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2002Final results

2002 election for Alabama House District 53

Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama

Demetrius C. Newton (D) won with 90.3% of the vote, defeating Freeman Craig Presson (Lib) by 81.0 points.

Demetrius C. NewtonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
90.3%8,916
9.3%914
9,874 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+59.71986D+55.52014

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET