| The Green Papers: Alabama 2007 Off Year Election |
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Alabama
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 2 | Republican | Senator Jefferson B. "Jeff" Sessions (as candidate) • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Class 3 | Republican | Senator Richard C. Shelby • First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998, 2004. [also served in the U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 as a Democrat] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
| Republican | Governor Bob Riley (as candidate) • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected separately from the Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor James Elisha "Jim" Folsom, Jr. (as candidate) • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Republican (4 Undetermined, 1 Open); 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner (as candidate) • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| CD 2 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Terry Everett (as candidate) • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - 26 September 2007: Announced that he is retiring and will not seek re-election. |
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Republican | Congressman Michael "Mike" Rogers (as candidate) • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Robert B. Aderholt • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer, Jr. • First elected: 1990 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Spencer T. Bachus (as candidate) • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Artur Genestre Davis (as candidate) • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Beth Chapman (as candidate) • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Troy King • Appointed as 8 March 2004 by Governor Bob Riley; First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Kay Ivey • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor S. Samantha "Sam" Shaw • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Commissioner of Agriculture and Industry 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Agriculture and Industry Commissioner Ron Sparks • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |