Election Name: | 2018 Alabama Attorney General election |
Country: | Alabama |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 Alabama elections#Attorney General |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2022 Alabama Attorney General election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Image1: | File:Steve Marshall (41773693585).jpg |
Nominee1: | Steve Marshall |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 1,004,438 |
Percentage1: | 58.8% |
Nominee2: | Joseph Siegelman |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 702,858 |
Percentage2: | 41.1% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Attorney General | |
Before Election: | Steve Marshall |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | Steve Marshall |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
The 2018 Alabama Attorney General election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Attorney General of Alabama. Incumbent attorney general Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Former Governor Robert J. Bentley defeated the Democratic candidate, Joseph Siegelman, the son of the former Governor Don Siegelman.
Attorney Joseph Siegelman, son of former governor Don Siegelman, is the nominee of the Democratic Party.[1]
Chris Christie ran for attorney general on the Democratic ballot. Christie has been a trial lawyer at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings for 30 years.[2]
Former Alabama Attorney General Troy King unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination.[3]
Incumbent Republican attorney general Steve Marshall, who was appointed by Governor Bentley in February 2017 after appointing Attorney General Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate, ran for a first full term.[4]
Former chief deputy attorney general Alice Martin sought the Republican nomination.[5]
Marshall won 6 of 7 congressional districts.[7]
District | Marshall | Siegelman | Representative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
60% | 40% | Bradley Byrne | ||||
61% | 39% | Martha Roby | ||||
62% | 38% | Mike Rogers | ||||
75% | 25% | Robert Aderholt | ||||
61% | 39% | Mo Brooks | ||||
66% | 34% | Gary Palmer | ||||
26% | 73% | Terri Sewell |