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1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Alabama House District 49

Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama

Tony Petelos (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Jack Pratt (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Tony PetelosRepublican · winner
51.0%6,918
Jack PrattDemocrat · incumbent
49.0%6,645
13,563 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

EvenR+3.71982D+6.91983R+2.01986R+7.81990R+5.91994R+1.01998

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET