2021 Alabama elections

Various special elections for the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate have been held in the U.S. state of Alabama on various dates in 2021.

2021 Alabama elections

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State elections

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Legislative

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House of Representatives 33rd district special election

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Democratic candidates
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The Democratic primary for Alabama's 33rd house district was cancelled. Fred Crum advanced to the general election by default

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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  • Terra Foster
Republican candidates
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The Republican primary for Alabama's 33rd house district was cancelled. Ben Robbins advanced to the general election by default

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
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  • Jimmy Reynolds Jr.
Results
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2021 Alabama's 33rd state house district special election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ben Robbins 2,232 68.19%
Democratic Fred Crum 1,037 31.69%
Write-in 4 0.12%
Total votes 3,273 100.0%
Republican hold

Senate 26th district special election

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Senate 14th district special election

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Party Candidate Votes %
Republican April Weaver 6,231 80.24%
Democratic Virginia Applebaum 1,523 19.61%
Write-in 11 0.14%
Total votes
Republican hold

House of Representatives 73rd district special election

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2021 House of Representatives 73rd district special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kenneth Paschal 2,743 74.7%
Democratic Sheridan Black 920 25.1%
Write-in 9 0.2%
Total votes
Republican hold

House of Representatives 78th district special election

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2021 Alabama House of Representatives
78th District special election
 
← 2018 August 7, 2021 2022 →

Alabama's 78th state house district
Registered26,790
Turnout4.80%
 
Candidate Kenyatté Hassell Loretta Grant
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,028 254
Percentage 80.12% 19.80%

State representative before election

Kirk Hatcher
Democratic

Elected state representative

Kenyatté Hassell
Democratic

The 2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election took place on September 7, 2021, to elect a member to the Alabama House of Representatives to fill the vacancy left by Kirk Hatcher, who was elected to the Alabama State Senate in a special election in March.[2] Primaries took place on May 25, 2021. The election was won by Democrat Kenyatté Hassell, who defeated Republican Loretta Grant with over 80% of the vote.

On March 8, 2021, Alabama governor Kay Ivey set a special election date and candidate filing deadlines for the 78th state house district.[3][4]

Alabama's 78th state house district is situated within Montgomery County, Alabama and represents south, west, and north Montgomery, Alabama.[5]

The 78th state house district is considered a Democratic stronghold, having voting for Democratic candidates by wide margins in recent elections, and with no Republican candidate appearing on the ballot in the 2018 election.[6]

Democratic candidates
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Nominee
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  • Kenyatté Hassell, urban director for Young Life[7]
Eliminated in primary runoff
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  • Donald Williams, retired human resources consultant[8]
Eliminated in primary
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  • Terance Dawson
  • Roderick Thornton
Republican candidates
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The Republican primary for Alabama's 78th house district was cancelled. Loretta Grant advanced to the general election by default.[6]

Results
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Primary results by precinct
Hassell
  •   Hassell: 40–50%
      Hassell: 50–60%
      Hassell: 60–70%
Williams
  •   Williams: 40–50%
      Williams: 60–70%
      Williams: >90%
Dawson
  •   Dawson: 30–40%
Thornton
  •   Thornton: 30–40%
Tie
  •   Tie: 37.5%
Data not available
  •   Data not available
2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatté Hassell 554 48.13
Democratic Donald Williams 265 23.02
Democratic Terance Dawson 218 18.94
Democratic Roderick Thornton 114 9.90
Total votes 1,151 100.0%
 
Runoff results by precinct
Hassell
  •   Hassell: 50–60%
      Hassell: 60–70%
      Hassell: 70–80%
Williams
  •   Williams: 50–60%
      Williams: >90%
Data not available
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2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary runoff[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatté Hassell 678 64.82
Democratic Donald Williams 368 35.18
Total votes 1,046 100.0%
2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kenyatté Hassell 1,028 80.12%
Republican Loretta Grant 254 19.8%
Write-in 1 0.08%
Total votes 1,283 100.0%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "2020-2021 Alabama State House District 33 Special Election". Bama Politics. July 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  2. ^ Lyman, Brian (March 2, 2021). "Kirk Hatcher wins special election for Senate District 26". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "Proclamation for HD 78" (PDF). Alabama Governor. March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "Writ of election HD 78" (PDF). Alabama Governor. March 8, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Shah, Maryam (March 8, 2021). "Alabama Governor: Special Election Dates for House District 78". STL News. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Alabama House of Representatives District 78 Elections". Ballotpedia. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  7. ^ Lyman, Brian (June 23, 2021). "Kenyatté Hassell wins Democratic nomination for House District 78". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  8. ^ Lyman, Brian (June 21, 2021). "House District 78 Democratic runoff: Hassell, Williams stress experience". Montgomery Advertiser. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  9. ^ "SPECIAL PRIMARY ELECTION - HOUSE DISTRICT 78 MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESULTS". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  10. ^ "SPECIAL PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION - HOUSE DISTRICT 78 MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESULTS". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  11. ^ "Alabama Votes Alabama Secretary of State". Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved September 7, 2021.