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.

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.

Democratic primary

Federal offices

• President of the United States

• United States Representative, 6th District
  • Elizabeth Anderson

• United States Representative, 7th District
  • Terri Sewell (incumbent)
  • Chris Davis

Republican Primary

Federal offices

• President of the United States

• United States Representative, 3rd District
  • Mike Rogers (incumbent)
  • Bryan Newell
  • Barron Rae Bevels

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

• United States Representative, 6th District
  • Gary Palmer (incumbent)
  • Ken McFeeters
  • Gerrick Wilkins

• United States Representative, 7th District
  • Robin Litaker
  • Christian Horn

Other ballot measures

• Statewide Amendment 1, authorizing the legislature to take up local bills prior to the state budget.

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

External links

• 2024 Election information at sos.alabama.gov