2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Alabama Senate District 27
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Tom Whatley (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Ted D. Little (D) by 10.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom WhatleyRepublican · winner
54.9%21,245
Ted D. LittleDemocrat · incumbent
44.9%17,379
38,701 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