1983Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1983 election for Alabama Senate District 17
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Mac Parsons (D) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Tom Gloor (Ind) by 15.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Mac ParsonsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.7%8,844
Tom GloorIndependent
42.3%6,487
15,331 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