1983Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1983 election for Alabama Senate District 32
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Perry Hand (R) won with 44.1% of the vote, defeating Jerry Boyington (Ind) by 15.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Perry HandRepublican · winner
44.1%7,541
Jerry BoyingtonIndependent · incumbent
29.0%4,947
L. D. Owen Jr.Democrat
26.9%4,599
17,087 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