Alabama state elections, 2006

On [[November 7]], [[2006]], [[Alabama]] will have elections for seven constitutional officers, a public service commissioner, all [[Alabama State Senate|state senators]], all [[Alabama House of Representatives|state representatives]], the [[Alabama Supreme Court|supreme court]] and appeals courts, the state board of education, probate judges in all counties, three Constitutional amendments, and various municipal elections. The state held a primary on [[June 6]], which included referendums on constitutional amendments, and held primary run-offs on [[July 18]].

==[[Governor of Alabama|Governor]]==
===[[United States Democratic Party|Democratic]] Primary===

The major candidates in this race were [[Lucy Baxley]], the sitting [[Lieutenant Governor]], and [[Don Siegelman]], former governor of Alabama from [[1999]]-[[2003]]. Three other minor candidates each polled less than 1% of the vote.

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Governor - Democratic Primary
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Lucy Baxley
| align="right" | 279,165
| align="right" | 59.8
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Don Siegelman
| align="right" | 170,016
| align="right" | 36.4
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Joe Copeland
| align="right" | 4,141
| align="right" | .9
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Nathan Mathis
| align="right" | 4,000
| align="right" | .9
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Katherine Mack
| align="right" | 3,392
| align="right" | .7
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| James Potts
| align="right" | 3,333
| align="right" | .7
|- {{Party shading/Democratic}}
| Harry Lyon
| align="right" | 2,490
| align="right" | .5
|-
|}

===[[United States Republican Party|Republican]] Primary===

*[[Bob Riley]] - incumbent
*[[Roy Moore]] - former [[Alabama Supreme Court]] [[Chief Justice]]

Moore had achieved national attention in [[2003]] for having refused to remove a monument to the [[Ten Commandments]] from the Alabama Supreme Court building, even after being ordered to do so by [[United States District Judge]] [[Myron Thompson]], a Democrat appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]]. The [[United States Supreme Court]] refused to hear Moore's appeal. Moore was thereafter removed from his post by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.

==[[Alabama Lieutenant Governor|Lieutenant Governor]]==

*Luther Strange - attorney
*George C. Wallace, Jr. - son of former governor and presidential candidate [[George Wallace]], [[Alabama Public Service Commission|Public Service Commissioner]]
*Mo Brooks - former state representative, [[Madison County, Alabama|Madison County]] Administrator
*Hilbun Adams - businessman, former IDF enlistee

===Republican Primary===
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Lieutenant Governor - Republican Primary
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Luther Strange
| align="right" | 208,558
| align="right" | 48.1
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| George Wallace
| align="right" | 144,619
| align="right" | 33.4
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Mo Brooks
| align="right" | 67,773
| align="right" | 15.6
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Hilbun Adams
| align="right" | 12,413
| align="right" | 2.9
|-
|}

===Republican Run-off===
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Lieutenant Governor - Republican Run-off
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Luther Strange
| align="right" | 108,904
| align="right" | 54.8
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| George Wallace
| align="right" | 89,788
| align="right" | 45.2
|-
|}

===Democrat===

*[[Jim Folsom, Jr.]] - former governor and lieutenant governor, son of governor [[Jim Folsom|Jim Folsom, Sr.]]

==Attorney General==
===Democratic Primary===

*John Tyson - [[Mobile County, Alabama|Mobile County]] [[district attorney]]
*[[Larry Darby]] - attorney, [[white supremacist]]

Darby caused some controversy in the race by stating his beliefs that no more than 140,000 Jews died in the [[Holocaust]], as well as openly affiliating with a [[National Vanguard|white supremacist organization]]. The fact that the race was so close despite Darby's unorthodox views seems to be due to low name recognition of both candidates among voters.

===Republican Primary===

*[[Troy King]] - incumbent
*Mark Montiel - attorney

==[[Alabama Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]==
===Democratic Primary===
*Nancy Worley - incumbent
*Ed Packard - employee of Elections Division of the Secretary of State's office

===Republican===

*Beth Chapman - state auditor

==Treasurer==
===Republican===
*Kay Ivey - incumbent

===Democratic Primary===
*Steve Segrest - realtor, '02 Secretary of State candidate
*Keith Douglas Williams - Mobile County corrections officer

==State Auditor==
===Democratic Primary===

*Janie Baker Clarke - attorney, 1998 Supreme Court candidate
*Charley Baker - former Assistant Auditor, 1994 Auditor candidate
*Wayne Sowell - frequent candidate

===Republican Primary===
*Wes Allen - [[Troy University]] director of athletics for development
*S. Samantha Shaw - [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery County]] GOP Chair
*Tripp Skipper - former legislative staffer, [[Baptist]] pastor
*Chess Bedsole - Birmingham businessman and attorney; former U.S. Senate Counsel

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Auditor - Republican Primary
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Wes Allen
| align="right" | 102,520
| align="right" | 30.7
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| S. Samantha Shaw
| align="right" | 88,114
| align="right" | 26.4
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Tripp Skipper
| align="right" | 74,436
| align="right" | 22.3
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Chess Bedsole
| align="right" | 69,321
| align="right" | 20.7
|-
|}

===Republican Run-off===
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Auditor - Republican Run-off
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| S. Samantha Shaw
| align="right" | 83,176
| align="right" | 50.8
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Wes Allen
| align="right" | 80,671
| align="right" | 49.2
|-
|}

==State Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries==
===Republican===
*Albert Lipscomb - [[Baldwin County, South Carolina|Baldwin County]] Commission Chair

===Democrat===
*Ron Sparks - incumbent

==[[Alabama Public Service Comission|Public Service Commission]]==

Spots One and Two are open for election this year for four-year terms. Spot Two is being vacated by George Wallace, and attracted a large number of candidates.

===Spot One===
====Democrat====

Jan Cook - incumbent

====Republican====

John Rice - state senator

===Spot Two===
====Democratic Primary====

*Susan Parker - former State Auditor
*Debbie Murphree - businesswoman

====Republican Primary====

*Perry Hooper - former state representative ([[Mongomery, Alabama|Montgomery]])
*John Amari - former state senator, 1998 lieutenant governor candidate
*Jack Hornady - former Service Commission employee

===Republican Run-off===
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Commissioner - Republican Run-ff
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Perry Hooper
| align="right" | 101,287
| align="right" | 58
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| John Amari
| align="right" | 73,234
| align="right" | 42
|-
|}

==[[Alabama State Board of Education|State Board of Education]]==

Even-numbered districts on the eight-member Board of Education are up for election this year.

===District Two===
====Republican Primary====

*Betty Peters - incumbent
*Frank Moore - [[Daleville, Alabama|Daleville]] City Schools Superintendent

====Democrat====

*Charlotte Kirkland Williams - teacher, director of Southeast Alabama Education Outreach Center

===District Four===
====Democrat====

*Ethel Hall - incumbent

===District Six===
====Republican Primary====

*David Byers - incumbent
*Jonathan Putnam - businessman

===District Eight===
====Republican====
*Marrell Dixon - former mayor of [[Sardis City, Alabama|Sardis City]], former teacher

====Democrat====

*Mary Jane Caylor - incumbent

==Judicial Races==

Most of Alabama's justices and judges are popularly elected in partisan elections, and many will face reelection this year.

===Supreme Court===

The [[Chief Justice of Alabama|Chief Justice]] position and the first four of eight Associate Justice positions are open for reelection to four-year terms.

====Chief Justice====
=====Republican Primary=====

*[[Drayton Nabers]] - incumbent
*[[Tom Parker]] - Associate Justice

=====Democrat=====

*Sue Bell Cobb - associate justice, Court of Criminal Appeals

====Associate Justice Place 1====
=====Republican Primary=====

*Champ Lyons - incumbent
*Ben Hand - attorney

====Associate Justice Place 2====
=====Republican Primary=====

*Tom Woodall - incumbent
*Hank Fowler - former staff attorney for Justice Parker

=====Democrat=====

*Gwendolyn Thomas Kennedy - attorney

====Associate Justice Place 3====
=====Republican Primary=====

*Lyn Stuart - incumbent
*Alan Zeigler - attorney

=====Democrat=====

*Albert Johnson - [[Russell County, Alabama|Russell County]] Circuit Judge

====Associate Justice Place 4====
=====Republican Primary=====

*Glenn Murdock - justice, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
*Jean Brown - incumbent
*Tracy Gwyn BirdSong - attorney

=====Democrat=====

*John England - [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] Circuit Judge

===Court of Civil Appeals===

Three of the five seats on the Civil Appeals Court are up for reelection to four-year terms.

