1983Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1983 election for Alabama Senate District 13
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Gerald Dial (Ind) won with 52.9% of the vote, defeating John Casey (D) by 5.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gerald DialIndependent · winner
52.9%7,386
John CaseyDemocrat
47.1%6,587
13,975 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