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1990 Alabama governor election

Guy Hunt (Republican) beat Paul R. Hubbert (Democrat) in Alabama in 1990, 52.1% to 47.9%, a margin of 4.2 points and 51,413 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1986, when Guy Hunt also won.

Democrats led in 38 of the 67 counties and Republicans in 29. The largest, Jefferson, cast 211,683 votes and went to the Republican by 9.8 points. The closest was Cleburne, where 14 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 633,519 52.1%
Paul R. Hubbert Democratic 582,106 47.9%
All other candidates 625 0.1%
Total1,216,250

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 95,287 45.0% 116,034 54.8% 362 211,683 R+9.8
Mobile 48,633 50.2% 48,132 49.7% 76 96,841 D+0.5
Madison 27,279 37.8% 44,799 62.2% 72,078 R+24.3
Montgomery 35,509 50.9% 34,223 49.0% 63 69,795 D+1.8
Tuscaloosa 19,563 49.9% 19,669 50.1% 39,232 R+0.3
Etowah 16,408 50.6% 15,992 49.4% 32,400 D+1.3
Shelby 8,186 27.1% 22,006 72.8% 49 30,241 R+45.7
Morgan 11,930 40.2% 17,707 59.7% 10 29,647 R+19.5
Baldwin 12,033 40.9% 17,382 59.1% 29,415 R+18.2
Calhoun 13,891 47.9% 15,097 52.1% 28,988 R+4.2
Cullman 9,314 39.7% 14,139 60.3% 23,453 R+20.6
Houston 7,945 35.9% 14,177 64.1% 6 22,128 R+28.2
Walker 12,916 58.6% 9,121 41.4% 2 22,039 D+17.2
Lauderdale 12,089 55.2% 9,800 44.8% 1 21,890 D+10.5
Lee 9,964 50.1% 9,919 49.9% 19,883 D+0.2
Talladega 9,438 48.5% 10,013 51.5% 19,451 R+3.0
Marshall 7,138 39.0% 11,140 60.9% 2 18,280 R+21.9
DeKalb 8,017 46.8% 9,110 53.2% 11 17,138 R+6.4
Elmore 6,152 38.8% 9,692 61.2% 1 15,845 R+22.3
Dallas 8,894 57.2% 6,660 42.8% 15,554 D+14.4
Colbert 8,908 57.6% 6,556 42.4% 1 15,465 D+15.2
St. Clair 5,169 36.3% 9,053 63.7% 14,222 R+27.3
Limestone 6,454 45.5% 7,715 54.4% 8 14,177 R+8.9
Tallapoosa 6,227 45.6% 7,440 54.4% 1 13,668 R+8.9
Blount 4,524 34.9% 8,457 65.1% 12,981 R+30.3
Chilton 5,155 41.4% 7,286 58.6% 1 12,442 R+17.1
Covington 5,081 42.0% 7,010 58.0% 12,091 R+16.0
Autauga 4,521 39.8% 6,833 60.2% 11,354 R+20.4
Coffee 5,249 47.3% 5,852 52.7% 11,101 R+5.4
Dale 4,506 41.9% 6,247 58.1% 10,753 R+16.2
Marion 6,219 58.9% 4,342 41.1% 10,561 D+17.8
Jackson 5,865 57.3% 4,371 42.7% 10,236 D+14.6
Chambers 5,950 59.5% 4,045 40.5% 9,995 D+19.1
Pike 4,827 49.6% 4,901 50.4% 1 9,729 R+0.8
Clarke 4,900 51.9% 4,543 48.1% 1 9,444 D+3.8
Winston 3,923 41.8% 5,467 58.2% 9,390 R+16.4
Escambia 4,424 50.8% 4,292 49.2% 8,716 D+1.5
Franklin 4,858 56.4% 3,752 43.6% 1 8,611 D+12.8
Russell 5,963 69.5% 2,613 30.5% 8,576 D+39.1
Lawrence 5,294 64.0% 2,984 36.0% 8,278 D+27.9
Geneva 3,460 41.8% 4,808 58.2% 8,268 R+16.3
Marengo 4,503 55.2% 3,649 44.8% 8,152 D+10.5
Barbour 4,863 61.1% 3,100 38.9% 7,963 D+22.1
Butler 3,928 52.0% 3,633 48.0% 7,561 D+3.9
Monroe 3,816 51.3% 3,627 48.7% 7,443 D+2.5
Fayette 4,686 63.8% 2,648 36.1% 7 7,341 D+27.8
Macon 6,130 83.6% 1,202 16.4% 7,332 D+67.2
Pickens 3,322 52.6% 2,995 47.4% 6,317 D+5.2
Choctaw 4,142 66.7% 2,067 33.3% 6,209 D+33.4
Randolph 3,165 51.6% 2,969 48.4% 6,134 D+3.2
Washington 3,746 61.2% 2,376 38.8% 3 6,125 D+22.4
Bibb 3,181 52.3% 2,901 47.7% 2 6,084 D+4.6
Conecuh 3,159 55.9% 2,491 44.1% 5,650 D+11.8
Hale 3,481 62.1% 2,121 37.9% 5,602 D+24.3
Henry 2,607 47.4% 2,894 52.6% 1 5,502 R+5.2
Lamar 3,163 58.2% 2,271 41.8% 3 5,437 D+16.4
Sumter 4,007 74.2% 1,386 25.7% 6 5,399 D+48.5
Cherokee 3,193 59.3% 2,188 40.7% 1 5,382 D+18.7
Perry 3,262 65.1% 1,747 34.9% 5,009 D+30.2
Wilcox 3,385 67.6% 1,619 32.3% 1 5,005 D+35.3
Crenshaw 2,381 49.2% 2,462 50.8% 4,843 R+1.7
Clay 2,162 46.4% 2,495 53.6% 4,657 R+7.2
Lowndes 3,284 72.5% 1,243 27.5% 1 4,528 D+45.1
Bullock 3,173 70.9% 1,301 29.1% 4,474 D+41.8
Greene 3,138 76.5% 963 23.5% 1 4,102 D+53.0
Cleburne 2,017 49.8% 2,031 50.2% 4,048 R+0.3
Coosa 2,149 54.9% 1,761 45.0% 2 3,912 D+9.9

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)