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Election 1996 Results

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1996 US Senate election in Alabama

Jeff Sessions (Republican) beat Roger Bedford (Democrat) in Alabama in 1996, 52.5% to 45.5%, a margin of 7.0 points and 104,785 votes.

Alabama changed party: in 1990 it went Democratic, for Howell Heflin.

Republicans led in 36 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 31. The largest, Jefferson, cast 258,830 votes and went to the Republican by 4.5 points. The closest was Bibb, where 11 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Jeff Sessions won Republican 786,436 52.5%
Roger Bedford Democratic 681,651 45.5%
All other candidates 31,306 2.1%
Total1,499,393

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 121,232 46.8% 132,892 51.3% 4,706 258,830 R+4.5
Mobile 52,917 41.6% 71,675 56.4% 2,539 127,131 R+14.8
Madison 41,041 42.2% 53,456 55.0% 2,669 97,166 R+12.8
Montgomery 36,754 47.4% 39,020 50.3% 1,741 77,515 R+2.9
Tuscaloosa 24,235 45.1% 28,297 52.7% 1,212 53,744 R+7.6
Shelby 11,638 23.1% 37,613 74.7% 1,088 50,339 R+51.6
Baldwin 13,296 28.6% 32,060 68.9% 1,198 46,554 R+40.3
Morgan 16,337 41.4% 22,139 56.1% 994 39,470 R+14.7
Etowah 19,660 52.8% 16,891 45.4% 693 37,244 D+7.4
Calhoun 15,385 44.5% 18,301 52.9% 912 34,598 R+8.4
Lee 12,115 37.5% 18,940 58.7% 1,220 32,275 R+21.1
Lauderdale 16,253 53.9% 13,353 44.3% 553 30,159 D+9.6
Houston 10,143 36.6% 17,180 61.9% 410 27,733 R+25.4
Cullman 11,396 43.3% 14,033 53.4% 866 26,295 R+10.0
Walker 14,538 58.5% 9,917 39.9% 399 24,854 D+18.6
Marshall 9,818 42.9% 12,573 54.9% 508 22,899 R+12.0
Talladega 10,747 48.0% 11,296 50.4% 356 22,399 R+2.5
Elmore 6,778 32.9% 13,269 64.4% 555 20,602 R+31.5
St. Clair 6,816 33.6% 13,042 64.3% 439 20,297 R+30.7
Limestone 8,794 43.4% 11,056 54.5% 425 20,275 R+11.2
Colbert 12,421 61.5% 7,508 37.1% 281 20,210 D+24.3
Dallas 10,087 58.5% 6,937 40.2% 223 17,247 D+18.3
DeKalb 7,054 41.8% 9,468 56.1% 354 16,876 R+14.3
Autauga 5,050 33.3% 9,728 64.2% 375 15,153 R+30.9
Tallapoosa 6,285 43.3% 7,927 54.6% 314 14,526 R+11.3
Blount 5,228 37.0% 8,814 62.4% 79 14,121 R+25.4
Dale 5,680 40.4% 8,109 57.6% 280 14,069 R+17.3
Chilton 5,546 39.7% 8,144 58.2% 294 13,984 R+18.6
Jackson 8,076 57.8% 5,570 39.8% 332 13,978 D+17.9
Coffee 5,630 41.4% 7,611 56.0% 351 13,592 R+14.6
Russell 7,389 57.2% 5,231 40.5% 289 12,909 D+16.7
Covington 4,649 40.8% 6,392 56.2% 340 11,381 R+15.3
Marion 6,188 57.4% 4,424 41.0% 166 10,778 D+16.4
Chambers 5,313 49.4% 5,222 48.6% 212 10,747 D+0.8
Franklin 6,765 64.7% 3,554 34.0% 136 10,455 D+30.7
Pike 4,633 45.7% 5,361 52.9% 146 10,140 R+7.2
Escambia 4,309 42.8% 5,415 53.8% 334 10,058 R+11.0
Lawrence 6,331 63.0% 3,548 35.3% 169 10,048 D+27.7
Clarke 4,811 48.5% 5,022 50.7% 79 9,912 R+2.1
Marengo 4,812 54.0% 3,957 44.4% 143 8,912 D+9.6
Barbour 4,674 53.1% 4,017 45.7% 104 8,795 D+7.5
Winston 3,829 44.6% 4,624 53.9% 128 8,581 R+9.3
Monroe 3,721 43.4% 4,767 55.6% 82 8,570 R+12.2
Geneva 3,784 45.4% 4,311 51.7% 244 8,339 R+6.3
Pickens 4,230 55.4% 3,285 43.0% 117 7,632 D+12.4
Butler 3,823 50.1% 3,665 48.1% 139 7,627 D+2.1
Macon 6,455 85.6% 954 12.7% 132 7,541 D+72.9
Washington 4,134 54.9% 3,267 43.4% 126 7,527 D+11.5
Cherokee 4,369 58.2% 2,929 39.0% 214 7,512 D+19.2
Fayette 3,720 52.1% 3,287 46.0% 136 7,143 D+6.1
Choctaw 3,941 56.7% 2,934 42.2% 73 6,948 D+14.5
Randolph 2,973 44.8% 3,526 53.1% 141 6,640 R+8.3
Henry 3,117 49.1% 3,129 49.3% 100 6,346 R+0.2
Sumter 4,607 72.6% 1,681 26.5% 57 6,345 D+46.1
Lamar 3,664 57.9% 2,549 40.3% 111 6,324 D+17.6
Bibb 3,067 49.0% 3,078 49.2% 114 6,259 R+0.2
Perry 3,885 68.5% 1,721 30.4% 64 5,670 D+38.2
Clay 2,499 46.3% 2,758 51.1% 138 5,395 R+4.8
Conecuh 2,960 55.2% 2,311 43.1% 96 5,367 D+12.1
Hale 3,436 64.2% 1,860 34.8% 52 5,348 D+29.5
Lowndes 3,684 72.0% 1,343 26.2% 92 5,119 D+45.7
Wilcox 3,105 65.2% 1,621 34.0% 35 4,761 D+31.2
Crenshaw 2,211 50.3% 2,123 48.3% 58 4,392 D+2.0
Greene 3,284 78.6% 844 20.2% 49 4,177 D+58.4
Coosa 2,145 52.9% 1,823 45.0% 84 4,052 D+7.9
Bullock 2,705 68.4% 1,144 28.9% 105 3,954 D+39.5
Cleburne 1,479 41.6% 1,940 54.6% 135 3,554 R+13.0

