Alabama 2009 General Election

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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Alabama
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. 111^th 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.

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

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

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

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

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

CD 5 {map}	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 {map}	Republican	Congressman Spencer T. Bachus • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7 {map}	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.