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Election 1986 Results

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1986 Alabama governor election

Guy Hunt (Republican) beat Bill Baxley (Democrat) in Alabama in 1986, 56.4% to 43.6%, a margin of 12.9 points and 159,040 votes.

Alabama changed party: in 1982 it went Democratic, for George C. Wallace.

Republicans led in 44 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 23. The largest, Jefferson, cast 234,261 votes and went to the Republican by 15.8 points. The closest was Pickens, where 27 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Guy Hunt won Republican 696,203 56.4%
Bill Baxley Democratic 537,163 43.6%
Total1,233,366

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 98,569 42.1% 135,692 57.9% 234,261 R+15.8
Mobile 38,023 36.1% 67,405 63.9% 105,428 R+27.9
Montgomery 34,520 48.9% 36,144 51.1% 70,664 R+2.3
Madison 22,918 37.9% 37,553 62.1% 60,471 R+24.2
Tuscaloosa 17,882 48.0% 19,396 52.0% 37,278 R+4.1
Morgan 13,273 41.4% 18,801 58.6% 32,074 R+17.2
Etowah 17,571 55.5% 14,081 44.5% 31,652 D+11.0
Calhoun 12,343 40.9% 17,811 59.1% 30,154 R+18.1
Baldwin 7,829 26.2% 22,072 73.8% 29,901 R+47.6
Shelby 6,170 23.5% 20,125 76.5% 26,295 R+53.1
Cullman 7,042 27.9% 18,238 72.1% 25,280 R+44.3
Houston 8,759 36.7% 15,134 63.3% 23,893 R+26.7
Lauderdale 14,304 63.1% 8,369 36.9% 22,673 D+26.2
Walker 9,190 47.1% 10,326 52.9% 19,516 R+5.8
Lee 7,133 36.8% 12,228 63.2% 19,361 R+26.3
Talladega 7,854 40.9% 11,343 59.1% 19,197 R+18.2
Marshall 6,811 38.1% 11,055 61.9% 17,866 R+23.8
Dallas 10,467 58.8% 7,338 41.2% 17,805 D+17.6
Colbert 11,794 68.4% 5,440 31.6% 17,234 D+36.9
De Kalb 7,602 44.9% 9,314 55.1% 16,916 R+10.1
Elmore 5,448 35.5% 9,893 64.5% 15,341 R+29.0
Limestone 7,107 52.0% 6,570 48.0% 13,677 D+3.9
St. Clair 3,874 30.3% 8,895 69.7% 12,769 R+39.3
Blount 3,635 28.5% 9,133 71.5% 12,768 R+43.1
Tallapoosa 4,438 37.0% 7,543 63.0% 11,981 R+25.9
Covington 4,421 37.3% 7,417 62.7% 11,838 R+25.3
Coffee 4,751 41.0% 6,839 59.0% 11,590 R+18.0
Chilton 3,915 34.2% 7,521 65.8% 11,436 R+31.5
Dale 3,499 32.0% 7,444 68.0% 10,943 R+36.1
Autauga 3,763 35.3% 6,889 64.7% 10,652 R+29.3
Jackson 5,645 54.9% 4,631 45.1% 10,276 D+9.9
Chambers 3,675 38.2% 5,934 61.8% 9,609 R+23.5
Escambia 3,700 39.1% 5,753 60.9% 9,453 R+21.7
Marion 4,199 45.3% 5,065 54.7% 9,264 R+9.3
Clarke 4,283 46.3% 4,968 53.7% 9,251 R+7.4
Pike 4,156 46.1% 4,856 53.9% 9,012 R+7.8
Winston 2,995 33.3% 6,011 66.7% 9,006 R+33.5
Lawrence 5,677 63.1% 3,316 36.9% 8,993 D+26.3
Marengo 4,511 53.5% 3,921 46.5% 8,432 D+7.0
Russell 4,542 56.5% 3,493 43.5% 8,035 D+13.1
Monroe 3,898 48.7% 4,106 51.3% 8,004 R+2.6
Franklin 4,631 58.2% 3,321 41.8% 7,952 D+16.5
Macon 6,746 85.2% 1,171 14.8% 7,917 D+70.4
Barbour 4,155 54.9% 3,409 45.1% 7,564 D+9.9
Butler 3,658 48.8% 3,838 51.2% 7,496 R+2.4
Geneva 2,994 40.3% 4,433 59.7% 7,427 R+19.4
Randolph 2,684 36.6% 4,652 63.4% 7,336 R+26.8
Cherokee 4,696 67.0% 2,315 33.0% 7,011 D+34.0
Fayette 2,441 38.0% 3,984 62.0% 6,425 R+24.0
Pickens 3,166 49.8% 3,193 50.2% 6,359 R+0.4
Conecuh 3,154 50.3% 3,121 49.7% 6,275 D+0.5
Washington 2,922 49.6% 2,972 50.4% 5,894 R+0.8
Sumter 4,123 73.5% 1,490 26.5% 5,613 D+46.9
Choctaw 3,409 61.0% 2,182 39.0% 5,591 D+21.9
Crenshaw 2,619 47.4% 2,901 52.6% 5,520 R+5.1
Hale 3,482 64.1% 1,946 35.9% 5,428 D+28.3
Henry 2,497 46.4% 2,883 53.6% 5,380 R+7.2
Wilcox 3,760 69.9% 1,620 30.1% 5,380 D+39.8
Clay 1,840 34.3% 3,528 65.7% 5,368 R+31.4
Perry 3,519 65.8% 1,831 34.2% 5,350 D+31.6
Lowndes 3,977 75.9% 1,261 24.1% 5,238 D+51.9
Bibb 2,629 51.0% 2,521 49.0% 5,150 D+2.1
Bullock 3,441 71.4% 1,375 28.6% 4,816 D+42.9
Greene 3,535 78.7% 954 21.3% 4,489 D+57.5
Lamar 1,848 41.3% 2,626 58.7% 4,474 R+17.4
Coosa 1,813 46.5% 2,090 53.5% 3,903 R+7.1
Cleburne 1,238 32.9% 2,523 67.1% 3,761 R+34.2

