1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Alabama Senate District 12
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Del Marsh (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Thomas (D) by 1.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Del MarshRepublican · winner
51.0%16,102
ThomasDemocrat
49.0%15,497
31,599 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