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Katie Britt (R) R+35.6
2020 Tommy Tuberville (R) R+20.4
2016 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+28.1
2014 Jeff Sessions (R) R+97.3
2010 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+30.5
2008 Jeff Sessions (R) R+26.8
2004 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+35.2
2002 Jeff Sessions (R) R+18.7
1998 Richard C. Shelby (R) R+26.6
1996 Jeff Sessions (R) R+7.0
1992 Richard C. Shelby (D) D+31.7
1990 Howell Heflin (D) D+21.1
1986 Richard Shelby (D) D+0.6
1984 Howell Heflin (D) D+26.4
1980 Jeremiah Denton (R) R+3.1
1978 Howell Heflin (D) D+94.0
1974 James B. Allen (D) D+95.8
1972 John Sparkman (D) D+29.2
1968 James B. Allen (D) D+47.8
1966 John Sparkman (D) D+21.1
1962 Lister Hill (D) D+1.7
1960 John Sparkman (D) D+40.5
1956 Lister Hill (D) D+100.0
1954 John Sparkman (D) D+64.9
1950 Lister Hill (D) D+76.5
1948 John Sparkman (D) D+68.0
1944 Lister Hill (D) D+64.8
1942 John H. Bankhead II (D) D+100.0
1938 J. Lister Hill (D) D+72.8
1936 John H. Bankhead II (D) D+74.8
1932 Hugo L. Black (D) D+72.5
1930 John H. Bankhead II (D) D+59.9
1926 Hugo L. Black (D) D+61.7
1924 J. Thomas Heflin (D) D+50.4
1920 Oscar W. Underwood (D) D+33.0
1918 John H. Bankhead (D) D+100.0
1914 Oscar W. Underwood (D) D+62.9