Alabama U.S. Senate election history

Every Alabama U.S. Senate election from 1978 to 2022: winners, parties, margins and the seats that changed hands.

Current senators

Alabama Senate races: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

Year	Seat	Winner	Party	Runner-up	Margin	Votes
2022	Class III	Katie Britt	Republican	Will Boyd	35.7	1,414,238
2020 flip	Class II	Tommy Tuberville	Republican	Gordon Douglas Jones	20.4	2,316,445
2017 special flip	Class II	Gordon Douglas Jones	Democratic	Roy S. Moore	1.6	1,348,720
2016	Class III	Richard C. Shelby	Republican	Ronald Steven Crumpton	28.1	2,087,444
2014	Class II	Jeff Sessions	Republican	—	—	818,090
2010	Class III	Richard C. Shelby	Republican	William G. Barnes	30.5	1,485,499
2008	Class II	Jeff Sessions	Republican	Vivian Davis Figures	26.8	2,060,191
2004	Class III	Richard C. Shelby	Republican	Wayne Sowell	35.2	1,839,066
2002	Class II	Jeff Sessions	Republican	Susan Parker	18.8	1,353,023
1998	Class III	Richard C. Shelby	Republican	Clayton Suddith	26.6	1,293,405
1996 flip	Class II	Jeff Sessions	Republican	Roger Bedford	7.0	1,499,393
1992	Class III	Richard C. Shelby	Democratic	Richard Sellers	31.7	1,577,799
1990	Class II	Howell Heflin	Democratic	Bill Cabaniss	21.2	1,185,154
1986 flip	Class III	Richard C. Shelby	Democratic	Jeremiah Andrew Denton	0.6	1,211,897
1984	Class II	Howell Heflin	Democratic	Albert Lee Smith	26.4	1,371,234
1980 flip	Class III	Jeremiah Andrew Denton	Republican	Jim Folsom	3.1	1,296,757
1978	Class II	Howell Heflin	Democratic	Jerome B. Couch	88.0	582,005
1978 special	Class III	Donald Stewart	Democratic	James Martin	11.7	729,842

Katie Britt won in 2022 by 35.7 points.

Katie Boyd Britt (Republican, term ends 2029) and Tommy Tuberville (Republican, term ends 2027).

In 2017, when Gordon Douglas Jones won.

In 2022, when Katie Britt won.

Results: FiveThirtyEight (from 1976 for Senate, 1996 for governor). Current members: congress-legislators.