2021 Alabama elections

2021 Alabama elections

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Various special elections for the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate have been held in the U.S. state of Alabama on various dates in 2021.

State elections

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Legislative

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House of Representatives 33rd district special election

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Democratic candidates
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The Democratic primary for Alabama's 33rd house district was cancelled. Fred Crum advanced to the general election by default

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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  • Terra Foster
Republican candidates
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The Republican primary for Alabama's 33rd house district was cancelled. Ben Robbins advanced to the general election by default

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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  • Jimmy Reynolds Jr.
Results
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2021 Alabama's 33rd state house district special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Robbins 2,232 68.19%
Democratic Fred Crum 1,037 31.69%
Write-in 4 0.12%
Total votes 3,273 100.0%
Republican hold

Senate 26th district special election

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Senate 14th district special election

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Party Candidate Votes %
Republican April Weaver 6,231 80.24%
Democratic Virginia Applebaum 1,523 19.61%
Write-in 11 0.14%
Total votes
Republican hold

House of Representatives 73rd district special election

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2021 House of Representatives 73rd district special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kenneth Paschal 2,743 74.7%
Democratic Sheridan Black 920 25.1%
Write-in 9 0.2%
Total votes
Republican hold

House of Representatives 78th district special election

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2021 Alabama House of Representatives
78th District special election

← 2018 August 7, 2021 2022 →

Alabama's 78th state house district
Registered26,790
Turnout4.80%
 
Candidate Kenyatté Hassell Loretta Grant
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,028 254
Percentage 80.12% 19.80%

State representative before election

Kirk Hatcher
Democratic

Elected state representative

Kenyatté Hassell
Democratic

The 2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election took place on September 7, 2021, to elect a member to the Alabama House of Representatives to fill the vacancy left by Kirk Hatcher, who was elected to the Alabama State Senate in a special election in March.[2] Primaries took place on May 25, 2021. The election was won by Democrat Kenyatté Hassell, who defeated Republican Loretta Grant with over 80% of the vote.

On March 8, 2021, Alabama governor Kay Ivey set a special election date and candidate filing deadlines for the 78th state house district.[3][4]

Alabama's 78th state house district is situated within Montgomery County, Alabama and represents south, west, and north Montgomery, Alabama.[5]

The 78th state house district is considered a Democratic stronghold, having voting for Democratic candidates by wide margins in recent elections, and with no Republican candidate appearing on the ballot in the 2018 election.[6]

Democratic candidates
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Nominee
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  • Kenyatté Hassell, urban director for Young Life[7]
Eliminated in primary runoff
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  • Donald Williams, retired human resources consultant[8]
Eliminated in primary
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  • Terance Dawson
  • Roderick Thornton
Republican candidates
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The Republican primary for Alabama's 78th house district was cancelled. Loretta Grant advanced to the general election by default.[6]

Results
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Primary results by precinct
Hassell
  •   Hassell: 40–50%
      Hassell: 50–60%
      Hassell: 60–70%
Williams
  •   Williams: 40–50%
      Williams: 60–70%
      Williams: >90%
Dawson
  •   Dawson: 30–40%
Thornton
  •   Thornton: 30–40%
Tie
  •   Tie: 37.5%
Data not available
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2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatté Hassell 554 48.13
Democratic Donald Williams 265 23.02
Democratic Terance Dawson 218 18.94
Democratic Roderick Thornton 114 9.90
Total votes 1,151 100.0%
Runoff results by precinct
Hassell
  •   Hassell: 50–60%
      Hassell: 60–70%
      Hassell: 70–80%
Williams
  •   Williams: 50–60%
      Williams: >90%
Data not available
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2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary runoff[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatté Hassell 678 64.82
Democratic Donald Williams 368 35.18
Total votes 1,046 100.0%
2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatté Hassell 1,028 80.12%
Republican Loretta Grant 254 19.8%
Write-in 1 0.08%
Total votes 1,283 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "2020-2021 Alabama State House District 33 Special Election". Bama Politics. July 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Lyman, Brian (March 2, 2021). "Kirk Hatcher wins special election for Senate District 26". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "Proclamation for HD 78" (PDF). Alabama Governor. March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Writ of election HD 78" (PDF). Alabama Governor. March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Shah, Maryam (March 8, 2021). "Alabama Governor: Special Election Dates for House District 78". STL News. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Alabama House of Representatives District 78 Elections". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Lyman, Brian (June 23, 2021). "Kenyatté Hassell wins Democratic nomination for House District 78". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Lyman, Brian (June 21, 2021). "House District 78 Democratic runoff: Hassell, Williams stress experience". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION - HOUSE DISTRICT 78 MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESULTS". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "SPECIAL PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION - HOUSE DISTRICT 78 MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESULTS". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  11. ^ "Alabama Votes Alabama Secretary of State". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2021.