Alabama Election Results 2010 - Alabama Primary Election Results Announced
United States -June 2nd, 2010: Check here after the polls close for the latest news on election results and reaction to the results. I have added a new box to the right tracking the information being passed along on Twitter and I ask for you to contribute to the discussion in the comments below.
12:09am – Unfortunately, I have to call it a night without yet knowing who the second candidate in the Republican run-off for governor will be, but likely there will be a recount regardless of the initial outcome. That recount will go through the Democratic-controlled Alabama legislature…what fun will that be!
11:41pm – The last box is in, we are just waiting for results to be reported from the state GOP…
11:26pm – AP declares Byrne will be in the run-off, James now in 2nd by 170 votes over Bentley, with 95% of precincts reporting
11:01pm – Bradley Byrne finally pulls away with 28% as 91% of precincts have reported, almost assuring him of a spot in the run-off. Robert Bentley remains in 2nd place and Tim James is in third.
10:57pm – Mo Brooks wins the Republican nomination for Congressional District 5, defeating Rep. Parker Griffith, and will face Steve Raby in November
10:39pm – Bradley Byrne retakes the lead with 84% of precincts reporting, 4900 votes up on Bentley, who is 700 votes ahead of Tim James
10:17pm – 71% of precincts are now reporting, with James/Byrne/Bentley in that order and 2800 votes separating the three of them
10:01pm – James, Bentley and Byrne are 1-2-3 with 59% of the precincts in for the GOP nomination for governor
9:52pm – AP finally called the Democratic nomination for governor for Ron Sparks, 19 minutes after I called it
9:50pm – With 52% of the precincts reporting, James is in the lead with Bentley in 2nd narrowly over Bradley Byrne…this is going to be unbelievably tight.
9:40pm – Rep. Bonner and Rep. Bachus both win re-nomination in their primaries
9:36pm – GOP race for governor still EXTREMELY tight – 48% in – Byrne 26%, James 26% (700 votes behind), Bentley 25%, Moore 20%
9:33pm – 42% and the numbers are getting worse for Davis…it’s over, when will the Alabama media call it?
9:25pm – 38% of precincts reporting in Democratic primary for governor – Sparks 64%, Davis 36%
9:11pm – 31% of precincts reporting and we have a dead-heat three way race – Bradley Byrne, Tim James and Robert Bentley all have 26% of the vote and are separated by 1800 votes
9:03pm – Nate Silver, my stats guru at FiveThirtyEight.com has “called” the Alabama Democratic primary for governor for Ron Sparks (he’s up 64% to 36% with 26% of precincts reporting)
8:49pm – 18% of precincts reporting in the Republican primary for governor – Bentley 27%, James 26%, Byrne 24%, Moore 20%
8:44pm – Steve Raby has a commanding lead in the Democratic primary for Congress in the 5th district with 16% reporting
8:37pm – With 9% reporting – Sparks 62%, Davis 38% in Democratic primary for governor
8:36pm – With 8% reporting – James 27%, Bentley 26%, Byrne 25%, Moore 19%
8:33pm – With 7% reporting – Byrne 27%, Bentley 26%, James 26%, Moore 18%
8:27pm – With 5% reporting in the Republican gubernatorial primary – Byrne 28%, Bentley 27%, James 24%, Moore 18%
8:22pm – With 3% of precincts reporting – Ron Sparks 60%, Artur Davis 40% in Alabama’s Democratic primary for governor
8:20pm – Still very early, but Dr. Bentley has taken the lead in the Republican primary for governor with 3% of precincts reporting – Bentley 31%, Byrne 24%, James 24%, Moore 18%
8:13pm - AP declares victory for Sen. Richard Shelby in his primary (with 1% of precincts reporting)
8:10pm – Latest numbers for governor, still under 1% reporting, Republican – Byrne 29%, James 26%, Bentley 22%, Moore 18%; Democratic – Sparks 69%, Davis 31%
8:08pm – First results in Republican primary for state treasurer – Young Boozer 56%, George Wallace Jr. 44%
7:55pm – Still early numbers in Republican governor’s primary – Byrne 29%, James 25%, Bentley 22%, Moore 19%
7:53pm – First Republican Attorney General primary numbers – Luther Strange 53%, Troy King 47%. less than 1 percent reporting
7:49pm – Watch Tim James headquarters LIVE
Run Off for Williams-Pepper
Athens Mayor Dan Williams finished atop a three-man field in the Alabama House District 5 GOP primary, but he will now face Steve Pepper, a Madison County school bus driver, in a run-off.
Williams, 67, the long-time mayor of Athens, finished with 2,475 votes (49.55 percent), compared to 1,676 votes for Pepper (33.55 percent).
The run-off will be July 13.
Parker Griffith Trails
With just over 20 percent of precincts reporting in his Alabama district, freshman Representative Parker Griffith trails in his first primary as a Republican.
Madison County Commissioner Mo Brooks had 49 percent of the early returns, compared with 38 percent for Mr. Griffith.
Mr. Brooks will need to finish with over 50 percent in order to avoid a runoff. Regardless, Mr Brooks lead is tremendous blow to Representative Parker.
