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2018Final results

2018 election for Alabama Senate District 23

Alabama State Senate · Alabama

Malika Sanders-Fortier (D) won with 65.6% of the vote, defeating Mark Story (Ind) by 31.3 points.

Malika Sanders-FortierDemocrat · winner
65.6%30,140
Mark StoryIndependent
34.3%15,768
45,977 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 2018

Races before and after

EvenD+41.61983D+40.01990D+31.32006D+8.82022D+26.22026

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