Election Name: | 2022 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Country: | Alabama |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2018 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
Next Election: | 2026 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2026 |
Image1: | Alabama Lieutenant Governor visits Lyster Army Health Clinic (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Will Ainsworth |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 957,534 |
Percentage1: | 83.7% |
Nominee2: | Ruth Page-Nelson |
Party2: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 178,660 |
Percentage2: | 15.6% |
Map Size: | 250px |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Before Election: | Will Ainsworth |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Will Ainsworth |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2022 Alabama lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Alabama. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Alabama. Primary elections were held on May 24, with runoffs scheduled for June 21 if a candidate failed to receive a majority of the vote.
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Will Ainsworth won re-election to a second term against Libertarian Ruth Page-Nelson. He was first elected in 2018 to succeed Kay Ivey, who ascended to the governorship and left the office vacant in 2017. No Democratic candidates filed to run.
Ainsworth won all 7 congressional districts, including one that elected a Democrat.[4]
District | Ainsworth | Page-Nelson | Representative | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
84% | 16% | Jerry Carl | ||||
85% | 15% | Barry Moore | ||||
87% | 13% | Mike Rogers | ||||
92% | 8% | Robert Aderholt | ||||
81% | 19% | Mo Brooks (117th Congress) | ||||
Dale Strong (118th Congress) | ||||||
82% | 18% | Gary Palmer | ||||
70% | 30% | Terri Sewell |