2010 primary elections

The 2010 statewide primary election were comprised of the following ballots:

• The Democratic and Republican Party primaries on June 1, 2010, including referenda
• Democratic and Republican Party runoffs on July 13, 2010

Democratic primary

Federal offices

• United States Senator
  • William G. Barnes: 154,167 votes (61%), winner
  • Simone De Moore: 98,129 votes (39%)

• United States Representative, 3rd District
  • Steve Segrest: unopposed

• United States Representative, 7th District
  • Terri Sewell: 31,489 votes (37%), runoff
  • Shelia Smoot: 24,376 votes (28%), runoff
  • Earl Hilliard, Jr: 22,937 votes (27%)
  • Martha Bozeman: 6,662 votes (8%)

Statewide offices

• Governor
  • Ron Sparks: 199,558 votes (62.4%), winner
  • Artur Davis: 120,050 votes (37.6%)

• Lieutenant Governor
  • Jim Folsom, Jr (incumbent, unopposed)

• Attorney General
  • James Anderson: 136,366 votes (49.7%), runoff
  • Giles Perkins: 84,943 votes (31.0%), runoff
  • Michel Nicrosi: 53,021 votes (19.3%)

• Commissioner of Agriculture
  • Glen Zorn (unopposed)

• Public Service Commission, Place 1
  • Jan Cook (incumbent, unopposed)

• Public Service Commission, Place 2
  • Susan Parker (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Auditor
  • Miranda Joseph (unopposed)

• State Treasurer
  • Charley Grimsley: 151,894 votes (60.0%), winner
  • Jeremy Sherer: 100,529 votes (40.0%)

• Secretary of State
  • Scott Gilliland (unopposed)

• State Board of Education, Place 2
  • Betty Letlow (unopposed)

• State Board of Education, Place 4
  • Yvette Richardson: 25,376 votes (70%), winner
  • Margie Varner: 11,033 votes (30%)

• State Board of Education, Place 6
  • Kimberly Drake (unopposed)

Countywide offices

• Jefferson County Commission, District 1
  • Johnathan Austin: 3,061 votes (22%), runoff
  • George Bowman: 2,823 votes (20%), runoff
  • William A. Barnes: 1,910 votes (14%)
  • Willie Hardley, Jr: 1,659 votes (12%)
  • Orville Ifill: 934 votes (7%)
  • Kamau Afrika: 689 votes (6%)
  • Christopher Talley: 745 votes (5%)
  • Michael R. Jordan: 716 votes (5%)
  • Cyrondys Jackson: 672 votes (5%)
  • Rodney Huntley: 359 votes (3%)

• Jefferson County Commission, District 2
  • Sandra Little Brown: 4,987 votes (35%), runoff
  • Gary Richardson: 4,216 votes (29%), runoff
  • Steve Small: 2,857 votes (20%)
  • Iva Williams III: 1,320 votes (9%)
  • Willie Florence: 552 votes (4%)
  • Michael Miller: 400 votes (3%)

• Jefferson County Commission, District 3
  • Vivian Ford: 2,945 votes (48%), runoff
  • Ron Yarbrough: 2,426 votes (39%), runoff
  • Chuck Jaeger: 809 votes (13%)

• Jefferson County Commission, District 4
  • Roy Wood (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Sheriff
  • Willie Hill: 16,504 votes (40%), runoff
  • Ron Blankenship: 15,987 votes (39%), runoff
  • Wallace Anger: 8,798 votes (21%)

• Jefferson County District Attorney
  • Theodore Lawson (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Board of Education, Place 5
  • Jacqueline Smith (incumbent, unopposed)

Judgeships

• Supreme Court of Alabama, Place 1
  • Rhonda Chambers (unopposed)

• Supreme Court of Alabama, Place 2
  • Tom Edwards (unopposed)

• Supreme Court of Alabama, Place 3
  • Mac Parsons (unopposed)

• Court of Civil Appeals
  • Deborah Bell Paseur (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 2
  • Laura Petro (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 3
  • David Carpenter (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 4
  • Helen Shores Lee (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 12
  • Annetta Verin: 5,926 votes (48%), runoff
  • Dan King III (incumbent): 3,845 votes (31%), runoff
  • Pamela Cousins: 2,435 votes (20%)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 14
  • Clyde Jones (incumbent): 18,493 votes (61%), winner
  • Patricia Stephens: 12,032 votes (39%)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 17
  • Kenya Marshall: 12,806 votes (42%), runoff
  • Nikki Still (incumbent): 11,829 votes (29%), runoff
  • Peter Davis: 5,600 votes (18%)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 19
  • David Hodby (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 20
  • Agnes Chappell: 16,199 votes (52%), winner
  • Phillip Bahakel: 7,315 votes (25%)
  • Gerri Robinson: 6,180 votes (20%)
  • R. Leland Lee Lesley: 1,250 votes (4%)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 22
  • Caryl Privett (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 23
  • Carnella Greene-Norman: 12,167 votes (41%), runoff
  • Denise Pomeroy: 11,696 votes (40%), runoff
  • Alfred Newell: 5,556 votes (19%)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 24
  • Stephen Wallace: 17,155 votes (58%), winner
  • Amber Ladner: 12,305 votes (42%)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 25
  • Eugene Verin (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 26
  • Tommy Nall (unopposed)

• Jefferson County District Court, Place 4
  • Sheldon Watkins (unopposed)

• Jefferson County District Court, Place 5
  • Jack Lowther (unopposed)

• Jefferson County District Court, Place 7
  • Bobby Bynon (unopposed)

• Jefferson County District Court, Place 10
  • Lynniece Washington (unopposed)

• Jefferson County District Court, Place 11
  • Eric Fancher (unopposed)

Other offices

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 5
  • Brett Wadsworth: 6,407 votes (72%), winner
  • Bill Cleghorn: 2,431 votes (27%)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 17
  • Tommy Hudson (unopposed)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 18
  • Rodger Smitherman (incumbent): 7,715 votes (71%), winner
  • Fred Horn: 3,082 votes (28%)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 9
  • Priscilla Dunn (incumbent): 10,851 votes (84%), winner
  • Nathan Reed: 2,036 votes (16%)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 20
  • Linda Coleman (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 43
  • Virginia Sweet (unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 45
  • Charlene Cannon: 1,610 votes (86%), winner
  • Larry Cate: 271 votes (14%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 52
  • John Rogers (incumbent): 2,932 votes (69%), winner
  • Frederick Alexander: 1,245 votes (31%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 53
  • Demetrius Newton (incumbent): 2,377 votes (71%), winner
  • Alann Johnson: 962 votes (29%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 54
  • Patricia Todd (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 55
  • Rod Scott (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 56
  • Lawrence McAdory (incumbent): 2,349 votes (49%), runoff
  • Claire Mitchell: 1,449 votes (30%), runoff
  • Melanie Bouyer: 558 votes (12%)
  • David Vance: 432 votes (9%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 57
  • Merika Coleman (incumbent): 3,441 votes (68%), winner
  • Fred Plump: 1,078 votes (21%)
  • Carole Marks: 540 votes (11%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 58
  • Oliver Robinson (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 59
  • Mary Moore (incumbent): 2,100 votes (80%), winner
  • Carl Davis: 511 votes (20%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 60
  • Lee Lee Givan: 1,753 votes (38%), runoff
  • John Hilliard: 1,370 votes (30%), runoff
  • Ralph Mayes: 683 votes (15%)
  • David Russell: 437 votes (9%)
  • Sharon Lewis: 279 votes (8%)

• Jefferson County District Attorney, Bessemer Cut-Off
  • Arthur Green (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court Clerk, Bessemer Cut-Off
  • Benny Watson (unopposed)

Republican Primary

Federal offices

• United States Senator
  • Richard Shelby (incumbent): 403,408 votes (84.4%), winner
  • Clint Moser: 74,782 votes (15.6%)

• United States Representative, 3rd District
  • Mike Rogers (incumbent, unopposed)

• United States Representative, 4th District
  • Robert Aderholt (incumbent, unopposed))

• United States Representative, 6th District
  • Spencer Bachus (incumbent): 80,687 votes (75.6%), winner
  • Stan Cooke: 25,895 votes (24.4%)

• United States Representative, 7th District
  • Don Chamberlain: 6,161 votes (37.6%), runoff
  • Chris Salter: 4,823 votes (29.4%), runoff
  • Michele Waller: 2,800 votes (17.1%)
  • Carol Hendrickson: 2,607 votes (15.9%)

Statewide offices

• Governor
  • Bradley Byrne: 137,093 votes (28.0%), runoff
  • Robert Bentley: 123,321 votes (25.2%), runoff (pending recount)
  • Tim James: 123,181 votes (25.1%), possible runoff (pending recount)
  • Roy Moore: 94,425 votes (19.25%)
  • Bill Johnson: 8,209 votes (1.7%)
  • Charles Taylor: 2,585 votes (0.5%)
  • James Potts: 1,525 votes (0.3%)

• Lieutenant Governor
  • Kay Ivey: 254,174 votes (56.7%), winner
  • Hank Erwin: 140,812 votes (31.4%)
  • Gene Ponder: 53,510 votes (11.9%)

• Attorney General
  • Luther Strange: 283,671 votes (60.2%), winner
  • Troy King (incumbent): 187,792 votes (39.8%)

• Commissioner of Agriculture
  • John McMillan: 149,504 votes (36.5%), runoff
  • Dorman Grace: 144,111 votes (35.2%), runoff
  • Dale Peterson: 115,763 votes (28.3%)

• Public Service Commission, Place 1
  • Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh: 180,106 votes (49%), runoff
  • Stephen Evans: 94,967 votes (26%), runoff
  • Chip Beeker: 90,693 votes (25%)

• Public Service Commission, Place 2
  • Terry Dunn: 168,092 votes (52%), winner
  • Chip Brown: 158,091 votes (48%)

• State Auditor
  • Samantha Shaw (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Treasurer
  • Young Boozer III: 302,152 votes (64.9%)
  • George Wallace, Jr: 163,598 votes (35.1%)

• Secretary of State
  • Beth Chapman (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Board of Education, Place 2
  • Betty Peters (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Board of Education, Place 4
  • Tom Dooley (unopposed)

• State Board of Education, Place 6
  • Charles Elliott: 42,269 votes (60%), winner
  • Ron Stone: 29,124 votes (40%)

• State Board of Education, Place 8
  • Mary Scott Hunter
  • Sue Helms
  • Ken Gawronski, Jr

Countywide offices

• Jefferson County Commission, District 3
  • Bobby Humphryes (incumbent): 6,777 votes (44.9%), runoff
  • Jimmie Stephens: 4,735 votes (31.5%), runoff
  • David Phillips: 1,370 votes (9.1%)
  • Jay Miller: 1,171 votes (7.8%)
  • Lisa Pack: 1,026 votes (6.8%)

• Jefferson County Commission, District 4
  • Joe Knight: 5,083 votes (31.7%), runoff
  • Ronnie Dixon: 3,461 votes (21.6%), runoff
  • Wayne Taylor: 3,369 votes (21.0%)
  • Jim Gunter: 3,205 votes (20.0%)
  • Ed Henson: 903 votes (5.6%)

• Jefferson County Commission, District 5
  • David Carrington: 12,686 votes (66.4%), winner
  • Steve Duncan: 3,380 votes (17.7%)
  • Jim Atkinson: 3,033 votes (15.9%)

• Jefferson County Sheriff
  • Mike Hale (incumbent): 50,885 votes (86.9%), winner
  • Jim Woodward: 7,699 votes (13.1%)

• Jefferson County District Attorney
  • Brandon Falls (incumbent, unopposed)

• Jefferson County Board of Education, Place 1
  • Jennifer Parsons (incumbent): 10,583 votes (47%), runoff
  • Mike Grissom: 8,736 votes (39%), runoff
  • Jon Griswold: 3,187 votes (14%)

• Jefferson County Board of Education, Place 5
  • Thomas Glanton (unopposed)

• Shelby County Sheriff
  • Chris Curry (incumbent): 20,475 votes (82.7%), winner
  • Ken Bailey: 4,277 votes (17.3%)

• Shelby County School Board, Place 1
  • Jane Hampton: 11,179 votes (53%), winner
  • David Nichols (incumbent): 10,260 votes (47%)

• Shelby County School Board, Place 2
  • Aubrey Miller: 9,482 votes (46%), runoff
  • Anne Glass (incumbent): 8,411 votes (41%), runoff
  • Nicke Gaspers: 2,840 votes (14%)

