1986Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1986 election for Alabama Governor
Governor · Alabama
Guy Hunt (R) won with 56.4% of the vote, defeating Bill Baxley (D) by 12.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Guy HuntRepublican · winner
56.4%696,203
Bill BaxleyDemocrat
43.6%537,163
1,233,366 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1986
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET