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1983 general · June 21, 1983

1983 Alabama House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Alabama House of Representatives district in the 1983 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 105 seats

After the electionD 88 · R 12 · 5 other
Races105
Changed party21
Unopposed46%48 races
Incumbents defeated10

Every district

D 88 · R 12 · Other 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Nelson Starkey Jr. (D)48.3
HD-2Tom Coburn (D)Unopposed
HD-3Joseph W. Goodwin (D)64.9
HD-4Denzel L. Clark (D)37.1
HD-5Tommy Carter (D)Unopposed
HD-6Tom Butler (D)Unopposed
HD-7Roger Dutton (D)28.1
HD-8Charles B. Martin (D)3.2
HD-9Paul Parker (D)Unopposed
HD-10Morris J. Brooks (R)63.2Flipped
HD-11Tom Drake (D)Unopposed
HD-12W. C. Bowling (D)Unopposed
HD-13Tom Nicholson (D)51.0
HD-14Carl Brakefield (D)49.1
HD-15Earl Mitchell (D)37.7
HD-16Max Newman (D)Unopposed
HD-17Jack B. Lauderdale (D)16.0
HD-18Charlie Britnell (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-19George Grayson (D)35.2Incumbent lost
HD-20Steve Hettinger (D)16.4
HD-21Robert Albright (D)6.8
HD-22Albert Hall (D)Unopposed
HD-23Ben Richardson (D)Unopposed
HD-24Ralph Burke (D)12.3
HD-25Loyd Coleman (D)48.4
HD-26T. Euclid Rains (D)Unopposed
HD-27Bob Harvey (D)Unopposed
HD-28Joe Ford (D)Unopposed
HD-29June Bugg (D)Unopposed
HD-30Bobby M. Junkins (D)54.5
HD-31Jack Venable (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-32Jim Preuitt (D)UnopposedFlipped
HD-33Ron Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-34Glen Browder (D)Unopposed
HD-35Bobby C. Crow (D)Unopposed
HD-36James M. Campbell (D)Unopposed
HD-37Richard Laird (D)Unopposed
HD-38Bill Fuller (IND)16.6Flipped
HD-39Richard J. Lindsey (D)Unopposed
HD-40John F. Tanner (D)2.0
HD-41Sonny Moore (D)4.8
HD-42A. J. Blake (D)14.9
HD-43Jack Biddle (IND)10.1Flipped
HD-44Arthur Payne (D)33.6
HD-45Bill Gray (R)16.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-46Spencer Bachus (R)66.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-47George Seibels (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-48Greg Beers (R)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-49Jack Pratt (D)6.9Flipped
HD-50Hugh Boles (D)2.3Incumbent lost
HD-51Hoyt W. Trammell (D)42.3
HD-52John W. Rogers Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-53William Fred Horn (D)Unopposed
HD-54George Perdue (D)70.9Incumbent lost
HD-55Gary White (R)43.0Flipped
HD-56Bobbie Greene McDowell (D)Unopposed
HD-57Chris McNair (D)Unopposed
HD-58Patricia Davis (D)21.8
HD-59Lewis Spratt (IND)18.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-60Sundra Escott (D)Unopposed
HD-61Bryant Melton Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-62Phil Poole (D)51.8
HD-63Roy Johnson (D)4.4
HD-64James E. Warren (D)Unopposed
HD-65Michael Onderdonk (D)44.1
HD-66Harrell Blakeney (D)Unopposed
HD-67Lucius Black (IND)9.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-68Jenkins Bryant Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-69James Thomas (D)40.2
HD-70W. F. Cosby Jr. (D)Unopposed
HD-71Ed Grouby (D)24.9
HD-72Curtis Smith (D)66.0
HD-73Perry O. Hooper (R)2.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-74Bob McKee (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-75John Starr (R)3.1Flipped
HD-76Mike Mikell (R)28.9Flipped
HD-77John L. Buskey (D)54.2
HD-78Alvin Holmes (D)77.0Flipped
HD-79Pete Turnham (D)44.7
HD-80John Rice (D)Unopposed
HD-81Lester White (D)Unopposed
HD-82Thomas Reed (D)Unopposed
HD-83Charles Adams (D)Unopposed
HD-84James S. Clark (D)37.0
HD-85George H. Grimsley (D)Unopposed
HD-86Joe Carothers Jr. (D)25.1
HD-87Nathan Mathis (D)55.3
HD-88James G. Sasser (IND)9.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-89Steve Flowers (D)Unopposed
HD-90Dwight Faulk (D)Unopposed
HD-91Jimmy W. Holley (D)Unopposed
HD-92Seth Hammett (D)Unopposed
HD-93F. P. White (D)Unopposed
HD-94Walter E. Penry Jr. (D)3.0
HD-95Steve McMillan (D)22.7
HD-96Mike Box (D)21.9
HD-97Mary S. Zoghby (D)52.0
HD-98William Clark (D)Unopposed
HD-99James E. Buskey (D)Unopposed
HD-100Victor Gaston (R)58.8
HD-101Ken Kvalheim (R)57.3
HD-102J. E. Turner (D)Unopposed
HD-103Yvonne Kennedy (D)Unopposed
HD-104Beth Marietta (D)6.6Flipped
HD-105Taylor F. Harper (D)52.0

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