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2010 Alabama Senate election

2010 Alabama Senate elections

← 2006 November 2, 2010 2014 →

All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Del Marsh Roger Bedford Jr.
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 12th-Anniston 6th-Russellville
Seats before 14+1 20
Seats after 22+1 12
Seat change Increase 8 Decrease 8
Popular vote 788,738 565,026
Percentage 56.9% 40.8%

Results:
     Republican gain      Democratic gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold      Independent hold

President pro tempore before election

Rodger Smitherman
Democratic

Elected President pro tempore

Del Marsh
Republican

The 2010 Alabama Senate election was held on November 2, 2010. Voters in all 35 districts of the Alabama State Senate voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 2. Republicans gained 9 seats, taking control of the chamber, while the Democrats lost 10 seats. This was the first time since 1873 that the Republican Party held a majority of seats in the Alabama Senate.[1]

  1. ^ Dubin, Michael J. (2007). Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures: A Year by Year Summary, 1796-2006. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 16. ISBN 9780786429141. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

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