1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1998 election for Alabama Governor
Governor · Alabama
Don Siegelman (D) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Forrest H. James Jr (R) by 15.6 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Don SiegelmanDemocrat · winner
57.8%760,155
Forrest H. James JrRepublican
42.2%554,746
1,314,901 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET