2006Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Alabama Senate District 35
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Ben Brooks (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Gary Tanner (D) by 1.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ben BrooksRepublican · winner
50.9%13,945
Gary TannerDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%13,434
27,379 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET