2024 primary elections
The 2024 statewide primary elections were held on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 ("Super Tuesday") to select candidates for the Democratic and Republican Party nominations for a range of county, state and federal offices to be contested in the November general election, including, notably, for the 2nd Congressional District of Alabama which was redrawn by court order to give Black voters an opportunity to elect a Representative.
The weather for the March 5 primary was mild and cloudy with occasional showers. There were no run-offs for presidential candidates, with each party awarding delegates to their respective national conventions based largely on the primary results, distributed by congressional district. The Alabama Republican Party's 3 appointed statewide delegates are pledged to the overall winner of the state primary. The Alabama Democratic Party has 9 "superdelegates" who can vote as they choose at the party's national convention, regardless of the primary results.
In December 2023, the Alabama Secretary of State notified around 200 candidates across the state that they had not qualified to appear on the primary ballot due to their failure to submit a statement of economic interest form to the Alabama Ethics Commission within five days. The list included 13 Jefferson County Democratic Party candidates. Party chair Wayne Rogers said he would be working to ensure that those issues were resolved in time for a court to return their names to the ballot. Eyrika Parker and Mara Ruffin Allen, both Democratic candidates for Jefferson County Treasurer, claimed that they had met the requirement and filed lawsuits seeking to have their names returned to the ballot. Their appeals were denied by the Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Overall, 793,275 votes were cast in the primaries, 395,794 fewer than the 2020 primary elections, which brought 1,189,069 voters to the polls. Statewide turnout was 21% of 3,769,372 registered voters. Of those voting in the presidential primaries, 184,973 voted on the Democratic ballot while 584,524 voters marked Republican ballots. In Jefferson County, turnout was 19%, with 93,656 ballots cast out of 486,541 eligible registered voters.
In the April 16 runoff election in Jefferson County with only a few minor contests unsettled, 11,781 of 491,869 registered voters (2.4%) cast ballots.
Democratic primary
Federal offices
- President of the United States
- Joe Biden 165,567 votes (89.5%), winner
- uncommitted, 11,085 votes (6.0%)
- Dean Phillips, 8,321 (4.5%)
- United States Representative, 6th District
- Elizabeth Anderson, unopposed
- United States Representative, 7th District
- Terri Sewell (incumbent), (92.5%), nominee
- Chris Davis, (7.5%)
Statewide offices
Jefferson County offices
- Jefferson County Circuit Court Clerk
- Jackie Anderson-Smith, (87.0%), nominee
- Sarah Beth Conkle, (13.0%)
- Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 5
- David Carpenter (incumbent), 7,805 votes (65.2%), nominee
- Minnie L. Tunstall, 4,170 votes (34.8%)
- Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 13
- Frederic Bolling, 15,128 votes (52.4%), nominee
- Charity Gilchrist-Davis, 13,755 votes (47.6%)
- Jefferson County District Court, Place 3
- Jacquelyn Grant-Jones, (43.5%), 4,198 votes (56.9%) in runoff, winner
- Pamela Wilson Cousins, (34.8%), 3,177 votes (43.1%) in runoff
- LaKitia Hall-Wright, (21.8%)
- Jefferson County District Court, Place 11
- Chuantae Brown, (82.8%), nominee
- Hope Marshall, (17.2%)
- Jefferson County Probate Court, Place 1
- Red Blanchard, (27.4%), 7,173 votes (61.7%) in runoff, winner
- Yawanna Nabors McDonald, (31.3%), 4,599 votes (38.3%) in runoff
- Everett Wess, (19.9%)
- Lee Loder, (13.5%)
- Joi Travis, (7.9%)
- Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer Division
- Ron Marshall, (36.0%), 2,459 votes (61.6%) in runoff, winner
- Ves Marable, (28.1%), 1,534 votes (38.4%) in runoff
- MyKeshia Myles-Jones, (27.3%)
- Angela Webb-Weinberg, (5.3%)
- Joan Singleton, (3.3%)
Republican Primary
Federal offices
- President of the United States
- Donald Trump 486,883 votes (83.3%), winner
- Nikki Haley, 75,501 votes (12.9%)
- uncommitted, 9,509 votes (1.6%)
- Ron DeSantis, 8,184 votes (1.4%)
- Vivek Ramaswamy, 1,807 votes (0.3%)
- Chris Christie, 1,406 votes (0.2%)
- David Stuckenberg, 734 votes (0.1%)
- Ryan Binkley, 500 votes (0.1%)
- United States Representative, 3rd District
- Mike Rogers (incumbent), 71,124 votes (81.7%), nominee
- Bryan Newell, 10,909 votes (12.5%)
- Barron Rae Bevels, 5,046 votes (5.8%)
- United States Representative, 4th District
- Robert Aderholt (incumbent), 88,859 votes (79.7%), nominee
- Justin Holcomb, 22,649 votes (20.3%)
- United States Representative, 6th District
- Gary Palmer (incumbent), 76,063 votes (83.3%), nominee
- Gerrick Wilkins, 9,636 votes (10.6%)
- Ken McFeeters, 5,668 votes (6.2%)
- United States Representative, 7th District
- Robin Litaker, 12,981 votes (41.8%), nominee
- Christian Horn, 18,100 votes (58.2%), dropped out
Statewide offices
- Alabama State Supreme Court, Chief Justice
- Sarah Stewart, 334,129 votes (61.6%), nominee
- Bryan Taylor, 208,522 votes (38.4%)
- Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, Place 2
- Chad Hansen, 264,085 votes (56.4%), nominee
- Stephen Davis Parker, 204,451 votes (43.6%)
- Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2
- Rich Anderson, 259,143 votes (55.3%), nominee
- Thomas Govan, 209,815 votes (44.7%)
- Alabama Public Service Commission, President
- Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (incumbent), 329,530 votes (61.1%), nominee
- Robert McCollum, 209,420 votes (38.9%)
- Alabama State Board of Education, District 3
- Kelly Mooney, 38,507 votes (51.4%), nominee
- Charlotte Meadows, 17,472 votes (23.3%)
- Ann Eubank, 10,480 votes (14.0%)
- Melissa Snowden, 8,456 votes (11.3%)
- Alabama State Board of Education, District 7
- Allen Long, 52,705 votes (60.9%), nominee
- Doug Bachuss, 23,302 votes (26.9%)
- Oscar Mann, 10,497 votes (12.1%)
Jefferson County offices
Other ballot measures
- Statewide Amendment 1, authorizing the legislature to take up local bills prior to the state budget.
- No: 359,770 votes (51.3%)
- Yes: 341,139 votes (48.7%)
References
- Cason, Mike (November 10, 2023) "Who’s running? 21 candidates join race in Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District." AL.com
- Bryant, Joseph D. (December 23, 2023) "More than a dozen Jefferson County candidates disqualified to appear on ballot." AL.com
- Bryant, Joseph D. (January 2, 2024) "Candidates for Jefferson County treasurer sue state, say wrongly removed from ballot." AL.com
- Perry, Lauren (January 18, 2024) "Everything you need to know about voting in Birmingham for the Primary Election on March 5." Bham Now
- "Election Results in the Jefferson County Democratic Primary." (March 6, 2024) BirminghamWatch
- Koplowitz, Howard (April 16, 2024) "Jefferson County Democratic primary runoff results: Incumbent district judge loses reelection." AL.com
External links
- 2024 Election information at sos.alabama.gov