1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Alabama Senate District 10
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Larry Means (D) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Roy Smith (R) by 20.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Larry MeansDemocrat · winner
60.3%22,446
Roy SmithRepublican · incumbent
39.7%14,783
37,229 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