1983Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1983 election for Alabama House District 43
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Jack Biddle (Ind) won with 42.1% of the vote, defeating Ken Trucks (R) by 10.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jack BiddleIndependent · winner · incumbent
42.1%1,955
Ken TrucksRepublican
31.9%1,484
Earl CheatwoodDemocrat
26.0%1,208
4,647 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1983
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET