1983Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1983 election for Alabama House District 54
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
George Perdue (D) won with 85.4% of the vote, defeating Jarushia Thornton (Ind) by 70.9 points.
George PerdueDemocrat · winner
85.4%1,785
Jarushia ThorntonIndependent · incumbent
14.6%304
2,089 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