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The2014 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of theUnited States Senate forAlabama.
IncumbentRepublican SenatorJeff Sessions, who served in the position since 1997, ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. As the Democrats did not field a candidate, he was the only candidate to file before the deadline and was therefore unopposed in the Republican primary election and only faced write-in opposition in the general election.[1]
Sessions was re-elected with 97.25% of the vote with the remaining votes being write-ins. This alongside theconcurrent gubernatorial election is the last timeJefferson County voted Republican in a statewide election.
As of 2024, this is the last time an incumbent senator was reelected unopposed.
An independent candidate would have been able to challenge Sessions if at least 44,828 signatures had been submitted by June 3, 2014.[3] None did so.
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| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand |
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| Jeff Sessions (R) | $1,369,672 | $1,151,690 | $3,343,748 |
| Victor Sanchez Williams (D) | $4,497 | $4,247 | $250 |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[6] | Solid R | November 3, 2014 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[8] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
| Real Clear Politics[9] | Safe R | November 3, 2014 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jeff Sessions (R) | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov[10] | October 16–23, 2014 | 661 | ± 6.0% | 63% | 11% | 27% |
| YouGov[11] | September 20 – October 1, 2014 | 692 | ± 4.0% | 61% | 13% | 26% |
| YouGov[12] | August 18 – September 2, 2014 | 741 | ± 5.0% | 54% | 12% | 34% |
| YouGov[13] | July 5–24, 2014 | 1,036 | ± 5.2% | 65% | 10% | 26% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Jeff Sessions (incumbent) | 795,606 | 97.25% | +33.89% | |
| Write-in | 22,484 | 2.75% | +2.63% | ||
| Total votes | 818,090 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
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Sessions did not complete this term, which ran through January 3, 2021; he resigned on February 9, 2017, to becomeAttorney General under theTrump administration. This triggered the interim appointment ofLuther Strange to fill the vacancy until DemocratDoug Jones won aspecial election later that year. On November 7, 2019, Sessions announced that he would stand for this US Senate seat again in2020 when it was due for its regularly scheduled election,[15] though he was defeated in the runoff primary by football coachTommy Tuberville, who would go onto win the general election.
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