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The1906 Alabama Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 6, 1906, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in theAlabama House of Representatives. The result was anelectoral wipeout, as all 35 candidates elected were members of theDemocratic Party. The election used the same districts first drawn by theAlabama Constitution of 1901.[1]
The only non-Democratic senator, Populist James A. Hurst ofEtowah County (District 6) did not seek re-election, but unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination forAlabama's 7th congressional district.[2] E. P. Thomas ofBarbour County was unanimously elected President pro tempore of the Senate when the legislature convened on January 8, 1907.[3]
The election took place concurrently with elections forU.S. House,governor,state house, andnumerous other state and local offices.
| District | Democrats | Republicans | Populists | Total | ||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Maj. | Mrg. | |
| 3rd | John F. Wilson | 2,893 | 56.28% | M. M. Davidson | 2,247 | 43.72% | — | — | — | 5,140 | +646 | +12.57% |
| 5th | John A. Lusk | 2,073 | 87.99% | — | — | — | J. R. Gayle | 283 | 12.01% | 2,356 | +1,790 | +75.98% |
| 6th | E. D. Hamner | 1,934 | 57.70% | E. H. Cross | 1,418 | 42.30% | — | — | — | 3,352 | +516 | +15.39% |
| 7th | F. L. Blackmon (inc.) | 1,262 | 88.50% | E. M. Lewis | 164 | 11.50% | — | — | — | 1,426 | +1,098 | +77.00% |
| 12th | M. L. Leith | 3,407 | 67.48% | S. R. Crumpton | 1,642 | 32.52% | — | — | — | 5,049 | +1,765 | +34.96% (Rep) |
| 15th | H. S. Doster | 2,557 | 55.55% | W. W. Wadsworth | 2,046 | 44.45% | — | — | — | 4,603 | +511 | +11.10% |
| 23rd | P. B. Davis | 1,669 | 83.70% | Thomas Gulley | 325 | 16.30% | — | — | — | 1,994 | +1,344 | +67.40% |
| 29th | W. W. Barbour | 2,211 | 98.49% | R. L. Lee | 34 | 1.51% | — | — | — | 2,245 | +2,177 | +96.97% |
| Source:Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1907. (p. 255–258)[4] | ||||||||||||
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