1998Final results
1998 election for Alabama Senate District 9
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Hinton Mitchem (D) won with 64.8% of the vote, defeating King (R) by 29.6 points.
Hinton MitchemDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.8%24,770
KingRepublican
35.2%13,441
38,211 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