The Green Papers: Alabama 2007 Off Year Election |
Alabama
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Jefferson B. "Jeff" Sessions First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 | Republican | Senator Richard C. Shelby First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998, 2004. [also served in the U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 as a Democrat] Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
Republican | Governor Bob Riley First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010. Term Limit: Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. Elected separately from the Governor. | |||||
Democratic | Lieutenant Governor James Elisha "Jim" Folsom, Jr. First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Republican (4 Undetermined, 1 Open); 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Josiah Robins "Jo" Bonner First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Terry Everett First elected: 1992 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 Open Seat - 26 September 2007: Announced that he is retiring and will not seek re-election. |
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Republican | Congressman Michael "Mike" Rogers First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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CD 4 {map} |
Republican | Congressman Robert B. Aderholt First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Robert Edward "Bud" Cramer, Jr. First elected: 1990 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Spencer T. Bachus First elected: 1992 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Artur Genestre Davis First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
Republican | Secretary of State Beth Chapman First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
Republican | Attorney General Troy King Appointed as 8 March 2004 by Governor Bob Riley; First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
Republican | Treasurer Kay Ivey First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
Republican | Auditor S. Samantha "Sam" Shaw First elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
Democratic | Agriculture and Industry Commissioner Ron Sparks First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |