See also: 2014 United States Senate elections.
| Election Name: | 2014 United States Senate election in Alabama |
| Country: | Alabama |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2008 United States Senate election in Alabama |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama |
| Next Year: | 2017 (special) |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Image1: | Jeff Sessions official portrait.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Jeff Sessions |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 795,606 |
| Percentage1: | 97.25% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Jeff Sessions |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Jeff Sessions |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2014 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate for Alabama.
Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, who served in the position since 1997, ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. As the Democrats did not field a candidate, he was the only candidate to file before the deadline and was therefore unopposed in the Republican primary election and only faced write-in opposition in the general election.[1]
Sessions was re-elected with 97.25% of the vote with the remaining votes being write-ins. This alongside the concurrent gubernatorial election is the last time Jefferson County voted Republican in a statewide election.
An independent candidate would have been able to challenge Sessions if at least 44,828 signatures had been submitted by June 3, 2014.[3] None did so.
| Candidate | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Sessions (R) | $1,369,672 | $1,151,690 | $3,343,748 | ||
| Victor Sanchez Williams (D) | $4,497 | $4,247 | $250 |
| Source | Ranking | As of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | The Cook Political Report[6] | November 3, 2014 | ||
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] | November 3, 2014 | ||
| align=left | Rothenberg Political Report[8] | November 3, 2014 | ||
| align=left | Real Clear Politics[9] | November 3, 2014 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jeff Sessions (R) | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov[10] | October 16–23, 2014 | 661 | ± 6.0% | align=center | 63% | 11% | 27% | |
| YouGov[11] | September 20 – October 1, 2014 | 692 | ± 4.0% | align=center | 61% | 13% | 26% | |
| YouGov[12] | August 18 – September 2, 2014 | 741 | ± 5.0% | align=center | 54% | 12% | 34% | |
| YouGov[13] | July 5–24, 2014 | 1,036 | ± 5.2% | align=center | 65% | 10% | 26% |
Sessions did not complete this term, which ran through January 3, 2021; he resigned on February 9, 2017, to become Attorney General under the Trump administration. This triggered the interim appointment of Luther Strange to fill the vacancy until Democrat Doug Jones won a special election later that year. On November 7, 2019, Sessions announced that he would stand for this US Senate seat again in 2020 when it was due for its regularly-scheduled election,[14] though he was defeated in the runoff primary by football coach Tommy Tuberville, who would go onto win the general election.