2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Alabama

2014 United States Senate election in Alabama

2014 United States Senate election in Alabama

U.S. Senate election in Alabama

See also: 2014 United States Senate elections

The 2014 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate for Alabama.

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Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, who served in the position since 1997, ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. As the Democrats did not field a candidate, he was the only candidate to file before the deadline and was therefore unopposed in the Republican primary election and only faced write-in opposition in the general election.[1]

Sessions was re-elected with 97.25% of the vote with the remaining votes being write-ins. This alongside the concurrent gubernatorial election is the last time Jefferson County voted Republican in a statewide election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Independents

An independent candidate would have been able to challenge Sessions if at least 44,828 signatures had been submitted by June 3, 2014.[3] None did so.

General election

Candidates

On ballot

  • Jeff Sessions (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator

Write-in

  • Victor Sanchez Williams (Democratic), attorney[4][5]

Fundraising

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Predictions

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Polling

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Results

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Aftermath

Sessions did not complete this term, which ran through January 3, 2021; he resigned on February 9, 2017, to become Attorney General under the Trump administration. This triggered the interim appointment of Luther Strange to fill the vacancy until Democrat Doug Jones won a special election later that year. On November 7, 2019, Sessions announced that he would stand for this US Senate seat again in 2020 when it was due for its regularly-scheduled election,[11] though he was defeated in the runoff primary by football coach Tommy Tuberville, who would go onto win the general election.

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References

  1. [1]
    Cason, Mike (February 7, 2014). "Democrats pick up a handful of candidates; governor only contested statewide race in primary". AL.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  2. [2]
    Phillip Rawls (January 16, 2013). "Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions will seek re-election in 2014". The Republic. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Independent Candidate Ballot Access" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. August 20, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. [4]
    Arkansas native proposes challenge to unopposed Republican senator in Alabama
  5. [5]
    WILLIAMS, VICTOR SANCHEZ
  6. [6]
    "2014 Senate Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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    "The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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    "2014 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
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    "2014 Elections Map - Battle for the Senate 2014". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Certified General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  11. [11]
    "Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions praises Trump in announcing run for his old US Senate seat".


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