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Jefferson County, Alabama, held general elections for county commissioner, district attorney, county sheriff, circuit clerk, and circuit, district, and probate court judgeships on November 6, 2018. If a race had multiple candidates for a party nomination, a primary was held on June 5, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was February 9, 2018.

Elections

The candidate lists below are based on lists provided by the Democratic and Republican parties of Jefferson County on February 10, 2018. The filing deadline for the June primary was on February 9, 2018. (i) denotes an incumbent.^[1]^[2]

County Commission

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2018 Jefferson County elections
Election dates
	Filing deadline: February 9, 2018
	Primary election: June 5, 2018; General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
	Offices up: County commissioner, District Attorney, County sheriff, Circuit Clerk, Local Judgeships
	Total seats up: 28;
	Election type: Partisan
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District 1

General election

[dems-1] Jefferson County Democratic Party, "Your 2018 Democratic Candidates," February 19, 2018

[reps-2] Jefferson County Republican Party, "Qualified Candidates," accessed February 20, 2018

[AL.com-3] AL.com, "Disqualified Jefferson County judicial candidate still gets most votes," November 6, 2018

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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Lashunda Scales (D)	98.7	40,513
	Other/Write-in votes	1.3	534

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,047 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Sheila Tyson (D)	99.1	40,344
	Other/Write-in votes	0.9	386

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,730 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jimmie Stephens (R)	95.8	36,800
	Other/Write-in votes	4.2	1,614

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,414 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Joe Knight (R)	62.2	31,020
	J.T. Smallwood (D)	37.7	18,797
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	15

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,832 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Steve Ammons (R)	96.4	38,704
	Other/Write-in votes	3.6	1,456

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 40,160 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Danny Carr (D)	56.8	143,815
	Mike Anderton (R)	43.2	109,309
	Other/Write-in votes	0.0	89

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 253,213 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Mark Pettway (D)	51.4	131,369
	Mike Hale (R)	48.5	123,917
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	139

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 255,425 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Demographic Data for Jefferson County, Alabama
	Jefferson County	Alabama
Population	658,466	4,779,736
Land area (sq mi)	1,111	50,646
Race and ethnicity**
White	51.8%	68.1%
Black/African American	42.9%	26.6%
Asian	1.6%	1.4%
Native American	0.2%	0.5%
Pacific Islander	0%	0%
Two or more	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic/Latino	3.9%	4.3%
Education
High school graduation rate	90.1%	86.2%
College graduation rate	33.4%	25.5%
Income
Median household income	$53,901	$50,536
Persons below poverty level	16%	16.7%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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Municipal elections in Jefferson County, Alabama (2018)

Elections

County Commission

District 1

General election

General election for Jefferson County Commission District 1

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General election for Jefferson County Commission District 2

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District 3

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General election for Jefferson County Commission District 3

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District 4

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General election for Jefferson County Commission District 4

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District 5

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General election for Jefferson County Commission District 5

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District attorney

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General election for Jefferson County District Attorney

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Sheriff

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General election for Jefferson County Sheriff

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Judicial

Circuit Court

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