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Election 2010 Results

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2010 Alabama governor election

Robert Bentley (Republican) beat Ron Sparks (Democrat) in Alabama in 2010, 57.6% to 41.9%, a margin of 15.7 points and 234,762 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2006, when Robert Riley won.

Republicans led in 47 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 20. The largest, Jefferson, cast 212,445 votes and went to the Democrat by 1.5 points. The closest was Clarke, where 56 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
Robert Bentley won Republican 860,472 57.6%
Ron Sparks Democratic 625,710 41.9%
All other candidates 8,091 0.5%
Total1,494,273

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 106,959 50.3% 103,802 48.9% 1,684 212,445 D+1.5
Mobile 48,000 43.4% 61,479 55.6% 1,188 110,667 R+12.2
Madison 42,090 38.8% 65,963 60.9% 323 108,376 R+22.0
Montgomery 43,439 58.7% 30,046 40.6% 523 74,008 D+18.1
Shelby 13,589 21.5% 49,192 77.7% 564 63,345 R+56.2
Baldwin 12,621 21.9% 44,126 76.5% 957 57,704 R+54.6
Tuscaloosa 20,146 36.9% 34,206 62.7% 223 54,575 R+25.8
Morgan 12,169 31.0% 26,976 68.7% 108 39,253 R+37.7
Calhoun 12,568 37.0% 21,250 62.6% 124 33,942 R+25.6
Lee 13,846 40.9% 19,704 58.3% 269 33,819 R+17.3
Houston 15,724 47.9% 17,057 51.9% 69 32,850 R+4.1
Etowah 12,710 39.6% 19,312 60.1% 90 32,112 R+20.6
Cullman 8,803 29.3% 21,115 70.4% 86 30,004 R+41.0
Lauderdale 10,849 38.8% 17,074 61.0% 71 27,994 R+22.2
Elmore 8,724 33.1% 17,439 66.2% 164 26,327 R+33.1
Limestone 8,593 33.1% 17,346 66.7% 60 25,999 R+33.7
Marshall 7,521 29.2% 18,164 70.4% 103 25,788 R+41.3
St. Clair 5,878 23.7% 18,742 75.6% 156 24,776 R+51.9
Talladega 10,773 44.8% 13,200 54.9% 86 24,059 R+10.1
Walker 8,685 38.5% 13,804 61.1% 94 22,583 R+22.7
DeKalb 9,125 44.7% 11,289 55.3% 20,414 R+10.6
Autauga 5,971 33.1% 11,943 66.2% 120 18,034 R+33.1
Blount 3,748 22.2% 13,024 77.3% 84 16,856 R+55.0
Colbert 7,586 45.2% 9,181 54.6% 33 16,800 R+9.5
Tallapoosa 6,733 42.7% 9,023 57.2% 11 15,767 R+14.5
Dallas 11,118 70.8% 4,567 29.1% 25 15,710 D+41.7
Jackson 6,794 44.0% 8,606 55.7% 38 15,438 R+11.7
Coffee 5,647 37.1% 9,535 62.7% 36 15,218 R+25.5
Dale 6,093 43.4% 7,905 56.3% 35 14,033 R+12.9
Chilton 4,034 29.6% 9,529 69.8% 83 13,646 R+40.3
Covington 4,328 35.5% 7,832 64.2% 36 12,196 R+28.7
Lawrence 5,547 47.8% 6,036 52.0% 24 11,607 R+4.2
Russell 6,558 57.0% 4,917 42.8% 23 11,498 D+14.3
Clarke 5,313 49.6% 5,369 50.1% 33 10,715 R+0.5
Escambia 4,091 38.4% 6,487 60.9% 76 10,654 R+22.5
Chambers 5,296 51.0% 5,067 48.8% 15 10,378 D+2.2
Geneva 4,079 42.0% 5,605 57.7% 24 9,708 R+15.7
Pike 4,685 48.3% 5,001 51.5% 21 9,707 R+3.3
Marion 2,994 33.6% 5,895 66.1% 32 8,921 R+32.5
Marengo 5,084 57.1% 3,790 42.6% 25 8,899 D+14.5
Franklin 3,947 45.3% 4,751 54.5% 16 8,714 R+9.2
Barbour 5,127 61.3% 3,229 38.6% 13 8,369 D+22.7
Winston 2,045 25.2% 6,031 74.4% 25 8,101 R+49.2
Macon 6,634 87.8% 919 12.2% 5 7,558 D+75.6
Monroe 3,413 45.2% 4,103 54.3% 34 7,550 R+9.1
Pickens 3,280 43.6% 4,226 56.2% 9 7,515 R+12.6
Randolph 2,840 38.8% 4,453 60.9% 18 7,311 R+22.1
Cherokee 2,901 40.1% 4,315 59.7% 14 7,230 R+19.6
Butler 3,728 52.5% 3,358 47.3% 20 7,106 D+5.2
Henry 3,522 51.6% 3,286 48.2% 16 6,824 D+3.5
Choctaw 3,701 55.5% 2,962 44.4% 9 6,672 D+11.1
Hale 4,116 63.1% 2,402 36.8% 5 6,523 D+26.3
Bibb 2,048 31.6% 4,384 67.7% 42 6,474 R+36.1
Fayette 1,885 30.9% 4,200 68.8% 17 6,102 R+37.9
Washington 2,733 44.9% 3,336 54.8% 24 6,093 R+9.9
Sumter 4,290 76.6% 1,306 23.3% 8 5,604 D+53.2
Crenshaw 2,632 47.6% 2,880 52.1% 17 5,529 R+4.5
Lowndes 4,100 76.8% 1,231 23.1% 5 5,336 D+53.8
Clay 2,069 38.8% 3,248 61.0% 10 5,327 R+22.1
Conecuh 2,982 56.2% 2,311 43.6% 10 5,303 D+12.7
Cleburne 1,471 28.4% 3,678 71.1% 22 5,171 R+42.7
Wilcox 3,824 76.9% 1,146 23.0% 5 4,975 D+53.8
Lamar 1,580 31.9% 3,369 68.0% 7 4,956 R+36.1
Perry 3,303 74.1% 1,143 25.6% 12 4,458 D+48.5
Coosa 2,342 53.0% 2,068 46.8% 11 4,421 D+6.2
Greene 3,668 84.6% 665 15.3% 1 4,334 D+69.3
Bullock 3,018 77.5% 874 22.5% 3,892 D+55.1

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)