Counties as they stood in 1986; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kay Ivey (R) R+37.8
2018 Kay Ivey (R) R+19.1
2014 Robert Bentley (R) R+27.3
2010 Robert Bentley (R) R+15.7
2006 Robert Riley (R) R+15.9
2002 Robert Riley (R) R+0.2
1998 Don Siegelman (D) D+15.6
1994 Fob James (R) R+0.9
1990 Guy Hunt (R) R+4.2
1986 Guy Hunt (R) R+12.9
1982 George C. Wallace (D) D+18.6
1978 Fob James (D) D+46.7
1974 George C. Wallace (D) D+68.4
1970 George Wallace (D) D+74.5
1966 Lurleen Burns Wallace (D) D+32.4
1962 George C. Wallace (D) D+96.3
1958 John Malcolm Patterson (D) D+76.8
1954 Jim Folsom (D) D+46.7
1950 Gordon Persons (D) D+82.2
1946 James E. Folsom (D) D+77.3
1942 Chauncey Sparks (D) D+78.4
1938 Frank M. Dixon (D) D+74.9
1934 Bibb Graves (D) D+74.3
1930 Benjamin M. Miller (D) D+61.8
1926 Bibb Graves (D) D+62.4
1922 William W. Brandon (D) D+56.3
1918 Thomas Kilby (D) D+80.2
1914 Charles Henderson (D) D+63.6
1910 Emmet O'Neal (D) D+60.4
1906 Braxton B. Comer (D) D+71.5
1902 William D. Jelks (D) D+47.4
1900 William J. Samford (D) D+53.6
1898 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+65.1
1896 Joseph F. Johnston (D) D+59.0
1894 William C. Oates (D) D+57.1
1892 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+52.2
1890 Thomas G. Jones (D) D+53.1
1888 Thomas Seay (D) D+55.4
1886 Thomas Seay (D) D+59.3
1884 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+99.7
1882 Edward A. O'Neal (D) D+37.4
1880 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+76.1
1878 Rufus W. Cobb (D) D+100.0
1876 George S. Houston (D) D+31.6
1874 George S. Houston (D) D+6.6
1872 David P. Lewis (R) R+5.0
1870 Robert B. Lindsay (D) D+0.9
1868 William Hugh Smith (R) R+100.0
1865 Robert M. Patton (other)