The 2022 Alabama elections were held on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The

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s were held on May 24, 2022, with runoffs taking place on June 21, 2022. The state elected its class III U.S. senator, 4 of 9 members of the Alabama State Board of Education, all of its seats in the House of Representatives, 2 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Alabama, 4 of 10 seats on the Alabama Appellate Court and all seats of the

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and the Alabama Senate. It also voted on five ballot measures, including the adoption of a new state constitution, replacing the

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Federal offices

United States class III Senate seat

Republican incumbent

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retired. Republican Katie Britt won the open seat against Democrat Will Boyd.

United States House of Representatives

Alabama has seven seats in the House of Representatives. Six are held by

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, and one is held by a Democrat. Five of the Republicans and the one Democrat won reelection. One Republican, Mo Brooks from the 5th Congressional District, retired, and was succeeded by Republican Dale Strong.

State

Executive

Governor

Incumbent Republican governor Kay Ivey won re-election against Democrat Yolanda Flowers.

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican

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Will Ainsworth won re-election against

Libertarian Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's e ...

Ruth Page Nelson.

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican

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Steve Marshall won re-election against Democrat Wendell Major.

Agriculture Commissioner

Incumbent Republican

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won re-election against Libertarian Jason Clark.

State auditor

Republican Andrew Sorrell won election against Libertarian Leigh LaChine.

Secretary of state

Republican Wes Allen won election against Democrat Pamela Laffitte.

State treasurer

Republican

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won election against Libertarian Scott Hammond.

Legislature

Every member of the Alabama state legislature was up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2018 elections,

maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105

seats were up for election. These seats will not be contested in a regularly-scheduled election again until 2026.

House of Representatives

Republicans won 77 seats while Democrats won 28 seats. The Republican Party gained 5 seats.

Senate

Republicans won 27 while Democrats won 8 seats. The Republican Party gained 1 seat, the 29th, which was held by an retiring independent who caucused with the Republicans.

Judiciary

The state Supreme Court has 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents. At the appellate level, 2 of 5 seats on Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and 2 of 5 on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals are up for election. All seats on both courts are currently held by the Republican Party.

State Supreme Court, place five

=Democratic primary

Nominee

*Anita L. Kelly

=Republican primary

Candidates

*Greg Cook, attorney *Debra H. Jones, judge

Polling

Results

General election

Notes

;Partisan clients

References

External links

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