2022 Alabama elections

Alabama state elections in 2022 will be held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Its primary elections will be held on May 24, 2022, with runoffs taking place on June 22, 2022.

2022 Alabama elections

In addition, the state will elect the class III U.S. Senator from Alabama, 4 of 9 members of the Alabama State Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 2 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Alabama, 4 of 10 seats on the Alabama Appellate Court and all seat of the Alabama House of Representatives. It will also vote on five ballot measures.

Federal offices

United States class III Senate seat

Republican incumbent Richard Shelby is retiring.

United States House of Representatives

Alabama has seven seats in the House of Representatives. Six are held by Republicans, and one is held by a Democrat. Five of the Republicans and the one Democrat are running for reelection. One Republican, Mo Brooks from the 5th Congressional District, is retiring.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey is running for re-election for her second full term.

State judiciary

The state Supreme Court has 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents. At the appellate level, 2 of 5 seats on Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and 2 of 5 on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals are up for election. All seats on both courts are currently held by the Republican Party.

Nominee
  • Anita L. Kelly
Results
2022 Alabama's State Supreme Court, place five Democratic primary election.
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Anita L. Kelly
Total votes 100.0
Candidates
  • Greg Cook, attorney[1]
  • Debra H. Jones, judge[1]
Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Greg
Cook
Debra
Jones
Undecided
Cygnal (R) March 16–17, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 11% 7% 82%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[upper-alpha 1] March 10–13, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 19% 9% 72%
Results
2022 Alabama's State Supreme Court, place five Republican primary election.
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Cook
Republican Debra H. Jones
Total votes 100.0

Alabama State Legislature

Every member of the Alabama state legislature was up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2018 elections, Republicans maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105 Alabama House of Representatives seats were up for election. These seats will not be contested in a regularly-scheduled election again until 2026.

Senate

Republicans won 27 while Democrats won 8 seats. The Republican Party gained 1 seat, the 29th, which was held by an retiring independent who caucused with the Republicans.

House of Representatives

Republicans won 77 seats while Democrats won 28 seats. The Republican Party gained 5 seats.

Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by ForestPAC

References

  1. Fiscus, Kirsten (March 3, 2020). "Alabama Supreme Court judge bests state senator for seat on state's highest court". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
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