| Election Name: | 2020 Alabama elections |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Alabama elections |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2022 Alabama elections |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
Alabama state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primary elections were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 31.[1]
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Alabama voters will elect the class II U.S. senator from Alabama, 4 of 9 members of the Alabama State Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 2 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Alabama, 4 of 10 seats on the Alabama Appellate Court and one seat of the Alabama House of Representatives. It will also vote on five ballot measures.
To vote by mail, registered Alabama voters must request a ballot by October 29, 2020. As of early October some 130,576 voters have requested mail ballots.
See main article: 2020 United States presidential election in Alabama.
See also: 2020 Alabama Democratic primary and 2020 Alabama Republican primary.
Alabama has 9 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Donald Trump won all of them with 62% of the popular vote.
See main article: 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama. Republican Tommy Tuberville defeated incumbent Democrat Doug Jones, winning 60% of the vote.
See main article: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama.
There were five U.S. Representatives in Alabama that were up for election in addition to two open seats.[2] 6 seats were won by the Republicans while 1 seat was won by the Democrats. No congressional districts changed hands.
4 of 9 seats of the Alabama State Board of Education are up for election (one is a non-elected position held by the governor).[3] Before the election the composition of that board was:
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Republican | 7 | |
| Democratic | 1 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Total | 9 | |
Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.
Both Democratic & Republican are cancelled respectively.
The state Supreme Court has 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents. At the appellate level, 2 of 5 seats on Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and 2 of 5 on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals are up for election. All seats on both courts are currently held by the Republican Party.[4]
No candidates filed for election to this seat.[5]
A special election had been called for November 17, 2020, for District 49 as a result of Republican incumbent April Weaver resigning from the legislature. Primaries were held on August 4 that year, with a Republican runoff set for September 1.[6]
In addition to the five amendments that are being voted on in November, Amendment 1 – called the Appointed Education Board Amendment – was defeated in the state's primary. It would have replaced the elected State Board of Education with a Commission on Elementary and Secondary Education whose members would have been appointed by the governor with the approval of the state senate.[7]