2008 general election
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The 2008 general election was held on November 4, 2008. Approximately 50% of Alabama's registered voters filled out ballots. In Jefferson County 318,781 ballots were cast, representing 77% of the county's eligible voters.
Statewide results
Federal offices
President of the United States
- John McCain (R) 1,264,879 (60%), winner of 9 electoral votes
- Barack Obama (D) 811,764 (39%)
- Ralph Nader (Ind) 6,616
- Bob Barr (Ind-Libertarian) 4,984
- Chuck Baldwin (Ind-Constitution) 4,303
United States Senate
- Jeff Sessions (R, incumbent) 1,303,435 (63%) winner
- Vivian Figures (D) 750,755 (37%)
3rd Congressional District of Alabama
- Mike Rogers (R, incumbent) 97,742 (60%)
- Greg Pierce (D) 62,891 (38%)
- Mark Layfield (Ind) 3,396 (2.1%)
4th Congressional District of Alabama
- Robert Aderholt (R, incumbent) 128,412 (70%)
- Barbara Bobo (D) 54,338 (30%)
6th Congressional District of Alabama
- Spencer Bachus (R, incumbent), unopposed
7th Congressional District of Alabama
- Artur Davis (D, incumbent), unopposed
Statewide offices
Alabama Public Service Commission
- President
- Lucy Baxley (D) 1,012,024 (50%)
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) 999,921 (50%)
Alabama Supreme Court
- Place 1
- Greg Shaw (R) 1,019,774 (50%)
- Deborah Bell Paseur (D) 1,006,567 (50%)
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
- Place 1
- Bill Thompson (R, incumbent) 1,094,336 (56%)
- Kimberly Harbison Drake (D) 869,729 (44%)
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
- Place 1
- Beth Kellum (R) 1,093,568 (56%)
- Clyde Jones (D) 855,322 (44%)
- Place 2
- Mary Windom (R) 1,055,827 (54%)
- Aimee Cobb Smith (D) 902,878 (46%)
Amendments
- Amendment 1 (Act 2008-508) establishing a "rainy day fund" for the state's general budget, drawn from the Alabama Trust Fund.
- Yes 954,325 (57%)
- No 729,931 (43%)
- Amendment 2 (Act 2007-225) establishing a judicial commission for Shelby County.
- Yes 660,797 (60%)
- No 434,969 (40%)
- Amendment 3 (Act 2007-360) equalizing ad valorem tax rates for residents in the Madison City School District, whether they live in Madison or Limestone Counties.
- Yes 573,644 (50%)
- No 564,999 (48%)
- Amendment 4 (Act 2008-285) preventing the annexation of municipalities partly in Blount County by cities outside the county without a county-wide referendum
- Yes 629,359 (57%)
- No 477,794 (43%)
- Amendment 5 (Act 2008-288) authorizing the state legislature to fix, alter and confirm court fees in Russell County
- No 599,930 (55%)
- Yes 492,362 (45%)
- Amendment 6 (Act 2008-293) providing for election of two members to the utilities board of the City of Tuskegee
- Yes 613,788 (58%)
- No 451,935 (42%)
Jefferson County Results
Federal offices
President of the United States
- Barack Obama (D) 166,015 (52%)
- John McCain (R) 149,843 (47%)
- Bob Barr (Ind-Libertarian) 793 (0.3%)
- Ralph Nader (Ind) 712 (0.2%)
- write-in: 552 (0.2%)
- Chuck Baldwin (Ind-Constitution) 423 (0.1%)
United States Senate
- Jeff Sessions (R, incumbent) 159,000 (51%)
- Vivian Figures (D) 154,403 (49%)
6th Congressional District of Alabama
- Spencer Bachus (R, incumbent) 139,835 (97%)
- write-in: 3,701 (2.6%)
7th Congressional District of Alabama
- Artur Davis (D, incumbent) 124,680 (99%)
- write-in: 1,143 (0.9%)
Statewide offices
Alabama Public Service Commission
- President
- Lucy Baxley (D) 174,965 (57%)
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) 133,324 (43%)
Alabama Supreme Court
- Place 1
- Deborah Bell Paseur (D) 177,454 (57%)
- Greg Shaw (R) 133,447 (43%)
- write-in: 247 (0.1%)
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
- Place 1
- Kimberly Harbison Drake (D) 162,182 (53%)
- Bill Thompson (R) 143,176 (47%)
- write-in: 182 (0.1%)
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
- Place 1
- Clyde Jones (D) 170,335 (56%)
- Beth Kellum (R) 134,048 (44%)
- write-in, 192 (0.6%)
- Place 2
- Aimee Cobb Smith (D) 170,748 (56%)
- Mary Windom (R) 133,962 (44%)
- write-in: 171 (0.1%)
Circuit Court of Alabama
- Place 10
- Tom King, Jr (D) 209,393 (98%)
- write-in: 4,189 (2.0%)
District Court of Alabama, 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama
- John Amari (D) 167,234 (55%)
- Norman Winston (R) 137,431 (45%)
- write-in: 220 (0.1%)
County offices
Jefferson County Commission District 1
- William Bell (D) 50,663 (99%)
- write-in: 657 (1.3%)
Jefferson County Treasurer
- Jennifer Parsons Champion (D) 168,561 (55%)
- Ken Gomany (R) 136,484 (45%)
- write-in: 219 (0.1%)
Deputy Treasurer, Bessemer Division
- Doris Britton (D) 49,351 (98%)
- write-in: 890 (1.8%)
Jefferson County Tax Assessor
- Gaynell Hendricks (D) 162,980 (53%)
- Jeff Caddell (R) 141,863 (47%)
- write-in: 378 (0.1%)
Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division
- Andrew Bennett (D) 38,465 (53%)
- Andrew Smith (R) 34,528 (47%)
- write-in: 109 (0.2%)
Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division
- Ron Yarbrough (D) 48.638 (94%)
- write-in: 3,092 (6%)
Jefferson County Tax Collector
- J. T. Smallwood (D) 182,187 (60%)
- Vicki Evans Fuller (R) 122,162 (40%)
- write-in: 298 (0.1%)
Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer Division
- Grover Dunn (D) 49,603 (98%)
- write-in: 1,075 (2.1%)
Jefferson County Board of Education
- Tommy Little (R) 73,898 (98%)
- write-in: 1,713 (2.3%)
Amendments
- Amendment 1 (Act 2008-508) establishing a "rainy day fund" for the state's general budget, drawn from the Alabama Trust Fund.
- Yes: 145,736 (55%)
- No: 117,747 (45%)
- Amendment 2 (Act 2007-225) establishing a judicial commission for Shelby County.
- Yes: 119,991 (65%)
- No: 65,751 (35%)
- Amendment 3 (Act 2007-360) equalizing ad valorem tax rates for residents in the Madison City School District, whether they live in Madison or Limestone Counties.
- Yes: 103,143 (55%)
- No: 84,320 (45%)
- Amendment 4 (Act 2008-285) preventing the annexation of municipalities partly in Blount County by cities outside the county without a county-wide referendum
- Yes: 115,309 (62%)
- No: 70,636 (38%)
- Amendment 5 (Act 2008-288) authorizing the state legislature to fix, alter and confirm court fees in Russell County
- No: 94,560 (52%)
- Yes: 86,271 (48%)
- Amendment 6 (Act 2008-293) providing for election of two members to the utilities board of the City of Tuskegee
- Yes: 112,276 (64%)
- No: 62,859 (36%)
- Amendment 7, releasing landlords from debts incurred to the Jefferson County Sewer System by tenant customers
- Yes: 162,565 (63%)
- No: 95,365 (37%)
Shelby County Results
Federal offices
President of the United States
- John McCain (R) 68,945 (76%)
- Barack Obama (D) 20,575 (23%)
- Bob Barr (Ind-Libertarian) 303 (0.3%)
- Chuck Baldwin (Ind-Constitution) 242 (0.3%)
- Ralph Nader (Ind) 227 (0.3%)
- write-in: 184 (0.2%)
United States Senate
- Jeff Sessions (R, incumbent) 71,561 (80%)
- Vivian Figures (D) 17,574 (20%)
6th Congressional District of Alabama
- Spencer Bachus (R, incumbent) 74,507 (98%)
- write-in: 1,596 (2.1%)
Statewide offices
Alabama Public Service Commission
- President
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) 62,013 (71%)
- Lucy Baxley (D) 25,521 (29%)
Alabama Supreme Court
- Place 1
- Greg Shaw (R) 62,233 (71%)
- Deborah Bell Paseur (D) 25,867 (29%)
- write-in: 146 (0.2%)
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
- Place 1
- Bill Thompson (R) 65,656 (76%)
- Kimberly Harbison Drake (D) 20,856 (24%)
- write-in: 92 (0.1%)
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
- Place 1
- Beth Kellum (R) 64,318 (75%)
- Clyde Jones (D) 21,596 (25%)
- write-in, 92 (0.1%)
- Place 2
- Mary Windom (R) 63,186 (73%)
- Aimee Cobb Smith (D) 23,143 (27%)
- write-in: 90 (0.1%)
Alabama State Board of Education, District 3
- Stephanie Bell (R) 44,510 (75%)
- Judy West Bell (D) 14,934 (25%)
- write-in: 85 (0.1%)
Circuit Court of Alabama
- 18th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, Place 2
- Ron Jackson (R) 73,121 (99%)
- write-in: 778 (1.1%)
County offices
Shelby County Commission
- District 1
- Corley Ellis (R) 6,056 (99%)
- write-in: 51 (0.8%)
- District 2
- Tommy Edwards (R) 4,805 (98%)
- write-in: 107 (2.1%)
- District 3
- Jon Parker (R) 8,033 (99%)
- write-in: 85 (1.1%)
- District 4
- Daniel Acker Sr (R) 7,026 (99%)
- write-in: 70 (1.0%)
- District 5
- Joel Bearden (R) 8,179 (99%)
- write-in: 83 (1.0%)
- District 6
- Larry Dillard (R) 8,012 (73%)
- Cynthia Bell (D) 2,983 (27%)
- write-in: 7 (0.1%)
- District 7
- Lindsey Allison (R) 7,800 (99%)
- write-in: 81 (1.0%)
- District 8
- Rick Shepherd (R) 8,392 (73%)
- Terry Reagin (Ind) 3,150 (27%)
- write-in: 16 (0.1%)
- District 9
- Robbie Hayes (R) 10,488 (81%)
- Carolyn Shields (D) 2,413 (19%)
- write-in: 13 (0.1%)
Shelby County Board of Education
- Place 1
- Peg Hill (R) 73,279 (99%)
- write-in: 751 (1.0%)
Shelby County Property Tax Commissioner
- Don Armstrong (R) 73,738 (99%)
- write-in: 725 (1.0%)
Amendments
- Amendment 1 (Act 2008-508) establishing a "rainy day fund" for the state's general budget, drawn from the Alabama Trust Fund.
- Yes: 41,577 (53%)
- No: 26,579 (47%)
- Amendment 2 (Act 2007-225) establishing a judicial commission for Shelby County.
- Yes: 51,034 (72%)
- No: 20,027 (28%)
- Amendment 3 (Act 2007-360) equalizing ad valorem tax rates for residents in the Madison City School District, whether they live in Madison or Limestone Counties.
- Yes: 29,585 (52%)
- No: 27,503 (48%)
- Amendment 4 (Act 2008-285) preventing the annexation of municipalities partly in Blount County by cities outside the county without a county-wide referendum
- Yes: 33,067 (60%)
- No: 21,705 (40%)
- Amendment 5 (Act 2008-288) authorizing the state legislature to fix, alter and confirm court fees in Russell County
- No: 28,593 (53%)
- Yes: 24,863 (47%)
- Amendment 6 (Act 2008-293) providing for election of two members to the utilities board of the City of Tuskegee
- Yes: 31,877 (59%)
- No: 21,712 (41%)
- Local Amendment 1, allowing the Shelby County Commission to appoint members of the Shelby County Board of Equalization
- Yes: 43,450 (62%)
- No: 26,688 (38%)
St Clair County Results
Federal offices
President of the United States
- John McCain (R) 27,630 (81%)
- Barack Obama (D) 6,088 (18%)
- Ralph Nader (Ind) 118 (0.4%)
- Chuck Baldwin (Ind-Constitution) 114 (0.3%)
- Bob Barr (Ind-Libertarian) 65 (0.2%)
- write-in: 51 (0.2%)
United States Senate
- Jeff Sessions (R, incumbent) 27,522 (82%)
- Vivian Figures (D) 5,998 (18%)
4th Congressional District of Alabama
- Robert Aderholt (R, incumbent) 1,870 (82%)
- Nicholas Sparks (D) 417 (18%)
- write-in: 5 (0.2%)
6th Congressional District of Alabama
- Spencer Bachus (R, incumbent) 26,065 (99%)
- write-in: 397 (1.5%)
Statewide offices
Alabama Public Service Commission
- President
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R) 23,330 (70%)
- Lucy Baxley (D) 9,641 (29%)
Alabama Supreme Court
- Place 1
- Greg Shaw (R) 22,735 (68%)
- Deborah Bell Paseur (D) 10,462 (31%)
- write-in: 50 (0.2%)
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
- Place 1
- Bill Thompson (R) 24,434 (76%)
- Kimberly Harbison Drake (D) 7,842 (24%)
- write-in: 44 (0.1%)
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
- Place 1
- Beth Kellum (R) 24,374 (76%)
- Clyde Jones (D) 7,733 (24%)
- write-in, 47 (0.2%)
- Place 2
- Mary Windom (R) 23,933 (74%)
- Aimee Cobb Smith (D) 8,380 (26%)
- write-in: 46 (0.1%)
Alabama State Board of Education, District 3
- Stephanie Bell (R) 22,099 (77%)
- Judy West Bell (D) 6,475 (23%)
- write-in: 30 (0.1%)
Circuit Court of Alabama
- 30th Judicial Circuit of Alabama
- Charles Robinson (D) 17,505 (96%)
- write-in: 645 (3.6%)
District Court of Alabama, St Clair County
- Place 2
- Robert Minor (R) 27,873 (99%)
- write-in: 271 (1.0%)
County offices
St Clair County Commission
- District 2
- Mike Bowling (R) 27,669 (99%)
- write-in: 224 (0.8%)
- District 3
- Paul Manning (R) 27,724 (99%)
- write-in: 255 (0.9%)
- District 4
- Jimmy Roberts (R) 27,363 (99%)
- write-in: 216 (0.8%)
St Clair County Revenue Commissioner
- Elizabeth Mealer (R) 27,680 (99%)
- write-in: 210 (0.8%)
St Clair County Board of Education
- Odenville District
- Allison Gray (R) 23,032 (99%)
- write-in: 159 (0.7%)
- Ashville/Steele District
- Randy Thompson (R) 23,097 (99%)
- write-in: 164 (0.7%)
- Moody District
- Scott Suttle (Ind) 13,217 (98%)
- write-in: 208 (1.6%)
Amendments
- Amendment 1 (Act 2008-508) establishing a "rainy day fund" for the state's general budget, drawn from the Alabama Trust Fund.
- No: 15,213 (52%)
- Yes: 14,211 (48%)
- Amendment 2 (Act 2007-225) establishing a judicial commission for Shelby County.
- Yes: 11,176 (55%)
- No: 9,194 (45%)
- Amendment 3 (Act 2007-360) equalizing ad valorem tax rates for residents in the Madison City School District, whether they live in Madison or Limestone Counties.
- No: 11,389 (56%)
- Yes: 8,881 (44%)
- Amendment 4 (Act 2008-285) preventing the annexation of municipalities partly in Blount County by cities outside the county without a county-wide referendum
- Yes: 10,927 (54%)
- No: 9,300 (46%)
- Amendment 5 (Act 2008-288) authorizing the state legislature to fix, alter and confirm court fees in Russell County
- No: 12,026 (61%)
- Yes: 7,553 (39%)
- Amendment 6 (Act 2008-293) providing for election of two members to the utilities board of the City of Tuskegee
- Yes: 9,914 (51%)
- No: 9,485 (49%)
- Local Amendment 1, prohibiting county officials from becoming supernumerary officials
- Yes: 14,927 (56%)
- No: 11,965 (44%)
External links
- Jefferson County election results at Jeffcointouch.com
- Shelby County election results at shelbycountyalabama.com
- St Clair County election results at stclairco.com
- Elections coverage on al.com