Still countingUnofficial results
Alabama House District 8
Alabama House of Representatives · Alabama
Patrick Johnson leads Bruce Sparkman by 4.8 points with 44% of the expected vote counted. The race has not been called.
Simple-majority veto override
Patrick JohnsonRepublican · leading
52.4%6,617
Bruce SparkmanDemocrat
47.6%6,006
44% of the expected vote counted · 12,623 votes
Source: civicAPI unofficial results and race callsUpdated Nov 5, 2026, 4:20 PM ET
Where the race moved
Against the 2024 presidential vote
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Bruce SparkmanPatrick Johnson
$0
Raised by the campaign
$139K
$0
Spent by the campaign
$40.4K
Campaign money: Alabama Secretary of State; Alabama Secretary of State, through Oct 26, 2026.
Source: Alabama Secretary of State campaign filingsUpdated Oct 26, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- Bruce Sparkman
- 1%
- Patrick Johnson
- 99%
- Projected margin
- R+23.3