1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Alabama Senate District 4
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Zeb Little (D) won with 51.2% of the vote, defeating Don Hale (R) by 7.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Zeb LittleDemocrat · winner
51.2%21,073
Don HaleRepublican · incumbent
43.7%17,994
CrumOther party
5.0%2,066
41,133 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