Alabama state legislative special elections, 2022

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Two special elections were called to fill vacant seats in the Alabama State Legislature in 2022. Click here to read more about the special elections.

House special elections called:

• District 63: February 1
• District 76: March 1

How vacancies are filled in Alabama

See also: How vacancies are filled in state legislatures

If there is a vacancy in the Alabama State Legislature, a special election must generally be conducted in order to fill the vacant seat. In the event that a vacancy occurs on or after October 1 in the year of a regular election, the seat will remain vacant until filled at the regular election. Otherwise, the governor must call for a special election if the vacancy happens before the next scheduled general election and the Legislature is in session.^[1][2] The governor has all discretion in setting the date of the election along with the nominating deadlines.^[2]

See sources: Alabama Code § 17-15-1

About the legislature

The Alabama State Legislature is a bicameral body composed of the Alabama House of Representatives, with 105 members, and the Alabama State Senate, with 35 members.

The boxes below show the partisan composition of both chambers directly before and after the most recent general elections prior to 2020. For the most up-to-date numbers on partisan composition in this legislature, see here (Senate) and here (House).

Special elections

Click [show] to the right of the district name for more information:

February 1, 2022

March 1, 2022

Historical data

There were 848 state legislative special elections that took place from 2010 to 2021. Alabama held 28 special elections during the same time period; about two per year on average. The largest number of special elections in Alabama took place in 2021 when five special elections were held.

The table below details how many state legislative special elections were held in a state in a given year.

Special elections throughout the country

See also: State legislative special elections, 2022

In 2022, 54 state legislative special elections were scheduled in 24 states. Between 2011 and 2021, an average of 74 special elections took place each year.

Breakdown of 2022 special elections

In 2022, special elections for state legislative positions were held for the following reasons:

• 21 due to appointment, election, or the seeking of election to another position
• 24 due to resignation
• 9 due to the death of the incumbent

Impact of special elections on partisan composition

The partisan breakdown for the special elections was as follows:

• 36 Democratic seats
• 18 Republican seats

As of July 9th, 2024, Republicans controlled 54.93% of all state legislative seats nationally, while Democrats held 44.34%. Republicans held a majority in 56 chambers, and Democrats held the majority in 41 chambers. Two chambers (Alaska House and Alaska Senate) were organized under multipartisan, power-sharing coalitions.

Partisan balance of all 7,386 state legislative seats
Legislative chamber			Other	Vacant
State senates	845	1,114	4	10
State houses	2,430	2,943	19	21
Total:	3,275	4,057	23	31

The table below details how many seats changed parties as the result of a special election in 2022. The number on the left reflects how many vacant seats were originally held by each party, while the number on the right shows how many vacant seats each party won in the special elections.

Note: This table reflects information for elections that were held and not the total number of vacant seats.

Flipped seats

In 2022, two seats flipped as a result of state legislative special elections.

Seats flipped from D to R

• Montana State Senate District 39 (November 8)

Seats flipped from R to D

• Michigan House of Representatives District 74 (May 3)

See also

• State legislative special elections, 2022
• State legislative special elections, 2021
• State legislative special elections, 2020
• State legislative special elections, 2019
• State legislative special elections, 2018
• State legislative special elections, 2017
• State legislative special elections, 2016
• Alabama State Legislature

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