2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Alabama Senate District 2
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Bill Holtzclaw (R) won with 58.9% of the vote, defeating Tom Butler (D) by 17.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill HoltzclawRepublican · winner
58.9%33,050
Tom ButlerDemocrat · incumbent
41.1%23,060
56,145 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