Alabama's 1st House of Representatives district explained

Chamber:	House of Representatives
State:	Alabama
District:	1
Representative:	Phillip Pettus
Party:	Republican
Residence:	Killen

Alabama's 1st House of Representatives district is one of 105 districts in the Alabama House of Representatives. Its current representative is Phillip Pettus.^[1] This district was created in 1966 and encompasses parts of Lauderdale County. It is still in use today.

Representatives

Representative	Party	Term start	Term end	Electoral history	Represented counties
District created			November 9, 1966
James H. Haygood	Democratic	November 9, 1966	November 4, 1970	Elected in 1966	Lauderdale
Robert M. Hill Jr.
	Democratic	November 4, 1970	November 6, 1974	Elected in 1970
Ronnie Flippo
Lynn Greer	Democratic	November 6, 1974	November 8, 1978	Elected in 1974 Elected in 1978 Resigned
		November 8, 1978	June 1, 1981
Vacant		June 1, 1981	July 14, 1981
John E. Higginbotham^[2]	Democratic	July 14, 1981	Abt. 1982	Resigned
Vacant		Abt. 1982	November 3, 1982
Charles F. Ashley	Democratic	November 3, 1982^[3]	November 9, 1983	Elected in 1982
Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	Democratic	November 9, 1983^[4]	November 5, 1986	Elected in 1983 Elected in 1986 Elected in 1990 Elected in 1994 Elected in 1998 Elected in 2002 Died
		November 5, 1986	November 7, 1990
		November 7, 1990	November 9, 1994
		November 9, 1994	November 4, 1998		Lauderdale (part)
		November 4, 1998	November 6, 2002
		November 6, 2002	December 15, 2005
Vacant		December 15, 2005	March 21, 2006
Tammy L. Irons	Democratic	March 21, 2006	November 8, 2006	Elected in 2006 Elected in 2006
		November 8, 2006	November 3, 2010
Greg Burdine	Democratic	November 3, 2010	November 5, 2014	Elected in 2010
Phillip Pettus	Republican	November 5, 2014	November 7, 2018	Elected in 2014 Elected in 2018
		November 7, 2018	November 9, 2022

General elections

Source: District 1 Races (1967-Present)

Year		Democratic		Republican		Other
	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%	Candidate	Votes	%
1966 Places 1-2	√Robert M. Hill Jr.	9,571	36.35	Morris D. McKee	3,609	13.71	None
	√James H. Haygood	9,253	35.14	Charles Hamilton	3,897	14.80	None
1970^[5] Places 1-2	√Ronnie Flippo	10,948	100.00	None			None
	√Robert M. Hill Jr.	10,754	100.00	None			None
1974	√Lynn Greer	2,676	100.00	None			None
1978	√Lynn Greer			None			None
1982	√Charles Ashley	7,211	76.62	None			Bobby McQuire (Independent)	2,200	23.38
1983	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	2,394	74.16	Alfred McCroskey	834	25.84	None
1986	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	7,764	70.76	Ken McFall	3,208	29.24	None
1990	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	7,095	99.99	None			Others	1	0.01
1994	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	7,385	62.60	Duane Phillips	4,396	37.26	Others	17	0.14
1998	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	7,569	60.14	Greg Beer	5,011	39.81	Others	6	0.05
2002	√Nelson R. Starkey Jr.	8,540	62.59	William McNatt	4,772	34.98	Joey Franklin Others	304 28	2.23 0.21
2006	√Tammy L. Irons	4,229	61.49	William E. Smith	2,649	38.51	None
2006	√Tammy L. Irons	8,406	65.10	William E. Smith	4,506	34.90	None
2010	√Greg Burdine	7,083	50.69	Quinton Hanson	6,877	49.21	Write-Ins	14	0.10
2014	Greg Burdine	4,652	48.48	√Phillip Pettus	4,933	51.41	Write-Ins	10	0.10
2018	None			√Phillip Pettus	7,348	62.57	Bobby J. Dolan III Write-Ins	4,336 60	36.92 0.51

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alabama Legislature. 2020-08-05. www.legislature.state.al.us.
2. Web site: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. (Chapter 5, Page 6-7). digital.archives.alabama.gov. April 7, 2019.
3. Web site: AL House 001 1983 Election. www.ourcampaigns.com. June 7, 2018.
4. Web site: AL House 001 1984 Election. www.ourcampaigns.com. June 7, 2018.
5. Web site: Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1975 (Chapter 12).. digital.archives.alabama.gov. March 29, 2019.