2014 United States Senate election in Alabama

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2014 United States Senate election in Alabama

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Nominee Jeff Sessions
Party Republican
Popular vote 795,606
Percentage 97.25%

County results
Sessions:      80–90%      90–100%

U.S. senator before election

Jeff Sessions
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jeff Sessions
Republican

The 2014 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate for Alabama.

Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, who served in the position since 1997, ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. As the Democrats did not field a candidate, he was the only candidate to file before the deadline and was therefore unopposed in the Republican primary election and only faced write-in opposition in the general election.[1]

Sessions was re-elected with 97.25% of the vote with the remaining votes being write-ins. This alongside the concurrent gubernatorial election is the last time Jefferson County voted Republican in a statewide election.

Republican primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Declared[edit]

Independents[edit]

An independent candidate would have been able to challenge Sessions if at least 44,828 signatures had been submitted by June 3, 2014.[3] None did so.

General election[edit]

Candidates[edit]

On ballot[edit]

  • Jeff Sessions (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator

Write-in[edit]

  • Victor Sanchez Williams (Democratic), attorney[4][5]

Fundraising[edit]

Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Jeff Sessions (R) $1,369,672 $1,151,690 $3,343,748
Victor Sanchez Williams (D) $4,497 $4,247 $250

Predictions[edit]

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[6] Solid R November 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] Safe R November 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report[8] Safe R November 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics[9] Safe R November 3, 2014

Polling[edit]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Jeff
Sessions (R)
Other Undecided
YouGov October 16–23, 2014 661 ± 6.0% 63% 11% 27%
YouGov September 20 – October 1, 2014 692 ± 4.0% 61% 13% 26%
YouGov August 18 – September 2, 2014 741 ± 5.0% 54% 12% 34%
YouGov July 5–24, 2014 1,036 ± 5.2% 65% 10% 26%

Results[edit]

United States Senate election in Alabama, 2014[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jeff Sessions (incumbent) 795,606 97.25% +33.89%
Write-in 22,484 2.75% +2.63%
Total votes 818,090 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]

Aftermath[edit]

Sessions did not complete this term, which ran through January 3, 2021; he resigned on February 9, 2017, to become Attorney General under the Trump administration. This triggered the interim appointment of Luther Strange to fill the vacancy until Democrat Doug Jones won a special election later that year. On November 7, 2019, Sessions announced that he would stand for this US Senate seat again in 2020 when it was due for its regularly-scheduled election,[11] though he was defeated in the runoff primary by football coach Tommy Tuberville, who would go onto win the general election.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Cason, Mike (February 7, 2014). "Democrats pick up a handful of candidates; governor only contested statewide race in primary". AL.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  2. ^ Phillip Rawls (January 16, 2013). "Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions will seek re-election in 2014". The Republic. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
  3. ^ "Independent Candidate Ballot Access" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. August 20, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  4. ^ Arkansas native proposes challenge to unopposed Republican senator in Alabama
  5. ^ WILLIAMS, VICTOR SANCHEZ
  6. ^ "2014 Senate Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "The Crystal Ball's Final 2014 Picks". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  8. ^ "2014 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  9. ^ "2014 Elections Map - Battle for the Senate 2014". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved September 20, 2018.
  10. ^ "Certified General Election Results" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  11. ^ "Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions praises Trump in announcing run for his old US Senate seat".

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