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The 1992 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1992, alongside other elections to the
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in other states as well as elections to the
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and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, h ...
won re-election to a second term in a landslide, winning every county except Shelby. This was the last time a Democrat was elected to the United States Senate in Alabama until Doug Jones won in 2017 special election. As to date, this remains the last time a Democrat has won the Class 3 Senate seat in Alabama; Shelby has switched to the Republican Party in 1994 and continue to serve as a Republican until 2023. Despite
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's failure to win the state on the presidential level, Shelby easily won re-election to a second term.


Candidates


Democratic

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Richard Shelby Richard Craig Shelby (born May 6, 1934) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat who later switched to the Republican Party in 1994, h ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1987


Republican

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Results


See also

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1992 United States Senate elections The 1992 United States Senate elections, held November 3, 1992, were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with Bill Clinton's victory in the presidential election. Both parties swapped a pair of seats, resulting in no net change ...
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1996 United States Senate election in Alabama The 1996 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Howell Heflin decided to retire. Republican Jeff Sessions won the open seat, becoming the first of his party to win this seat since ...


References

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