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1983Final results

1983 election for Alabama House District 71

Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama

Ed Grouby (D) won with 49.2% of the vote, defeating Crawford (Ind) by 24.9 points.

Ed GroubyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
49.2%2,257
CrawfordIndependent
24.3%1,115
McNeeseRepublican
21.2%971
WainwrightIndependent
5.3%245
4,588 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

EvenD+28.01983D+32.01986D+40.11990

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET