1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Alabama House District 35
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Steve Hurst (D) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Larry P. Sims (R) by 6.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Steve HurstDemocrat · winner
53.3%6,370
Larry P. SimsRepublican · incumbent
46.7%5,573
11,943 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET