# 2013 Alabama's 1st congressional district special election

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A special election for Alabama's 1st congressional district was held following the resignation of Jo Bonner on August 2, 2013, to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama. Primary elections were held on September 24. A runoff in the Republican primary took place on November 5 and the general election was pushed back to December 17. Republican Bradley Byrne won the election by a wide margin in the strongly conservative district.

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Bradley Byrne, former state senator and candidate for Governor of Alabama in 2010
* Daniel Dyas, builder
* Chad Fincher, state representative
* Wells Griffith, former RNC deputy chief of staff
* Quin Hillyer, newspaper columnist
* Jessica James, real estate agent, candidate for the Alabama State Board of Education in 2012 and candidate for the Tuscaloosa City Council in 2005
* Sharon Powe, entrepreneur, legal assistant for the U.S. Small Business Administration and candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives in 2010
* David Thornton, retired Shell production specialist and retail employee
* Dean Young, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012

#### Declined

* Jim Barton, state representative
* Randy Brinson, political activist and gastroenterologist
* Ben Brooks, Mobile County Circuit Judge and former state senator
* Greg Callahan
* Sam Cochran, Mobile County Sheriff
* Jeff Collier, Mayor of Dauphin Island
* Robert Craft, Mayor of Gulf Shores
* Randy Davis, state representative
* Tucker Dorsey, Baldwin County Commissioner
* Victor Gaston, state representative
* Rusty Glover, state senator
* Peter Gounares, real estate agent and candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012
* Bill Hightower, state senator
* Connie Hudson, Mobile County Commissioner
* Tim Kant, Mayor of Fairhope
* Tony Kennon, Orange Beach Mayor
* Albert Lipscomb, former Baldwin County Commissioner
* Hoss Mack, Baldwin County Sheriff
* Stephen Nodine, former Mobile County Commissioner and Baldwin County Jail inmate
* Trip Pittman, state senator
* Ashley Rich, Mobile District Attorney
* Pete Riehm, real estate agent and candidate for the seat in 2012
* Tim Russell, Baldwin County Probate Judge
* Sandy Stimpson, Mobile Mayor-Elect
* Robert Wilters, Baldwin County Circuit Judge

### Endorsements

* Paul Ryan, U.S. Representative and nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2012
* Rick Santorum, U.S. Senator and candidate for President of the United States in 2012

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bradley Byrne | Daniel Dyas | Chad Fincher | Wells Griffith | Quin Hillyer | Jessica James | Sharon Powe | David Thornton | Dean Young | Undecided |
| Cygnal | September 17–18, 2013 | 716 | ± 3.64% | 34% | 2% | 14.9% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 12.1% | 17.5% |

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bradley Byrne | 18,090 | 34.57% |
| | Republican | Dean Young | 12,011 | 22.95% |
| | Republican | Chad Fincher | 8,177 | 15.63% |
| | Republican | Quin Hillyer | 7,260 | 13.87% |
| | Republican | Wells Griffith | 5,758 | 11.00% |
| | Republican | Daniel Dyas | 391 | 0.75% |
| | Republican | Jessica James | 391 | 0.75% |
| | Republican | Sharon Powe | 184 | 0.35% |
| | Republican | David Thornton | 72 | 0.14% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 52,344 | 100.00% |

### Runoff
#### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bradley Byrne | Dean Young | Other | Undecided |
| Cygnal | October 30, 2013 | 1,027 | ± 3.03% | 40.2% | 43.2% | — | 16.6% |
| Wenzel Strategies | October 6–8, 2013 | 412 | ± ?% | 44% | 37% | — | 19% |

### Results

Republican primary runoff results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bradley Byrne | 38,150 | 52.5% |
| | Republican | Dean Young | 34,534 | 47.5% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 72,684 | 100.00% |

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Declared

* Lula Albert-Kaigler, retired self-employed worker
* Burton LeFlore, real estate agent

#### Declined

* Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General of the United States
* Napoleon Bracy, State Representative
* Lucy Buffett, businesswoman
* Vivian Davis Figures, state senator
* Sam Jones, Mayor of Mobile
* Marc Keahey, state senator

### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Burton LeFlore | 3,129 | 70.2% |
| | Democratic | Lula Albert-Kaigler | 1,328 | 29.8% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,457 | 100.00% |

## Independent
### Candidates
#### Declared

* James Hall, former Marine

## General election
### Results

2013 Alabama's 1st congressional district special election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bradley Byrne | 36,042 | 71.0 |
| | Democratic | Burton LeFlore | 14,968 | 29.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 51,010 | 100.0 |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |