Mark Pettway
2019 - Present
2027
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Mark Pettway (Democratic Party) is the Jefferson County Sheriff in Alabama. He assumed office in 2019. His current term ends on January 18, 2027.
Pettway (Democratic Party) ran for re-election for Jefferson County Sheriff in Alabama. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Jefferson County, Alabama (2022)
General election
General election for Jefferson County Sheriff
Incumbent Mark Pettway defeated Jared Hudson in the general election for Jefferson County Sheriff on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Pettway (D) | 52.1 | 102,560 |
| Jared Hudson (R) | 47.8 | 94,164 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 128 | ||
| Total votes: 196,852 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Jefferson County Sheriff
Incumbent Mark Pettway defeated Felicia Rucker-Sumerlin, Kareem Easley, and Wilson Hale in the Democratic primary for Jefferson County Sheriff on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Pettway | 76.2 | 35,743 |
| Felicia Rucker-Sumerlin | 12.1 | 5,684 | |
| Kareem Easley | 7.1 | 3,313 | |
| Wilson Hale | 4.7 | 2,188 | ||
| Total votes: 46,928 | ||||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Jared Hudson advanced from the Republican primary for Jefferson County Sheriff.
2018
General election
General election for Jefferson County Sheriff
Mark Pettway defeated incumbent Mike Hale in the general election for Jefferson County Sheriff on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Pettway (D) | 51.4 | 131,369 |
| Mike Hale (R) | 48.5 | 123,917 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 139 | ||
| Total votes: 255,425 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Jefferson County Sheriff
Mark Pettway defeated Wilson Hale in the Democratic primary runoff for Jefferson County Sheriff on July 17, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Pettway | 71.4 | 21,797 |
| Wilson Hale | 28.6 | 8,746 | ||
| Total votes: 30,543 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Jefferson County Sheriff
Mark Pettway and Wilson Hale advanced to a runoff. They defeated Wallace Anger Jr. and Heath Boackle in the Democratic primary for Jefferson County Sheriff on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Pettway | 42.8 | 26,354 |
| ✔ | Wilson Hale | 25.6 | 15,794 | |
| Wallace Anger Jr. | 18.5 | 11,398 | |
| Heath Boackle | 13.1 | 8,093 | |
| Total votes: 61,639 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Jefferson County Sheriff
Incumbent Mike Hale advanced from the Republican primary for Jefferson County Sheriff on June 5, 2018.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | Mike Hale | |
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Mark Pettway did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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