Alabama State Senate elections, 2010

November 2, 2010

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	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Del Marsh	Roger Bedford, Jr.
Party	Republican	Democratic
Leader's seat	12th-Anniston	6th-Russellville
Seats before	13	22
Seats after	22	12
Seat change	9	10
Popular vote	788,738	565,026
Percentage	56.9%	40.8%

Pro Tem before election

Rodger Smitherman
Democratic

Pro Tem-designate

Del Marsh
Republican

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The 2010 Alabama State State elections were held on November 2, 2010. Voters in all 35 districts of the Alabama State Senate voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 2. Republicans gained 9 seats, taking control of the chamber, while the Democrats lost 10 seats.

Overview

Alabama State Senate elections, 2010
Party		Votes	Percentage	Before	After	+/–
	Republican	788,738	56.9%	13	22	9
	Democratic	565,026	40.8%	22	12	10
	Independent	23,800	1.7%	0	1	1
	Write-In	7,532	0.5%	0	0
Totals		1,385,096	100.0%	35	35	—

Results

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

District 1

Alabama's 1st State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tammy Irons	23,178	55.9
	Republican	Jerry Freeman	18,266	44.1
	Independent	Write-In	20	0.0
Total votes			41,464	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Alabama's 2nd State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Holtzclaw	33,050	58.9
	Democratic	Tom Butler (incumbent)	23,060	41.1
	Independent	Write-In	20	0.0
Total votes			56,145	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Alabama's 3rd State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Arthur Orr (incumbent)	39,245	98.9
	Independent	Write-In	429	1.1
Total votes			39,674	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Alabama's 4th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Bussman	25,621	57.7
	Democratic	Zeb Little (incumbent)	18,733	42.2
	Independent	Write-In	83	0.2
Total votes			44,437	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 5

Alabama's 5th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Reed (incumbent)	33,500	73.2
	Democratic	Brett Wadsworth	12,213	26.7
	Independent	Write-In	33	0.1
Total votes			45,746	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 6

Alabama's 6th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Roger Bedford, Jr. (incumbent)	18,692	53.4
	Republican	Jim Bonner	16,304	46.5
	Independent	Write-In	27	0.1
Total votes			35,023	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

Alabama's 7th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul L. Sanford (incumbent)	25,333	54.9
	Democratic	Jeff Enfinger	20,819	45.1
	Independent	Write-In	28	0.1
Total votes			46,180	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Alabama's 8th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shadrack McGill	20,603	50.5
	Democratic	Lowell Barron (incumbent)	20,016	49.1
	Independent	Write-In	177	0.4
Total votes			40,796	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 9

Alabama's 9th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clay Scofield	30,834	68.8
	Democratic	Tim Mitchell	13,933	31.1
	Independent	Write-In	47	0.1
Total votes			44,814	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 10

Alabama's 10th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Williams	20,249	53.6
	Democratic	Larry Means (incumbent)	17,459	46.2
	Independent	Write-In	51	0.1
Total votes			37,759	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

Alabama's 11th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry L. Fielding	19,929	53.4
	Republican	Ray Robbins	17,323	46.4
	Independent	Write-In	56	0.2
Total votes			37,308	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 12

Alabama's 12th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Del Marsh (incumbent)	26,714	63.7
	Democratic	Wallace Wyatt, Jr.	15,210	36.2
	Independent	Write-In	42	0.1
Total votes			41,966	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Alabama's 13th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Dial	18,800	50.4
	Democratic	Greg Varner	18,443	49.5
	Independent	Write-In	50	0.1
Total votes			37,293	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

Alabama's 14th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cam Ward	42,511	98.9
	Independent	Write-In	460	1.1
Total votes			42,971	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Alabama's 15th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Slade Blackwell	46,018	98.8
	Independent	Write-In	557	1.2
Total votes			46,575	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

Alabama's 16th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner	43,604	98.5
	Independent	Write-In	676	1.5
Total votes			44,280	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

Alabama's 17th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Beason (incumbent)	38,777	81.1
	Democratic	T. E. "Tommy" Hudson	8,973	18.8
	Independent	Write-In	55	0.1
Total votes			47,805	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Alabama's 18th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rodger M. Smitherman (incumbent)	25,154	98.3
	Independent	Write-In	431	1.7
Total votes			25,585	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

Alabama's 19th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Priscilla Dunn	29,227	98.9
	Independent	Write-In	324	1.1
Total votes			29,551	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

Alabama's 20th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Coleman (incumbent)	28,282	99.1
	Independent	Write-In	263	0.9
Total votes			28,545	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

Alabama's 21st State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Allen	20,528	51.2
	Democratic	Phil Poole (incumbent)	19,509	48.7
	Independent	Write-In	55	0.1
Total votes			40,092	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 22

Alabama's 22nd State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marc Keahey	24,785	55.4
	Republican	Danny B. Joyner	19,939	44.6
	Independent	Write-In	31	0.1
Total votes			44,755	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Alabama's 23rd State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hank Sanders (incumbent)	30,322	97.7
	Independent	Write-In	724	2.3
Total votes			31,046	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Alabama's 24th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bobby Singleton (incumbent)	30,803	98.3
	Independent	Write-In	521	1.7
Total votes			31,324	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Alabama's 25th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dick L. Brewbaker	38,919	72.9
	Democratic	Doug "Smitty" Smith	14,425	27.0
	Independent	Write-In	50	0.1
Total votes			53,394	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

Alabama's 26th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Quinton T. Ross, Jr. (incumbent)	28,703	97.9
	Independent	Write-In	615	2.1
Total votes			29,318	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Alabama's 27th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Whatley	21,245	54.9
	Democratic	T.D. (Ted) Little (incumbent)	17,379	44.9
	Independent	Write-In	77	0.2
Total votes			38,701	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 28

Alabama's 28th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Billy Beasley	28,619	70.4
	Republican	Kim West	12,033	29.6
	Independent	Write-In	27	0.1
Total votes			40,679	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Alabama's 29th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Harri Anne Smith (incumbent)	23,800	55.2
	Republican	George Flowers	19,225	44.6
	Independent	Write-In	84	0.2
Total votes			43,109	100.0
	Independent hold

District 30

Alabama's 30th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryan Taylor (politician)	25,868	57.0
	Democratic	"Walking" Wendell Mitchell (incumbent)	19,506	43.0
	Independent	Write-In	33	0.1
Total votes			45,407	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

Alabama's 31st State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jimmy W. Holley (incumbent)	29,301	98.2
	Independent	Write-In	536	1.8
Total votes			29,837	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Alabama's 32nd State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trip Pittman	42,365	98.8
	Independent	Write-In	497	1.2
Total votes			42,862	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33

Alabama's 33rd State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vivian Davis Figures (incumbent)	23,241	73.3
	Republican	Brad Moser	8,419	26.6
	Independent	Write-In	32	0.1
Total votes			31,692	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

Alabama's 34th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rusty Glover (incumbent)	34,325	98.8
	Independent	Write-In	391	1.1
Total votes			34,716	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

Alabama's 35th State Senate district election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Brooks (incumbent)	18,307	59.1
	Democratic	Scott A. Buzbee	12,653	40.9
	Independent	Write-In	11	0.0
Total votes			30,971	100.0
	Republican hold

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