The Green Papers: Alabama 2009 General Election
This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
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
 

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Alabama State and Local Government


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

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2 Republican Senator Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions, III
First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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. Term Limit: Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. Elected separately from the Governor.

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor James Elisha "Jim" Folsom, Jr.
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republican (5 Undetermined);
2 Democratic (1 Undetermined, 1 Open)

CD 1
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Republican Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman Bobby Neal Bright, Sr.
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3
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Republican Congressman Michael "Mike" Rogers
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 4
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Republican Congressman Robert B. Aderholt
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5
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Republican Congressman R. Parker "Parker" Griffith
First elected: 2008 as a Democrat; 22 December 2009: switched to Republican.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
22 December 2009: "I am announcing today that I'm joining the Republican conference immediately".

CD 6
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Republican Congressman Spencer T. Bachus
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman Artur Genestre Davis
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - 6 February 2009: Running for Governor in 2010

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
Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 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 Industries  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Democratic Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat - At term limit. Candidate for Governor in 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
  Republican: 12 incumbents
 
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

 


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2009 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
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  Change in Representation in U.S. House by REGION and Subregion between 2000 and 2002  
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  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States