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Alabama › Alabama House of Representatives · State legislature · November 3, 2026 · Updated Oct 16, 2026
Alabama House District 50
Morris is very likely to win: Morris wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.
Thomas (D)
<1%
chance of winning
Morris (R)
>99%
- Average margin
- R+49.3
- 80% of outcomes
- R+59 to R+40
- Partisan lean
- R+62
- Polls
- No pollsmodel only
Morris is very likely to win: Morris wins in more than 99 of every 100 simulations.
Thomas (D)
<1%
chance of winning
Morris (R)
>99%
- Average margin
- R+57.5
- 80% of outcomes
- R+70 to R+45
- Partisan lean
- R+62
- Polls
- No pollsmodel only
How this race is decided
Range of outcomes
Final margin across our simulations; the white dashes mark the middle 80%.
The candidates
Democratic
Alan Thomas
Republican
Bill Morris
Former mayor of Moody (1992–2003)
- Experience
- Local office
What goes into the forecast
Every ingredient's estimate of the final margin.
- National environment
- D+9.5Election Day forecast
- Alabama state offices
- −0.1Polls for governor, statewide and legislative races · details
- Environment here
- D+9.4Used by the fundamentals
- Swing reaching this office
- 58%Of a shift in the environment, from past legislative races since 2016
- Southeast adjustment
- −1.8How legislative races in the region have run against lean and environment lately
Each estimate is a margin before national and statewide uncertainty is simulated. Horizon blends polls, fundamentals and a little of the similar-places estimate, weighting each by how precise it is; Pulse uses polls and similar places only.
Fundamentals inputs
| Incumbency (+1 D, −1 R) | 0 |
| Fundraising edge (log ratio of individual money) | -0.09 |
| Elected-experience edge | -0.33 |
| First-term incumbent | 0 |
| Seat's last result vs. expectation | 4.64 |
| Incumbent's last result vs. expectation | 0 |
Polls
No public polls of this race. The forecast relies on fundamentals and on polling of similar places in the state.
The district
Lean R+62: how much more Democratic or Republican than the nation it votes for president.
Presidential vote
Precinct results re-aggregated to the current district lines.
Who lives here
- Population
- 54,625
- People per km²
- 86
- Adults with a B.A.+
- 25%
- White, no degree
- 65%of adults
- White 84%
- Hispanic 3%
- Black 9%
- Other / multiracial 4%
American Community Survey 2020–2024, aggregated from census tracts.
Past results
Results in the same-numbered district; earlier elections may have used different lines.
2024 President Vote in this district
24,353 two-party votes · R+61.2 · R+59.7 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)80.6%
Kamala Harris (D)19.4%
2022
12,910 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Jim Hill (R)98.5%
Write-In (—)1.5%
2020 President Vote in this district
23,745 two-party votes · R+64.1 · R+68.6 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)82.0%
Joe Biden (D)18.0%
2018 Earlier district lines
14,669 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ Jim Hill (R)98.2%
Writein (—)1.8%
2016 President Vote in this district
20,010 two-party votes · R+71.3 · R+73.5 vs. the nation✓ Donald Trump (R)85.7%
Hillary Clinton (D)14.3%
2014 Earlier district lines
9,201 votes · Uncontested by the other party✓ J Hill (R)100.0%