2020 Alabama elections

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Alabama state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Itsprimary elections were held on March 3, 2020, withrunoffs taking place on July 31.^[1]

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

Tovote by mail, registered Alabama voters must request a ballot by October 29, 2020.^[2] As of early October some 130,576 voters have requested mail ballots.^[3]

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

RepublicanTommy Tuberville defeated incumbent DemocratDoug 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.^[4] 6 seats were won by the Republicans while 1 seat was won by the Democrats. No congressional districts changed hands.

2020 Alabama Public Service Commission election

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Nominee Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh Laura Casey Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,403,790 858,054 Percentage 61.99% 37.89%

County results Cavanaugh:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Casey:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Commissioner before election Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh Republican Elected Commissioner Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh Republican

IncumbentTwinkle Andress Cavanaugh won re-election to a third term asAlabama Public Service Commission President and fourth term overall.^[5]

• Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, incumbent.^[6]
• Robin Litaker, retired educator.^[7]

• Laura Casey, retired attorney.^[9]
• Robert Mardis III, corporate imaging specialist.^[9]

4 of 9 seats of theAlabama State Board of Education are up for election (one is a non-elected position held by the governor).^[12] Before the election the composition of that board was:

Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.

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

Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.

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

• Lesa Keith

Two seats on theAlabama Supreme Court and two seats each on theAlabama Court of Civil Appeals and theAlabama Court of Criminal Appeals were up for election, all of which were held by Republicans. Of these four had contested primaries.^[14][15]

No candidates filed for election to this seat.^[16]

• Greg Shaw, incumbent.^[16]
• Cam Ward, state senator.^[17]

Incumbent judgeScott Donaldson decided not to seek re-election.^[19]

No candidates filed for election to this seat.

• Matt Fridy, state representative.^[20]
• Philip Bahakel, judge.^[17]

No candidates filed for election to this seat.

• Mary Windom, incumbent.^[21]
• Melvin Hasting, attorney.^[22]

No candidates filed for election to this seat.

• J. Elizabeth Kellum,incumbent.^[23]
• Jill Ganus, judge.^[17]
• William Smith, county commissioner⁣.^[17]

A special election had been called on November 17 for the 49th District as a result of Republican incumbentApril Weaver resigning from the legislature.^[25] Primaries were held on August 4 that year, with a Republican runoff set for September 1.^[26]Alabaster City CouncilmemberRussell Bedsole won the general election against Democratic challenger Cheryl Patton.^[27]

• Cheryl Patton, real estate operative.^[30]

A total of seven statewide ballot measures appeared on the ballot, one in March and six in November.^[32]

Results by county

Amendment 1 (March) results by county

No:

•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

Amendment 1 (November) results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

No:

•   50–60%

Amendment 2 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%

No:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Amendment 3 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

No:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Amendment 4 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

No:

•   50–60%

Amendment 5 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

No:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Amendment 6 results by county

Yes:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%
•   80–90%

No:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Partisan clients

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association,"Alabama",Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Alabama: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links",Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Alabama". (State affiliate of the U.S.League of Women Voters)
• Alabama atBallotpedia
• "Voting in Alabama",Voting Information by State,Rock the Vote. ("Deadlines, dates, requirements, registration options and information on how to vote in your state")
• "State Elections Legislation Database",Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.:National Conference of State Legislatures,State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020

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