2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Alabama House District 42
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Kurt Wallace (R) won with 63.2% of the vote, defeating James M. Martin (D) by 26.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kurt WallaceRepublican · winner
63.2%9,382
James M. MartinDemocrat · incumbent
36.7%5,452
14,843 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET