2018 Alabama elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 6, 2018. All Alabama executive officers were up for election along with all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on June 5, 2018, for both major parties. Governor. Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who assumed the office upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley in April 2017, ran for election to a full term against Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and independent write-in Chad Chig Martin. Kay Ivey won with 60% of the votes . Lieutenant Governor. The office of Lieutenant Governor was vacant prior to the election. State House Representative Will Ainsworth, State Senator Rusty Glover, and Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh were running for the Republican nomination. Dr. Will Boyd from Florence ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Attorney General. Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination. Incumbent Republican Attorney General Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Governor Bentley in February 2017 after appointing Attorney General Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate, ran for a first full term. Former chief deputy attorney general Alice Martin sought the Republican  nomination. Attorney Joseph Siegelman, son of former governor Don Siegelman, is the nominee of the Democratic Party. Chris Christie ran for attorney general on the Democratic ballot. Christie has been a trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings for 30 years. Secretary of State. Incumbent Republican Secretary of State John Merrill ran for re-election to a second term. General election. Results. Governing magazine projected the race as "safe Republican". State Auditor. Incumbent Republican State Auditor Jim Zeigler was running for re-election to a second term. State Treasurer. Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer was term-limited and could  not run for re-election to a third consecutive term. Democratic primary. No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary. Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries. Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term. The Republican candidates are Lowndesboro Mayor and Lowndes County GOP chairman Rick Pate, former FBI field intelligence supervisor T. O. (Tracy) Crane, State Senator Gerald Dial, and Cecil Murphy. Democratic primary. No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary. Public Service Commission. The two associate commissioner seats on the  Alabama Public Service Commission was up for election. Incumbent Republican commissioners Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, and Chip Beeker, who was first elected in 2014, were both eligible to run for re-election. Alabama State Legislature. Every member of the Alabama state legislature was up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2014 elections, Republicans maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105 Alabama House of Representatives seats were up for election. These  seats will not be contested in a regularly-scheduled election again until 2022. The outcome of this election could affect partisan balance during post-2020 census redistricting. Senate. Republicans won 27 while Democrats won 8 seats. The Republican Party gained 1 seat, the 29th, which was held by an retiring independent who caucused with the Republicans. House of Representatives. Republicans won 77 seats while Democrats won 28 seats. The Republican Party gained 5 seats. United States House of Representatives. All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. 6 Republicans and  1 Democrat were returned. No districts changed hands.