, "Alabama Agriculture Commissioner John McMillan launches re-election campaign," June 25, 2013
  28. Cullman Sense, Oden announces bid for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1, July 1, 2013
  29. The Associated Press, "Chairman of Alabama Minority GOP challenges Commissioner Terry Dunn in PSC primary (updated)," August 12, 2013
  30. 30.0 30.1 seattlepi.com, "4 running as Republicans for Alabama House seat," October 11, 2013 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "list" defined multiple times with different content
  31. al.com, "Mike Holmes, Jimmy Collier qualify for Republican runoff in Alabama House District 31," December 3, 2013
  32. al.com, "Mike Holmes defeats Jimmy Collier in special election in Alabama House District 31," February 4, 2014
  33. Official special election results submitted to Ballotpedia by Brandon Walters from the Alabama Secretary of State's Office on May 7, 2014
  34. 34.0 34.1 therepublic.com, "Special election timeline announced for vacant Ala. House District 31 seat," October 1, 2013
  35. al.com, "Citing inclement weather forecast, governor delays special election set for Mobile House seat," January 27, 2014
  36. Official special election results submitted to Ballotpedia by Brandon Walters from the Alabama Secretary of State's Office on May 7, 2014
  37. al.com, "Hightower, Wilcox to face off in GOP primary for state House seat (updated, photos)," October 15, 2013
  38. therepublic.com, "Wilcox defeats Hightower in Alabama House District 104 runoff," December 3, 2013
  39. 39.0 39.1 timesdaily.com, " Special elections set for Ala. House districts," August 8, 2013 (dead link)
  40. al.com, "Citing inclement weather forecast, governor delays special election set for Mobile House seat," January 27, 2014
  41. blog.al.com, "'This is a launching pad': Johnson, winner of state House special election, not worried about brief term," April 1, 2014
  42. Official special election results submitted to Ballotpedia by Brandon Walters from the Alabama Secretary of State's Office on May 7, 2014
  43. abc3340.com, "Johnson, Lee in runoff for Alabama House 53," December 3, 2013
  44. al.com, "In District 53 Democratic runoff, Anthony 'Alann' Johnson defeats Arthur Shores Lee in last-minute win (updated)," February 4, 2014
  45. 45.0 45.1 alreporter.com, "Governor Announces Special Election for District 53," September 19, 2013
  46. al.com, "Citing inclement weather forecast, governor delays special election set for Mobile House seat," January 27, 2014
  47. Alabama Legislature, "Legislative Calendar," accessed April 17, 2014
  48. National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed March 21, 2014
  49. Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-13-1," accessed July 22, 2024
  50. Justia, "Alabama Code § 17-3-30," accessed July 22, 2024
  51. Pew Charitable Trusts, "Election Performance Index Report," accessed April 23, 2014