1983Final results
1983 election for Alabama Senate District 24
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Earl Goodwin (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating Walter Owens (Ind) by 19.1 points.
Earl GoodwinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.4%7,211
Walter OwensIndependent
31.4%4,484
MartinRepublican
18.2%2,601
14,296 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