The Green Papers: Alabama 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 3 June 2008
Runoff: Tuesday 15 July 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
Electoral Votes:9(1.67% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
2000 Census:4,461,130 (1.58% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):3,333,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):2,528,963
Capital:Montgomery
Tuesday 3 June 2008 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 15 July 2008 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 7:00p CST (0100 UTC).
 

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Alabama State and Local Government

Alabama 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote in the Tuesday 3 June primary, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters on Tuesday 15 July.

 
           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 9 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator Jefferson B. "Jeff" Sessions
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Vivian Davis Figures
• FEC S8AL00282: $185,517
  Candidate Democratic     Johnny Swanson, III
• FEC S0AL00149: $72,654
  Candidate Democratic     Mark "No NCAA" Townsend
• FEC S8AL00290: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Earl Mack Gavin
• FEC S8AL00167: $15,381
  Candidate Republican     Senator Jefferson B. "Jeff" Sessions
• FEC S6AL00195: $3,844,604
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
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors
  Republican Governor Bob Riley
• 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
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Elected separately from the Governor
  Democratic Lieutenant Governor James Elisha "Jim" Folsom, Jr.
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
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 Renominated, 1 Open);
2 Democratic (1 Open, 1 Renominated)
CD 1
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas E. Fuller
• FEC H8AL01058: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner
• FEC H2AL01077: $514,905
CD 2
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Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Congressman Terry Everett
• 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.
  Candidate Democratic     Montgomery Mayor Bobby Neal Bright, Sr.
• FEC H8AL02130: $54,500
  Candidate Democratic     Cendie Crawley
• FEC H8AL02155: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Cheryl T. Sabel
• FEC H8AL02148: $12,425
  Candidate Republican     state Representative David G. Grimes
• FEC H8AL02114: $16,250
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Jay K. Love
• FEC H8AL02080: $434,148
  Candidate Republican     John W. Martin
• FEC H8AL02098: $10,756
  Candidate Republican     Craig D. Schmidtke
• FEC H8AL02122: $274,078
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Harri Anne Smith
• FEC H8AL02106: $268,773
  Candidate Republican     David Dwight Woods
• FEC H4AL02048: $351,781
CD 3
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Michael "Mike" Rogers
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Joshua Steven Segall
• FEC H8AL03047: $272,888
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael "Mike" Rogers
• FEC H2AL03032: $711,318
  Candidate Independent     Mark Edwin Layfield
• FEC H6AL03132: Financial report not available
CD 4
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Robert B. Aderholt
• First elected: 1996
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Nicholas B. Sparks
• FEC H8AL04052: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Greg Warren
• FEC H8AL04045: $12,061
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Robert B. Aderholt
• FEC H6AL04098: $367,343
CD 5
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Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Congressman Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer, Jr.
• First elected: 1990
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - Announced he would not seek re-election 13 March 2008.
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator R. Parker "Parker" Griffith
• FEC H8AL05109: $115,449
  Candidate Democratic     David Joel Maker
• FEC H8AL05117: $0
  Candidate Republican     George C. Barry
• FEC H8AL05141: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Cheryl Ann Baswell Guthrie
• FEC H8AL05133: $0
  Candidate Republican     Mark Huff
• FEC H8AL05158: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Angelo "Doc" Mancuso
• FEC H8AL05166: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Ray McKee
• FEC H8AL05091: $67,051
  Candidate Republican     Wayne Parker, Jr.
• FEC H4AL05025: $177,299
CD 6
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Spencer T. Bachus
• First elected: 1992
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Spencer T. Bachus
• FEC H2AL06035: $1,096,313
CD 7
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Seat up for election		 Democratic Congressman Artur Genestre Davis
• First elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Renominated - 3 June 2008 Primary
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Artur Genestre Davis
• FEC H0AL07060: $1,108,416
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Republican Secretary of State Beth Chapman
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
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
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
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
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
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.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents, 13 candidates
 • Republican: 12 incumbents, 18 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Election Authority
 • Alabama Secretary of State
 • Elections Division / Alabama Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Alabama House of Representatives
 • Alabama Legislature
 • Alabama State Senate
 • Alison - Alabama Legislative Information System OnLine (The "Code of Ala" tab is near the left margin)
Democratic
 • Alabama Democratic Party
Republican
 • Alabama Republican Party
Third Party
 • Alabama Green Party
 • Libertarian Party of Alabama
 • The Alabama Constitution Party
Media & others
 • al.com - Everything Alabama
 • Andalusia Star News
 • Daily Mountain Eagle - Jasper
 • DC's Political Report - Alabama
 • Doc's Political Parlor and Home of Lawn Mower Repair
 • Hartselle Enquirer
 • Independent Alabama
 • Independent Alabama (Voter Rights)
 • Mobile Register
 • Montgomery Advertiser
 • Oxford Independent
 • Politics1.com - Alabama
 • The Clanton Advertiser
 • The Cullman Times
 • The Daily Home - Talladega
 • The Daily Sentinel - Scottsboro
 • The Decatur Daily
 • The Demopolis Times
 • The Dothan Eagle
 • The Gadsden Times
 • The Messinger - Troy
 • The Opelika-Auburn News - Opelika
 • The Outlook - Alexander City & Lake Martin
 • The People's Voice Weekly News
 • The Star - Anniston
 • The Times-Journal - Fort Payne
 • The Valley Times-News - Lanett
 • Times Daily - Florence
 • Tuscaloosa News
 • Voter News Network
 • WAAY TV - ABC - Huntsville
 • WAFF TV - NBC - Huntsville
 • WAKA TV - CBS - Montgomery
 • WBRC TV - FOX - Birmingham
 • WHNT TV - Huntsville
 • WNCF TV - ABC - Montgomery
 • WPMI TV - NBC - Mobile - Pensacola - Ft. Walton Beach
 • WSFA TV - NBC - Montgomery
 • WVTM TV - NBC - Birmingham
 

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