====Place 1====
=====Republican Primary=====

*Terry Moore - attorney
*Mark Anderson - deputy attorney general

=====Democrat=====

*Ray Vaughan - attorney

====Place 2====
=====Republican=====

*Craig Pittman - incumbent

=====Democrat=====

*Kimberly Harbison Drake - attorney

====Place 3====
=====Republican Primary=====

*Phillip Wood - [[Autauga County, Alabama|Autauga County]] district judge
*Terri Willingham Thomas - [[Cullman County, Alabama|Cullman County]] district judge
*Bill Shashy - 15th Judicial Circuit judge

=====Republican Run-off=====
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Civil Appeals 3 - Republican Run-off
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Terri Willingham Thomas
| align="right" | 88,035
| align="right" | 55
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Phillip Wood
| align="right" | 71,967
| align="right" | 45
|-
|}

=====Democrat=====

*Jim McFerrin - attorney

===Court of Criminal Appeals===
====Place 1====
=====Republican=====

*Greg Shaw - incumbent

=====Democrat=====

*Aubrey Ford, Jr. - [[Macon County, Alabama|Macon County]] District judge

====Place 2====
=====Democratic Primary=====

*Claude Patton - attorney
*Jamie Durham - deputy attorney general

====Place 3====
=====Republican Primary=====

*Clay Crenshaw - assistant attorney general
*Sam Welch - [[Monroe County, Alabama|Monroe County]] Circuit judge
*Beth Kellum - Criminal Appeals Court staff attorney
*Alva Lambert - administrative law judge, State Health Planning and Development Agency

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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Criminal Appeals 3 - Republican Primary
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Clay Crenshaw
| align="right" | 106,648
| align="right" | 33.8
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Sam Welch
| align="right" | 86,992
| align="right" | 27.6
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Beth Kellum
| align="right" | 86,485
| align="right" | 27.4
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Alva Lambert
| align="right" | 35,014
| align="right" | 11.1
|-
|}

=====Republican Run-off=====
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|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="3" | Criminal Appeals 3 - Republican Run-off
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"
! colspan="1" style="width: 170px"|Candidate
! style="width: 50px"|Votes
! style="width: 40px"|%
|-
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Sam Welch
| align="right" | 79,055
| align="right" | 51
|- {{Party shading/Republican}}
| Clay Crenshaw
| align="right" | 75,913
| align="right" | 49
|-
|}

=====Democrat=====

*Deborah Bell Paseur - [[Lauderdale County, Alabama|Lauderdale County]] District judge

===Other Judicial Races===

Races for various circuit and district courts will be held, as well as circuit clerks, sheriffs and probate judges in all counties.

==Constitutional Amendments==

One amendment was placed on the ballot for consideration in The Primary election, and three will be on the ballot in the general election.

===Primary Election===

Included on the ballot in the 2006 primary election was a statewide constitutional amendment, proposed by Act 2005-35, that defined marriage in Alabama as only between a man and a woman, and precluded the recognition by Alabama of any other type of marriage issued in the United States.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | '''Statewide Constitutional Amendment Referendum'''
| valign="top" | '''Votes''' 
| valign="top" | '''Percentage''' 
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Independent}}| 
| For
| 697,591
| 81.2
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Independent}}| 
| Against
| 161,694
| 18.8
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |  '''Total''' 
| '''859,285'''
| '''100'''
|-
|}

===Amendment 1===
1, proposed by Act 2005-105, would amend the constitution to allow the [[Prichard, Alabama|City of Prichard]] to establish a foreign trade investment zone.
===Amendment 2===
2 would require the [[millage]] rate on local property taxes used to fund public schools to be at least 10.0 mills.

===Amendment 3===
3 would provide for an elected [[Macon County, Alabama|Macon County]] Board of Education from four [[single-member districts]] and at-large for staggered six-year terms.

==General Assembly==
===State House===

All 105 House seats are up for election.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | '''Alabama State House- 2006'''
| valign="top" | '''Members''' 
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Republican}}| 
| Republican-Held
| 43
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Democratic}}| 
| Democrat-Held
| 61
|-
|bgcolor="black"| 
| vacant
| 1
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" | '''2006 Elections'''
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Republican}}| 
| Uncontested Republican
| 22
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Independent}}| 
| Contested
| 47
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Democratic}}| 
| Uncontested Democratic
| 36
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |  '''Total''' 
| '''105'''
|-
|}

===State Senate===

All 35 Senate district seats will be open for election this year. It seems unlikely the Senate will change hands from its current Democratic majority.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" | '''Alabama State Senate - 2006'''
| valign="top" | '''Members''' 
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Republican}}| 
| Republican-Held
| 10
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Democratic}}| 
| Democrat-Held
| 25
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" align="center" | '''2006 Elections'''
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Republican}}| 
| Uncontested Republican
| 5
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Independent}}| 
| Contested
| 24
|-
|{{American politics/party colours/Democratic}}| 
| Uncontested Democratic
| 6
|-
| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |  '''Total''' 
| '''35'''
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Alabama gubernatorial election, 2006]]

[[Category:2006 elections in the United States]]
[[Category:Alabama elections|2006]]