1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Alabama House District 40
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Al Knight (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating John F. Tanner (D) by 15.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Al KnightRepublican · winner
57.9%8,418
John F. TannerDemocrat · incumbent
42.1%6,118
14,536 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET