The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
2002 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
1990 Census: 4,040,389(1.62% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 4,461,130(1.58% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 2,316,598
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 3,293,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 7 PM CST (0100 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor Don Siegelman
First elected: 1998
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002. (The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit).
 CandidateDemocrat  (pending)
Possible candidates: Charles Bishop (announced 5 October 2001)
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2Republican  Senator Jeff Sessions
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Class 3Republican  Senator Richard Shelby
First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats, 5 Republicans
CD 1Republican  Congressman H.L. "Sonny" Callahan
First elected: 1984
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Republican  Congressman Terry Everett
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Republican  Congressman Bob Riley
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Republican  Congressman Robert Aderholt
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Democrat  Congressman Bud Cramer
First elected: 1990
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Republican  Congressman Spencer Bachus
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Democrat  Congressman Earl Hilliard
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Alabama has 67 counties and 7 congressional districts: 60 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 7 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES (wholly within one Congressional District):

  • CD 1: Baldwin, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe and Washington.
  • CD 2: Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Elmore, Geneva, Henry, Houston and Pike.
  • CD 3: Calhoun, Chambers, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Lee, Mason, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega and Tallapoosa.
  • CD 4: Blount, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion, Marshall, Walker and Winston.
  • CD 5: Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison and Morgan.
  • CD 6: Shelby.
  • CD 7: Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Perry, Sumter and Wilcox.

DIVIDED COUNTIES (split between more than one Congressional District):

  • Bibb: CDs 3 and 6
  • Clarke: CDs 1 and 7
  • Jefferson: CDs 6 and 7
  • Lawrence: CDs 4 and 5
  • Montgomery: CDs 2 and 7
  • Pickens: CDs 4 and 7
  • Tuscaloosa: CDs 6 and 7