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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Alabama State Senate election results, district by district

Every Alabama State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 35 seats

After the electionD 35 · R 0
Races35
Changed party0
Unopposed71%25 races
Incumbents defeated0

Every district

D 35

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-1Bobby Denton (D)Unopposed
SD-2Charlie Britnell (D)Unopposed
SD-3Charles B. Martin (D)Unopposed
SD-4Finis Saintjohn (D)Unopposed
SD-5Robert Hall (D)86.1
SD-6Albert McDonald (D)Unopposed
SD-7Bill Smith (D)Unopposed
SD-8James Lemaster (D)Unopposed
SD-9Hinton Mitchem (D)Unopposed
SD-10Larry Keener (D)34.4
SD-11Dewey White (D)41.1
SD-12Paschal P. Vacca (D)7.6
SD-13J. Richmond Pearson (D)Unopposed
SD-14Mac Parsons (D)Unopposed
SD-15U. W. Clemon (D)Unopposed
SD-16Ryan Degraffenried (D)Unopposed
SD-17Doug Cook (D)Unopposed
SD-18Lister Proctor (D)33.5
SD-19John A. Teague (D)Unopposed
SD-20Donald G. Holmes (D)Unopposed
SD-21Ted D. Little (D)Unopposed
SD-22G. J. Higginbotham (D)Unopposed
SD-23Mike Weeks (D)Unopposed
SD-24Chip Bailey (D)24.1
SD-25Wallace Miller (D)Unopposed
SD-26Don Harrison (D)55.3
SD-27Bishop E. Barron (D)51.6
SD-28Cordy Taylor (D)Unopposed
SD-29Earl Goodwin (D)Unopposed
SD-30Edward Robertson (D)Unopposed
SD-31Reo Kirkland Jr. (D)Unopposed
SD-32Robert I. Gulledge (D)Unopposed
SD-33Michael A. Figures (D)13.6
SD-34H. L. Callahan (D)Unopposed
SD-35Bob Glass (D)24.5

Alabama State Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner