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2002Final results

2002 election for Alabama Senate District 1

Alabama State Senate · Alabama

Bobby Denton (D) won with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Quinton Hanson (R) by 27.3 points.

Bobby DentonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.6%25,174
Quinton HansonRepublican
36.2%14,347
39,602 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+42.11998D+27.32002D+27.62006D+11.82010R+25.32014R+35.32018

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