United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 5
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Photo ID required
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
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The 2018 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alabama took place on November 6, 2018. Voters elected seven candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's seven congressional districts.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held six of the seven congressional seats from Alabama.
| Members of the U.S. House from Alabama -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2018 | After the 2018 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Republican Party | 6 | 6 | |
| Total | 7 | 7 | |
Incumbents
Heading into the 2018 election, the incumbents for the seven congressional districts were:
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Bradley Byrne | 1 | |
| Martha Roby | 2 | |
| Mike Rogers | 3 | |
| Robert Aderholt | 4 | |
| Mo Brooks | 5 | |
| Gary Palmer | 6 | |
| Terri Sewell | 7 |
Candidates
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District 1
General election
General election candidates
- Bradley Byrne (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Robert Kennedy Jr. (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Bradley Byrne (Incumbent) ✔
District 2
General election
General election candidates
- Martha Roby (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Tabitha Isner (Democratic Party)
Primary runoff candidates
Republican primary runoff candidates
- Martha Roby (Incumbent) ✔
- Bobby Bright
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Martha Roby (Incumbent) ✔
- Tommy Amason
- Bobby Bright ✔
- Rich Hobson
- Barry Moore
District 3
General election
General election candidates
- Mike Rogers (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Mallory Hagan (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Mike Rogers (Incumbent) ✔
District 4
General election
General election candidates
- Robert Aderholt (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Lee Auman (Democratic Party)
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Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
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Republican primary candidates
- Robert Aderholt (Incumbent) ✔
- Anthony Blackmon
Did not make the ballot:
District 5
General election
General election candidates
- Mo Brooks (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Peter Joffrion (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Mo Brooks (Incumbent) ✔
- Clayton Hinchman
Did not make the ballot:
District 6
General election
General election candidates
- Gary Palmer (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
- Danner Kline (Democratic Party)
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
Republican primary candidates
- Gary Palmer (Incumbent) ✔
District 7
General election
General election candidates
- Terri Sewell (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔
Primary candidates
Democratic primary candidates
- Terri Sewell (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to U.S. House elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 48 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 11 U.S. House waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| U.S. House wave elections | ||||||
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| Year | President | Party | Election type | House seats change | House majority[1] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -97 | D | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -76 | R | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -70 | D | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -63 | R (flipped) | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -59 | R | |
| 1946 | Truman | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1994 | Clinton | D | First midterm | -54 | R (flipped) | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | First midterm | -53 | D (flipped) | |
| 1942 | Roosevelt | D | Third midterm | -50 | D | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[2] | -48 | D | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[3] | -48 | D | |
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2018
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2018
- U.S. House primaries, 2018
Footnotes
- ↑ Denotes the party that had more seats in the U.S. House following the election.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
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