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Election 1998 Results

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1998 Alabama governor election

Don Siegelman (Democrat) beat Fob James (Republican) in Alabama in 1998, 57.7% to 42.1%, a margin of 15.6 points and 205,409 votes.

Alabama changed party: in 1994 it went Republican, for Fob James.

Democrats led in 56 of the 67 counties and Republicans in 11. The largest, Jefferson, cast 219,325 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.0 points. The closest was Geneva, where 141 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
Don Siegelman won Democratic 760,155 57.7%
Fob James Republican 554,746 42.1%
All other candidates 2,941 0.2%
Total1,317,842

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 130,077 59.3% 88,398 40.3% 850 219,325 D+19.0
Mobile 63,419 60.9% 40,592 39.0% 133 104,144 D+21.9
Madison 50,599 61.9% 30,877 37.8% 213 81,689 D+24.1
Montgomery 42,294 60.3% 27,821 39.6% 66 70,181 D+20.6
Tuscaloosa 28,487 60.7% 18,252 38.9% 157 46,896 D+21.8
Shelby 16,814 40.2% 24,822 59.3% 196 41,832 R+19.1
Baldwin 17,389 45.1% 21,004 54.5% 149 38,542 R+9.4
Morgan 18,963 54.4% 15,805 45.4% 73 34,841 D+9.1
Etowah 19,947 60.3% 13,100 39.6% 51 33,098 D+20.7
Calhoun 19,939 62.7% 11,820 37.1% 65 31,824 D+25.5
Lee 16,767 59.2% 11,415 40.3% 124 28,306 D+18.9
Lauderdale 14,460 57.4% 10,680 42.4% 63 25,203 D+15.0
Houston 11,305 46.6% 12,931 53.3% 46 24,282 R+6.7
Cullman 12,684 52.3% 11,498 47.4% 64 24,246 D+4.9
Marshall 12,087 55.3% 9,734 44.5% 38 21,859 D+10.8
Walker 12,627 61.3% 7,944 38.5% 42 20,613 D+22.7
Talladega 12,400 60.5% 8,064 39.3% 39 20,503 D+21.1
Limestone 10,896 54.6% 9,016 45.2% 50 19,962 D+9.4
St. Clair 9,286 48.1% 9,966 51.6% 50 19,302 R+3.5
Elmore 8,485 44.4% 10,583 55.3% 58 19,126 R+11.0
Colbert 10,581 59.9% 7,063 40.0% 28 17,672 D+19.9
DeKalb 9,198 53.0% 8,156 47.0% 4 17,358 D+6.0
Dallas 10,553 67.9% 4,965 32.0% 18 15,536 D+36.0
Tallapoosa 7,886 55.7% 6,256 44.2% 15 14,157 D+11.5
Blount 6,311 46.6% 7,229 53.4% 13,540 R+6.8
Autauga 5,972 45.1% 7,233 54.6% 40 13,245 R+9.5
Coffee 6,609 51.0% 6,333 48.9% 19 12,961 D+2.1
Chilton 5,975 46.8% 6,767 53.0% 19 12,761 R+6.2
Jackson 8,044 64.5% 4,433 35.5% 12,477 D+28.9
Dale 6,272 53.7% 5,397 46.2% 17 11,686 D+7.5
Covington 5,266 46.2% 6,125 53.8% 11,391 R+7.5
Lawrence 6,774 65.2% 3,605 34.7% 16 10,395 D+30.5
Russell 7,218 72.9% 2,672 27.0% 10 9,900 D+45.9
Chambers 5,629 58.3% 4,024 41.7% 6 9,659 D+16.6
Marion 5,583 60.0% 3,707 39.9% 10 9,300 D+20.2
Pike 5,072 55.5% 4,051 44.3% 15 9,138 D+11.2
Barbour 5,876 64.4% 3,232 35.4% 11 9,119 D+29.0
Franklin 5,111 57.8% 3,720 42.1% 9 8,840 D+15.7
Escambia 4,862 55.3% 3,910 44.5% 17 8,789 D+10.8
Clarke 4,767 55.6% 3,789 44.2% 14 8,570 D+11.4
Marengo 5,139 60.5% 3,346 39.4% 10 8,495 D+21.1
Winston 3,846 48.3% 4,105 51.6% 11 7,962 R+3.3
Geneva 3,733 49.0% 3,874 50.9% 8 7,615 R+1.9
Monroe 4,255 57.1% 3,194 42.9% 2 7,451 D+14.2
Fayette 4,192 56.5% 3,206 43.2% 18 7,416 D+13.3
Macon 6,595 89.3% 790 10.7% 3 7,388 D+78.6
Butler 3,671 52.7% 3,295 47.3% 2 6,968 D+5.4
Pickens 3,942 57.8% 2,871 42.1% 4 6,817 D+15.7
Washington 3,946 66.0% 2,022 33.8% 13 5,981 D+32.2
Cherokee 4,038 67.8% 1,915 32.2% 5,953 D+35.7
Randolph 3,231 56.0% 2,532 43.9% 11 5,774 D+12.1
Hale 3,992 70.1% 1,689 29.7% 10 5,691 D+40.5
Bibb 3,128 55.4% 2,508 44.5% 6 5,642 D+11.0
Henry 3,360 60.1% 2,226 39.8% 7 5,593 D+20.3
Choctaw 3,364 61.5% 2,106 38.5% 3 5,473 D+23.0
Conecuh 3,214 60.1% 2,133 39.9% 2 5,349 D+20.2
Lowndes 3,886 76.4% 1,193 23.5% 5 5,084 D+53.0
Sumter 3,982 78.6% 1,073 21.2% 8 5,063 D+57.5
Perry 3,619 75.5% 1,171 24.4% 5 4,795 D+51.1
Clay 2,658 55.6% 2,122 44.4% 4,780 D+11.2
Crenshaw 2,518 53.8% 2,155 46.1% 3 4,676 D+7.8
Lamar 2,497 56.1% 1,949 43.8% 6 4,452 D+12.3
Wilcox 3,073 70.3% 1,297 29.7% 3 4,373 D+40.6
Bullock 3,333 76.8% 1,009 23.2% 4,342 D+53.5
Cleburne 2,505 59.1% 1,730 40.8% 2 4,237 D+18.3
Greene 3,452 81.6% 777 18.4% 4,229 D+63.3
Coosa 2,502 62.9% 1,469 37.0% 4 3,975 D+26.0

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)