The 1992 United States Senate election in Alabama took place on November 3, 1992, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Richard Shelby won re-election to a second term in a landslide, winning every county except Shelby. Richard Sellers, the Republican candidate, would receive 522,015 votes, the most ever for a Republican Senate candidate in Alabama history at that point.
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This was the last time a Democrat was elected to the U.S Senate in Alabama until Doug Jones won a 2017 special election. As to date, this remains the last time a Democrat has won the Class 3 Senate seat in Alabama and won a full term as a senator; Shelby switched parties in 1994 and continued to serve as a Republican until 2023.
Candidates
editDemocratic
edit- Richard Shelby, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1987
Republican
edit- Richard Sellers, conservative activist[1]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Richard Shelby (incumbent) | 1,022,698 | 64.82% | |
| Republican | Richard Sellers | 522,015 | 33.09% | |
| Libertarian | Jerome Shockley | 31,811 | 2.02% | |
| Write-in | 1,275 | 0.08% | ||
| Total votes | 1,577,799 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Results by County
edit| County | Richard Shelby
Democratic |
Richard Sellers
Republican |
Jerome Shockley
Libertarian |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 9,012 | 66.59% | 4,279 | 31.62% | 242 | 1.79% | 13,533 |
| Baldwin | 21,036 | 50.83% | 19,258 | 46.53% | 1,094 | 2.64% | 41,388 |
| Barbour | 5,783 | 72.15% | 2,087 | 26.04% | 145 | 1.81% | 8,015 |
| Bibb | 4,877 | 73.31% | 1,698 | 25.52% | 78 | 1.17% | 6,653 |
| Blount | 8,311 | 56.51% | 5,974 | 40.62% | 421 | 2.86% | 14,706 |
| Bullock | 3,564 | 87.20% | 480 | 11.74% | 43 | 1.05% | 4,087 |
| Butler | 5,305 | 75.15% | 1,655 | 23.45% | 99 | 1.40% | 7,059 |
| Calhoun | 22,735 | 59.90% | 14,190 | 37.38% | 1,033 | 2.72% | 37,958 |
| Chambers | 8,187 | 66.03% | 3,942 | 31.80% | 269 | 2.17% | 12,398 |
| Cherokee | 5,004 | 76.49% | 1,372 | 20.97% | 166 | 2.54% | 6,542 |
| Chilton | 9,636 | 67.77% | 4,409 | 31.01% | 174 | 1.22% | 14,219 |
| Choctaw | 5,069 | 80.54% | 1,195 | 18.99% | 30 | 0.48% | 6,294 |
| Clarke | 6,655 | 66.35% | 3,260 | 32.50% | 115 | 1.15% | 10,030 |
| Clay | 3,061 | 67.84% | 1,309 | 29.01% | 142 | 3.15% | 4,512 |
| Cleburne | 2,560 | 63.48% | 1,354 | 33.57% | 119 | 2.95% | 4,033 |
| Coffee | 10,222 | 73.66% | 3,420 | 24.64% | 236 | 1.70% | 13,878 |
| Colbert | 16,589 | 75.84% | 4,965 | 22.70% | 321 | 1.47% | 21,875 |
| Conecuh | 3,679 | 77.37% | 980 | 20.61% | 96 | 2.02% | 4,755 |
| Coosa | 3,452 | 73.38% | 1,152 | 24.28% | 110 | 2.34% | 4,714 |
| Covington | 7,835 | 71.84% | 2,703 | 24.78% | 368 | 3.37% | 10,906 |
| Crenshaw | 3,484 | 80.09% | 777 | 17.86% | 89 | 2.05% | 4,350 |
| Cullman | 17,366 | 61.18% | 10,380 | 36.57% | 639 | 2.25% | 28,385 |
| Dale | 9,096 | 66.46% | 4,341 | 31.72% | 249 | 1.82% | 13,686 |
| Dallas | 15,493 | 81.91% | 3,275 | 17.31% | 147 | 0.78% | 18,915 |
| DeKalb | 11,176 | 58.31% | 7,515 | 39.21% | 477 | 2.49% | 19,168 |
| Elmore | 13,288 | 67.27% | 6,078 | 30.77% | 388 | 1.96% | 19,754 |
| Escambia | 6,268 | 60.03% | 3,874 | 37.10% | 300 | 2.87% | 10,442 |
| Etowah | 29,183 | 70.62% | 11,289 | 27.32% | 851 | 2.06% | 41,323 |
| Fayette | 6,184 | 74.90% | 1,960 | 23.74% | 112 | 1.36% | 8,256 |
| Franklin | 8,215 | 71.78% | 3,021 | 26.40% | 208 | 1.82% | 11,444 |
| Geneva | 5,629 | 72.77% | 1,802 | 23.30% | 304 | 3.93% | 7,735 |
| Greene | 4,155 | 91.40% | 371 | 8.16% | 20 | 0.44% | 4,546 |
| Hale | 4,227 | 82.06% | 861 | 16.72% | 63 | 1.22% | 5,151 |
| Henry | 3,533 | 73.99% | 1,162 | 24.34% | 80 | 1.68% | 4,775 |
| Houston | 18,918 | 65.34% | 9,651 | 33.33% | 384 | 1.33% | 28,953 |
| Jackson | 11,396 | 72.48% | 3,973 | 25.27% | 355 | 2.26% | 15,724 |
| Jefferson | 178,070 | 60.82% | 109,615 | 37.44% | 5,085 | 1.74% | 292,770 |
| Lamar | 4,318 | 66.85% | 2,015 | 31.20% | 126 | 1.95% | 6,459 |
| Lauderdale | 23,521 | 72.12% | 8,509 | 26.09% | 584 | 1.79% | 32,614 |
| Lawrence | 9,103 | 80.93% | 1,971 | 17.52% | 174 | 1.55% | 11,248 |
| Lee | 15,983 | 52.25% | 13,684 | 44.73% | 925 | 3.02% | 30,592 |
| Limestone | 13,703 | 65.73% | 6,657 | 31.93% | 488 | 2.34% | 20,848 |
| Lowndes | 3,748 | 85.18% | 597 | 13.57% | 55 | 1.25% | 4,400 |
| Macon | 6,818 | 88.10% | 700 | 9.05% | 221 | 2.86% | 7,739 |
| Madison | 66,537 | 63.41% | 35,311 | 33.65% | 3,077 | 2.93% | 104,925 |
| Marengo | 8,019 | 81.44% | 1,747 | 17.74% | 80 | 0.81% | 9,846 |
| Marion | 8,649 | 68.97% | 3,650 | 29.11% | 241 | 1.92% | 12,540 |
| Marshall | 14,665 | 63.51% | 7,790 | 33.74% | 635 | 2.75% | 23,090 |
| Mobile | 80,566 | 59.95% | 50,731 | 37.75% | 3,094 | 2.30% | 134,391 |
| Monroe | 5,276 | 62.07% | 3,084 | 36.28% | 140 | 1.65% | 8,500 |
| Montgomery | 55,442 | 69.64% | 22,838 | 28.69% | 1,331 | 1.67% | 79,611 |
| Morgan | 26,110 | 60.93% | 15,645 | 36.51% | 1,100 | 2.57% | 42,855 |
| Perry | 4,215 | 79.98% | 992 | 18.82% | 63 | 1.20% | 5,270 |
| Pickens | 5,616 | 72.91% | 1,980 | 25.70% | 107 | 1.39% | 7,703 |
| Pike | 7,278 | 76.97% | 2,073 | 21.92% | 105 | 1.11% | 9,456 |
| Randolph | 4,079 | 62.90% | 2,219 | 34.22% | 187 | 2.88% | 6,485 |
| Russell | 9,066 | 68.79% | 3,831 | 29.07% | 283 | 2.15% | 13,180 |
| Shelby | 22,118 | 46.72% | 24,470 | 51.69% | 755 | 1.59% | 47,343 |
| St. Clair | 11,528 | 54.24% | 9,318 | 43.84% | 409 | 1.92% | 21,255 |
| Sumter | 5,980 | 87.79% | 785 | 11.52% | 47 | 0.69% | 6,812 |
| Talladega | 13,863 | 60.74% | 8,319 | 37.17% | 466 | 2.08% | 22,379 |
| Tallapoosa | 10,042 | 66.47% | 4,839 | 32.03% | 226 | 1.50% | 15,107 |
| Tuscaloosa | 40,937 | 71.70% | 15,136 | 26.51% | 1,020 | 1.79% | 57,093 |
| Walker | 21,262 | 73.85% | 7,037 | 24.44% | 490 | 1.70% | 28,789 |
| Washington | 6,209 | 78.80% | 1,541 | 19.56% | 129 | 1.64% | 7,879 |
| Wilcox | 4,269 | 83.14% | 844 | 16.44% | 22 | 0.43% | 5,135 |
| Winston | 5,497 | 56.26% | 4,085 | 41.81% | 189 | 1.93% | 9,771 |
| Totals | 1,022,698 | 64.87% | 522,015 | 33.11% | 31,811 | 2.02% | 1,576,524 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ HighBeam
- ^ "Federal Elections 92" (PDF). Washington D.C.: Federal Election Commission. June 1993. p. 37. Retrieved November 21, 2014.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - AL US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1992". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved December 27, 2024.