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1998Final results

1998 election for Alabama House District 3

Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama

Marcel Black (D) won with 72.1% of the vote, defeating John Smallwood (R) by 44.3 points.

Marcel BlackDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.1%10,007
John SmallwoodRepublican
27.9%3,867
13,874 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+42.91990D+33.81994D+44.31998D+34.62002D+19.72014R+5.02018

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