1983Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1983 election for Alabama House District 45
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Bill Gray (R) won with 46.9% of the vote, defeating George L. Layton (D) by 16.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill GrayRepublican · winner
46.9%1,732
George L. LaytonDemocrat · incumbent
30.2%1,117
J. C. HughesIndependent
22.9%845
3,694 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