• Shelby County Coroner
  • Diana Hawkins (unopposed)

• Shelby County Superintendent of Education
  • Randy Fuller (unopposed)

Judgeships

• Supreme Court of Alabama, Place 1
  • Kelli Wise

• Supreme Court of Alabama, Place 2
  • Mike Bolin (incumbent): 245,354 votes (70%), winner
  • Tracy Cary: 106,720 votes (30%)

• Supreme Court of Alabama, Place 3
  • Tom Parker (incumbent): 205,913 votes (61%), winner
  • Eric Johnston: 95,685 votes (28%)
  • James Houts: 35,224 votes (10%)

• Court of Civil Appeals
  • Tommy Bryan (incumbent, unopposed)

• Court of Criminal Appeals
  • Jim Main (incumbent, unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 3
  • Alfred Bahakel (incumbent, unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 4
  • Chuck Hunter (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 12
  • Virginia Meigs (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 20
  • Julie Palmer: 20,550 votes (61%)
  • Lee Powell: 13,382 votes (39%)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 21
  • Bob Vance (incumbent, unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 23
  • Dorothea Batiste (unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court, Place 24
  • Gloria Bahakel (incumbent, unopposed)

• Jefferson County District Court, Place 10
  • Edward Vines (incumbent, unopposed)

• Shelby County Circuit Court, Place 4
  • Dan Reeves: 15,946 votes (72%)
  • Ferris Ritchey: 6,196 votes (28%)

Other offices

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 5
  • Greg Reed: 7,375 votes (52%), winner
  • Thad Turnipseed: 6,894 (48%)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 14
  • Cam Ward (unopposed)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 15
  • Slade Blackwell: 14,161 votes (60%), winner
  • Steve French (incumbent): 9,598 votes (40%)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 16
  • Jabo Waggoner (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Senator, Alabama Senate District 17
  • Scott Beason (incumbent): 14,247 votes (63%), winner
  • Jim Murphree: 8,365 votes (37%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 15
  • Allen Farley: 4,116 votes (58%), winner
  • Pat Moore (incumbent): 3,016 votes (42%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 41
  • Mike Hill (incumbent): 6,402 votes (76%), winner
  • Stephen Bryant: 2,029 votes (24%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 43
  • Mary Sue McClurkin (incumbent): 51 votes (67%), winner
  • Brittany Tate: 25 votes (33%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 44
  • Arthur Payne (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 45
  • Owen Drake (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 46
  • Paul DeMarco (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 47
  • Jack Williams (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 48
  • Greg Canfield (incumbent, unopposed)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 49
  • April Weaver: 3,346 votes (53%), winner
  • Jim McClain: 1,587 votes (25%)
  • James Lee: 794 votes (13%)
  • Jack Gray: 555 votes (9%)

• State Legislator, Alabama House District 51
  • Allen Treadaway (incumbent, unopposed)

• Jefferson County Circuit Court Clerk, Bessemer Cut-Off
  • James O. Rice (unopposed)

Special election for Jefferson County Commission District 1

A special election was held to fill the vacant seat left by William Bell when he became Mayor of Birmingham. A runoff was held on June 22 with the winner taking office immediately. Many of the candidates also appear on the ballot for the full four-year term to be decided in the 2010 general election on November 2:

• George Bowman (D): 3,046 votes (21%), runoff
• Johnathan Austin (D): 2,802 votes (20%), runoff
• William A. Barnes (D): 1,678 votes (12%)
• Willie Hardley, Jr (D): 1,597 votes (11%)
• Orville Ifill (D): 950 votes (7%)
• Christopher Talley (D) 823 votes (6%)
• Kamau Afrika (D): 821 votes (6%)
• Michael R. Jordan (D): 653 votes (5%)
• Cyrondys Jackson (D): 618 votes (4%)
• Margie George (R): 578 votes (4%)
• Rodney Huntley (D): 357 votes (2%)
• Greg Stanley (I): 147 votes (1%)
• John Carter (R): 122 votes (1%)
• Eric Lathan (R): 98 votes (1%)

References

• Wright, Barnett (May 16, 2010) "Campaign 2010: 14 candidates seek Jefferson County Commission's District 1 seat." Birmingham News

External links

• Election information at sos.state.al.us