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1994Final results

1994 election for Alabama Senate District 23

Alabama State Senate · Alabama

Hank Sanders (D) won with 61.0% of the vote, defeating Roy Sweatt (Ind) by 32.0 points.

Hank SandersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.0%19,392
Roy SweattIndependent
28.9%9,200
Hollis CurlIndependent
10.1%3,215
31,807 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 1994

Races before and after

EvenD+41.61983D+40.01990D+31.32006D+8.82022D+26.22026

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