RepublicanNot in office · last served 1998Last on a ballot: Nov 1998
Forrest H. James Jr
Last held office: Governor of Alabama (1994–1998). Ran in 2 elections between 1994 and 1998, winning 1.
- Last margin
- −15.6
- Lost 1998
- Elections
- 2
- 1994–1998
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time James was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race James has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means James won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Governor of Alabama | General | Lost | Don Siegelman (D) | 42.2% | D+15.6 | R+7.5 | |
| 1994 | Governor of Alabama | General | Won | James E. Folsom Jr (D) | 50.4% | R+0.9 | R+7.6 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats James has held
- Governor of Alabama · 1994–1998
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who James has run against
- Don Siegelman (D) · 1998 election, lost
- James E. Folsom Jr (D) · 1994 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive