Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | first elected | result | candidates |
| alabama 1 | frank w boykin | democratic | 1935 | re - elected | frank w boykin (d) unopposed |
| alabama 2 | george m grant | democratic | 1938 | re - elected | george m grant (d) unopposed |
| alabama 4 | sam hobbs | democratic | 1934 | re - elected | sam hobbs (d) 87.9% thomas g mcnaron (r) 12.1% |
| alabama 5 | joe starnes | democratic | 1934 | re - elected | joe starnes (d) 100.0% george bogus ( w / i ) 0.003% |
| alabama 6 | pete jarman | democratic | 1936 | re - elected | pete jarman (d) unopposed |
| alabama 8 | john sparkman | democratic | 1936 | re - elected | john sparkman (d) unopposed |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1940
Statement:
in alabama 's eighth district john sparkman represented the democractic party and ran unopposed in the 1940 us house of representatives elections while peter jarman also ran unopposed in the 1940 elections
Answer:
supported