1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Alabama House District 79
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Mike Hubbard (R) won with 58.3% of the vote, defeating Dempsey (D) by 16.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike HubbardRepublican · winner
58.3%8,356
DempseyDemocrat
41.7%5,971
14,327 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