Election Results
Donald Trump won Alabama with about 65% of the vote in the 2024 presidential election.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Alabama | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic margin 2024 (points) | 29 | -1.5 |
Governors
Kay Ivey (R) has been governor since 2017, with Republicans holding supermajorities in both chambers.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Kay Ivey | Republican | 2017–present |
| Robert Bentley | Republican | 2011–2017 |
| Bob Riley | Republican | 2003–2011 |
| Donald Eugene Siegelman | Democratic | 1999–2003 |
| James Elisha Folsom, Jr. | Democratic | 1993–1995 |
| Harold Guy Hunt | Republican | 1987–1993 |
| Albert Preston Brewer | Democratic | 1968–1971 |
| Lurleen Burns Wallace | Democratic | 1967–1968 |
| John Malcolm Patterson | Democratic | 1959–1963 |
| Seth Gordon Persons | Democratic | 1951–1955 |
| Chauncey Sparks | Democratic | 1943–1947 |
| Frank Murray Dixon | Democratic | 1939–1943 |
| Benjamin Meek Miller | Democratic | 1931–1935 |
| William Woodward Brandon | Democratic | 1923–1927 |
| Thomas Erby Kilby | Democratic | 1919–1923 |
| Charles Henderson | Democratic | 1915–1919 |
| Emmet O’Neal | Democratic | 1911–1915 |
| Braxton Bragg Comer | Democratic | 1907–1911 |
| Russell McWorther Cunningham | Democratic | 1904–1905 |
| William James Samford | Democratic | 1900–1901 |
| Joseph Forney Johnston | Democratic | 1896–1900 |
| William Calvin Oates | Democratic | 1894–1896 |
| Thomas Goode Jones | Democratic | 1890–1894 |
| Thomas Seay | Democratic | 1886–1890 |
| Edward Asbury O’Neal | Democratic | 1882–1886 |
| Rufus Willis Cobb | Democratic | 1878–1882 |
| George Smith Houston | Democratic | 1874–1878 |
| David Peter Lewis | Democratic Republican | 1872–1874 |
| Robert Burns Lindsay | Democratic | 1870–1872 |
| William Hugh Smith | Republican | 1868–1870 |
| Lewis Eliphalet Parsons | Democratic | 1865–1865 |
| Thomas Hill Watts | Whig | 1863–1865 |
| John Gill Shorter | Democratic | 1861–1863 |
| Andrew Barry Moore | Democratic | 1857–1861 |
| John Anthony Winston | Democratic | 1853–1857 |
| Henry Watkins Collier | Democratic | 1849–1853 |
| Reuben Chapman | Democratic | 1847–1849 |
| Joshua Lanier Martin | Independent | 1845–1847 |
| Benjamin Fitzpatrick | Democratic | 1841–1845 |
| Arthur Pendleton Bagby | Democratic | 1837–1841 |
| Hugh McVay | Democratic | 1837–1837 |
| Clement Comer Clay | Democratic | 1835–1837 |
| John Gayle | Democratic | 1831–1835 |
| Samuel B. Moore | Democratic | 1831–1831 |
| Gabriel Moore | Jackson Democrat | 1829–1831 |
| John Murphy | Jackson Democrat | 1825–1829 |
| Israel Pickens | Democratic-Republican | 1821–1825 |
| Thomas Bibb | Democratic-Republican | 1820–1821 |
| William Wyatt Bibb | Democratic-Republican | 1819–1820 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
- •Alabama has not voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since 1976.
Senators
Alabama's U.S. senators are Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville, both Republicans.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1978–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
- •Angela Alsobrooks and Lisa Blunt Rochester became the first Black women elected to the Senate from their states in 2024.
Representatives
Alabama has 7 seats in the U.S. House, 6 held by Republicans.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Alabama
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
Voting Trends
Alabama has voted Republican in every presidential election since 1980.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Party Distribution
Alabama's state legislature is heavily Republican, holding supermajorities in both chambers.