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Election 2018 Results

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2018 Alabama governor election

Kay Ivey (Republican) beat Walt Maddox (Democrat) in Alabama in 2018, 59.5% to 40.4%, a margin of 19.1 points and 327,265 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2014, when Robert Bentley won.

Republicans led in 53 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 14. The largest, Jefferson, cast 258,068 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.0 points. The closest was Tuscaloosa, where 1 vote 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
Kay Ivey won Republican 1,021,276 59.5%
Walt Maddox Democratic 694,011 40.4%
All other candidates 2,530 0.1%
Total1,717,817

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 152,103 58.9% 105,661 40.9% 304 258,068 D+18.0
Madison 65,522 46.3% 75,874 53.6% 244 141,640 R+7.3
Mobile 63,656 47.7% 69,671 52.2% 158 133,485 R+4.5
Shelby 26,928 32.0% 56,989 67.8% 125 84,042 R+35.8
Baldwin 20,464 26.2% 57,415 73.6% 118 77,997 R+47.4
Montgomery 48,722 63.1% 28,491 36.9% 62 77,275 D+26.2
Tuscaloosa 34,336 49.9% 34,335 49.9% 122 68,793 level
Lee 20,021 40.6% 29,238 59.3% 74 49,333 R+18.7
Morgan 11,091 28.0% 28,415 71.8% 57 39,563 R+43.8
Calhoun 12,487 33.7% 24,460 66.0% 92 37,039 R+32.3
Etowah 10,513 30.3% 24,041 69.4% 92 34,646 R+39.0
Limestone 10,421 30.9% 23,213 68.9% 53 33,687 R+38.0
Houston 9,062 28.1% 23,112 71.7% 53 32,227 R+43.6
Lauderdale 10,222 33.1% 20,692 66.9% 30,914 R+33.9
St. Clair 6,389 21.3% 23,529 78.5% 55 29,973 R+57.2
Elmore 7,722 26.2% 21,752 73.7% 31 29,505 R+47.6
Cullman 4,309 15.0% 24,361 84.8% 43 28,713 R+69.8
Marshall 5,193 19.0% 22,031 80.7% 70 27,294 R+61.7
Talladega 10,606 40.4% 15,621 59.5% 27 26,254 R+19.1
Walker 5,468 23.6% 17,671 76.2% 38 23,177 R+52.7
DeKalb 4,087 19.0% 17,316 80.6% 87 21,490 R+61.6
Colbert 7,692 36.8% 13,180 63.0% 34 20,906 R+26.3
Autauga 5,734 29.0% 13,994 70.9% 21 19,749 R+41.8
Blount 2,479 12.7% 16,984 87.1% 40 19,503 R+74.4
Coffee 3,782 23.7% 12,117 75.9% 73 15,972 R+52.2
Tallapoosa 5,015 31.9% 10,703 68.0% 25 15,743 R+36.1
Jackson 3,569 22.8% 12,074 77.0% 39 15,682 R+54.2
Russell 7,861 52.3% 7,166 47.6% 17 15,044 D+4.6
Dallas 9,968 68.7% 4,542 31.3% 6 14,516 D+37.4
Dale 3,731 26.1% 10,528 73.6% 47 14,306 R+47.5
Chilton 2,347 18.3% 10,487 81.6% 10 12,844 R+63.4
Escambia 4,035 33.3% 8,098 66.7% 12,133 R+33.5
Covington 2,168 18.0% 9,852 82.0% 12,020 R+63.9
Lawrence 3,796 31.6% 8,181 68.2% 25 12,002 R+36.5
Chambers 4,625 40.8% 6,687 59.0% 20 11,332 R+18.2
Clarke 4,889 43.5% 6,344 56.4% 7 11,240 R+12.9
Pike 4,176 40.1% 6,226 59.8% 11 10,413 R+19.7
Marion 1,877 18.9% 8,021 80.9% 17 9,915 R+62.0
Geneva 1,220 13.5% 7,784 86.3% 15 9,019 R+72.8
Monroe 3,881 43.5% 5,038 56.5% 8,919 R+13.0
Franklin 2,336 26.5% 6,465 73.3% 22 8,823 R+46.8
Marengo 4,735 54.0% 4,029 45.9% 5 8,769 D+8.1
Cherokee 1,552 18.2% 6,974 81.7% 15 8,541 R+63.5
Barbour 4,043 48.2% 4,336 51.7% 11 8,390 R+3.5
Pickens 3,672 44.2% 4,636 55.8% 8,308 R+11.6
Butler 3,363 41.1% 4,812 58.8% 3 8,178 R+17.7
Winston 1,102 14.3% 6,580 85.4% 25 7,707 R+71.1
Randolph 1,859 24.5% 5,729 75.4% 12 7,600 R+50.9
Fayette 2,025 27.0% 5,455 72.8% 9 7,489 R+45.8
Macon 5,882 81.0% 1,376 19.0% 2 7,260 D+62.1
Washington 2,172 31.4% 4,729 68.5% 7 6,908 R+37.0
Bibb 1,799 26.1% 5,082 73.7% 15 6,896 R+47.6
Henry 2,045 30.5% 4,655 69.3% 14 6,714 R+38.9
Hale 4,206 64.0% 2,361 35.9% 5 6,572 D+28.1
Choctaw 2,649 43.2% 3,475 56.7% 7 6,131 R+13.5
Sumter 4,151 76.3% 1,289 23.7% 3 5,443 D+52.6
Clay 1,241 22.9% 4,164 76.9% 9 5,414 R+54.0
Crenshaw 1,522 28.2% 3,873 71.7% 6 5,401 R+43.5
Lamar 974 18.1% 4,399 81.8% 4 5,377 R+63.7
Lowndes 3,487 69.1% 1,555 30.8% 4 5,046 D+38.3
Conecuh 2,444 49.6% 2,473 50.2% 7 4,924 R+0.6
Wilcox 3,138 66.5% 1,577 33.4% 4 4,719 D+33.1
Cleburne 508 11.5% 3,902 88.2% 14 4,424 R+76.7
Coosa 1,522 35.3% 2,785 64.6% 7 4,314 R+29.3
Perry 3,182 74.9% 1,061 25.0% 3 4,246 D+50.0
Greene 3,506 84.1% 661 15.9% 1 4,168 D+68.3
Bullock 2,729 74.1% 949 25.8% 4 3,682 D+48.3

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)