United States Senate election in Alabama, 2016

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United States Senate election in Alabama, 2016

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  Richard Shelby official portrait.JPG
Nominee Richard Shelby Ron Crumpton
Party Republican Democratic

Alabama Presidential Election Results 2016.svg

Incumbent U.S. senator

Richard Shelby
Republican



Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 United States Senate election in Alabama will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator Richard Shelby is running for re-election to a sixth term in office. The primaries were held on March 1.[1]

Background

Shelby was first elected to the Senate in 1986 as a Democrat and was easily re-elected in 1992 as such. He switched his party affiliation to Republican on November 9, 1994, one day after the Republicans won control of both houses in the midterm elections. He won his first full term as a Republican in 1998 by a large margin and faced no significant opposition in 2004 or 2010.

Republican primary

Following the divisive Republican primary in Mississippi ahead of the 2014 election in which Senator Thad Cochran was almost defeated, it has been speculated that Shelby could also face a Tea Party primary challenger, due to his lengthy tenure and support for federal largesse. However, that didn't happen, in part due to his large campaign war chest, which stood at $19.4 million as of September, 2015.[1] If Shelby had decided to retire, numerous high-profile Alabama Republicans were speculated to run, including U.S. Representatives Robert Aderholt, Mo Brooks, Bradley Byrne, Gary Palmer, Martha Roby, and Mike Rogers, State Treasurer Young Boozer, State Speaker Mike Hubbard, Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey, State Senate President Pro Tempore Del Marsh, Secretary of State John Merrill, U.S. Appeals Court Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., former Governor Bob Riley, and Attorney General Luther Strange.[2][3][4] Shelby announced in January 2015 that he would run for re-election.[5]

Candidates

Filed

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Richard
Shelby
Someone
Else
Undecided
Thomas Partners Strategies^ January 29-30, 2016 1,299 ±2.7% 55% 29% 16%
Thomas Partners Strategies^ December 2015  ? ±?% 64% 15% 21%
Thomas Partners Strategies^ October 2015  ? ±?% 53% 22% 26%
Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Marcus
Bowman
John
Martin
Shadrack
McGill
Jonathan
McConnell
Richard
Shelby
Undecided
Thomas Partners Strategies^ January 29-30, 2016 1,299 ±2.7% 1% 1% 2% 25% 55% 16%
McLaughlin & Associates* January 25-26, 2016 600 ±4.0% 1% 1% 1% 9% 75% 13%
Thomas Partners Strategies^ December 2015  ? ±?% 1% 2% 3% 15% 64% 21%
McLaughlin & Associates* November 2015  ? ±?% 1% 2% 1% 5% 71% 20%
  • * Internal poll for the Richard Shelby campaign
  • ^ Internal poll for the Jonathan McConnell campaign

Primary results

Republican primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Shelby 505,586 64.91
Republican Jonathan McConnell 214,770 27.58
Republican John Martin 23,558 3.02
Republican Marcus Bowman 19,707 2.53
Republican Shadrack McGill 15,230 1.96
Total votes 778,851 100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Filed

  • Ron Crumpton, marijuana legalization activist and nominee for the State Senate in 2014[13][8]
  • Charles Nana, process engineer[14][8]

Failed to Qualify

Declined

Primary results

Democratic primary results[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Crumpton 145,681 55.97
Democratic Charles Nana 114,617 44.03
Total votes 260,298 100

General election

Candidates

  • Richard Shelby (R), incumbent Senator
  • Ron Crumpton (D), marijuana legalization activist and nominee for the State Senate in 2014
  • Charles Nana (Write-in), process engineer[17] (previously sought the Democratic nomination)

Endorsements

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[20] Safe R March 25, 2016
Daily Kos[21] Safe R April 4, 2016
Roll Call[22] Safe R April 4, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[23] Safe R March 21, 2016

References

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External Links

Official campaign websites