1978 primaries · May 1, 1978
1978 Alabama House of Representatives primary results, district by district
Every Alabama House of Representatives district in the 1978 primaries: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Races93
Every district
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD-1 · Democratic primary | Lynn Greer (D) | 42.1 | |
| HD-2 · Democratic primary | Nelson Starkey Jr. (D) | 1.0 | |
| HD-4 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-5 · Democratic primary | Wayne Cobb (D) | 10.1 | |
| HD-6 · Democratic primary | Charles T. Gilmer (D) | 2.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-7 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-8 · Democratic primary | Bob Patton (D) | 1.6 | |
| HD-10 · Democratic primary | Steve Cooley (D) | 26.0 | |
| HD-11 · Democratic primary | W. C. Bowling (D) | 14.0 | |
| HD-12 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-13 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-14 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-15 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-16 · Democratic primary | Tommy Carter (D) | 19.6 | |
| HD-17 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-20 · Democratic primary | Robert Albright (D) | 41.9 | |
| HD-21 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-22 · Democratic primary | Albert Hall (D) | 6.4 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-23 · Democratic primary | Cecil Shavers (D) | 3.2 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-24 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-25 · Democratic primary | T. Euclid Rains (D) | 35.3 | |
| HD-26 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-27 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-28 · Democratic primary | Joe Ford (D) | 51.9 | |
| HD-29 · Democratic primary | Bill Drinkard (D) | 28.2 | |
| HD-30 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-31 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-32 · Democratic primary | Francis Falkenburg (D) | 36.1 | |
| HD-32 · Republican primary | George Seibels (R) | 56.3 | |
| HD-33 · Democratic primary | Robert C. Gafford (D) | 23.2 | |
| HD-34 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-34 · Republican primary | Red Walker (R) | 5.3 | |
| HD-36 · Democratic primary | Hoyt W. Trammell (D) | 59.6 | |
| HD-37 · Democratic primary | Jim Bennett (D) | 31.2 | |
| HD-38 · Democratic primary | Ronald E. Jackson (D) | 31.0 | |
| HD-39 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-40 · Democratic primary | J. Fred Olive II (D) | 4.0 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-41 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-45 · Democratic primary | Earl Hilliard (D) | 27.7 | |
| HD-46 · Democratic primary | Park Barton (D) | 5.6 | |
| HD-47 · Democratic primary | Roy Johnson (D) | 25.7 | |
| HD-48 · Democratic primary | Walter Owens (D) | 9.5 | |
| HD-49 · Democratic primary | Asbury Howard (D) | 30.8 | |
| HD-50 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-51 · Democratic primary | Jabo Waggoner (D) | 22.7 | |
| HD-52 · Democratic primary | Sonny Moore (D) | 32.5 | |
| HD-53 · Democratic primary | Curtis Smith (D) | 30.2 | |
| HD-54 · Democratic primary | Ron Johnson (D) | 24.6 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-55 · Democratic primary | Wallace Shoemaker (D) | 11.1 | |
| HD-56 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-57 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-57 · Republican primary | Orval Q. Matteson (R) | 15.8 | |
| HD-58 · Democratic primary | Bobby C. Crow (D) | 26.0 | |
| HD-59 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-60 · Democratic primary | Gerald Dial (D) | 16.0 | |
| HD-61 · Democratic primary | Richard Laird (D) | 2.7 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-62 · Democratic primary | Eldon Sharpe (D) | 28.2 | |
| HD-64 · Democratic primary | Shelby Dean Ward (D) | 9.6 | |
| HD-65 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-66 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-67 · Democratic primary | Thomas Reed (D) | 42.5 | |
| HD-68 · Democratic primary | James E. Ray (D) | 4.2 | |
| HD-70 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-71 · Democratic primary | Joe Carothers Jr. (D) | 47.6 | |
| HD-72 · Democratic primary | R. Nolan Williams (D) | 16.3 | |
| HD-73 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-75 · Democratic primary | Seth Hammett (D) | 29.2 | |
| HD-76 · Democratic primary | Jack Venable (D) | 45.6 | |
| HD-78 · Democratic primary | Cecil Wyatt (D) | 24.8 | |
| HD-79 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-80 · Democratic primary | Alvin Holmes (D) | 68.3 | |
| HD-81 · Democratic primary | Larry Dixon (D) | 29.8 | |
| HD-82 · Democratic primary | Ed Grouby (D) | 8.8 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-83 · Democratic primary | William Edwards (D) | 3.4 | |
| HD-85 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-86 · Democratic primary | R. Leigh Pegues (D) | 2.0 | |
| HD-88 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-89 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-90 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-92 · Democratic primary | Joe C. McCorquodale Jr. (D) | 48.8 | |
| HD-93 · Democratic primary | James E. Warren (D) | 63.6 | |
| HD-94 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-94 · Republican primary | J. R. Kilgore (R) | 19.5 | |
| HD-95 · Democratic primary | John McMillan Jr. (D) | 33.0 | |
| HD-96 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | Incumbent lost |
| HD-98 · Democratic primary | Cain J. Kennedy (D) | 59.7 | |
| HD-100 · Republican primary | Ted Hall (R) | 26.1 | |
| HD-101 · Democratic primary | Jim Johnston (D) | 21.4 | |
| HD-101 · Republican primary | Ann Bedsole (R) | 36.3 | |
| HD-102 · Democratic primary | Mary S. Zoghby (D) | 16.3 | Incumbent lost |
| HD-103 · Democratic primary | Gary Cooper (D) | 49.3 | |
| HD-104 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — | |
| HD-105 · Democratic primary | No winner recorded | — |
Alabama House of Representatives
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