The Green Papers: Alabama 2011 Off-Year Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2011. Find 2012 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:1 
2000 Census:4,461,130 (1.58% of 281,998,273)
2002, 2008 Electoral Votes:9(1.67% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
2010 Census:4,802,982 (1.55% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:9(1.67% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
Capital:Montgomery
 

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Alabama State and Local Government

Alabama 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties


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


On 1 March 2011, Representative Steve Clouse (Republican) and others sponsored HB 32. This bill would move the presidential preference primary from the 1st Tuesday in February to the 1st Tuesday in June. The Presidential and partisan primary would then be held concurrently on 5 June 2012.

On 9 June 2011, Governor Robert J. "Bob" Bentley (Republican) signed HB 425 (introduced 31 March 2011 by Representative Steve Clouse [Republican]). In Presidential election years, the law moves the Presidential preference primary (previously on the 1st Tuesday in February) and the regular partisan primary (previously on the 1st Tuesday in June) to the 2nd Tuesday in March. In non-Presidential election years, the regular partisan primary is held, as it was before, on the 1st Tuesday in June.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th 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, 2010.
[also served in the U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 as a Democrat]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

  Republican Governor Robert J. Bentley
First elected: 2010
Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. Elected separately from the Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
6 Republican (6 Undetermined);
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 1 Republican Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner
FEC H2AL01077; 30 Sep 11; Tot $279,145; Dsb $207,281
  Candidate Republican     Peter Hunter Gounares
FEC H0AL01030; 30 Sep 11; Tot $0; Dsb $3
  Candidate Republican     Peter "Pete" J. A. Riehm
FEC H2AL01184; 30 Sep 11; Tot $11,396; Dsb $8,593
  Candidate Republican     Larry Dean "Dean" Young, Jr.
FEC H2AL01176; 30 Sep 11; Tot $131,112; Dsb $807

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 2 Republican Congressman Martha Roby
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Martha Roby
FEC H0AL02087; 30 Sep 11; Tot $510,237; Dsb $201,337

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 3 Republican Congressman Michael "Mike" Rogers
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael "Mike" Rogers
FEC H2AL03032; 30 Sep 11; Tot $347,753; Dsb $275,253

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 4 Republican Congressman Robert Brown Aderholt
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Robert Brown Aderholt
FEC H6AL04098; 30 Sep 11; Tot $453,835; Dsb $195,563

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 5 Republican Congressman Morris J. "Mo" Brooks, Jr.
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Morris J. "Mo" Brooks, Jr.
FEC H0AL05163; 30 Sep 11; Tot $345,822; Dsb $56,277

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 6 Republican Congressman Spencer T. Bachus
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
CD 7 Democratic Congressman Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Terrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell
FEC H0AL07086; 30 Sep 11; Tot $541,649; Dsb $218,309

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Secretary of State Beth Chapman
First elected: 2006, re-elected 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Attorney General Luther Strange
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Treasurer Young Boozer
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Auditor S. Samantha "Sam" Shaw
First elected: 2006, re-elected 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Agriculture and Industries Commissioner John McMillan
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
 

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): 1 incumbent, 1 candidate
  Republican: 15 incumbents, 8 candidates
 
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.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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