the last time a democrat senator won in alabama was 1978.
the last time a democrat senator won in alabama was 1978.
when was the last time a democrat senator won in alabama?
1978
today, republicans hold one of alabama's u.s. senate seats and six of its seven seats in the u.s. house of representatives. until december 2017, no democrat had been elected to the u. s. senate from the state since 1992 when richard shelby was elected to a second term. shelby switched parties in 1994 and has since been re-elected easily. on december 12, 2017, democrat doug jones defeated republican nominee roy moore in a special election, and took office on january 3, 2018. the alabama republican party has also greatly helped gop presidential candidates in the state. all republican presidential nominees have won alabama in ten straight elections; the last democrats to carry alabama were jimmy carter in 1976 and john f. kennedy in 1960 although carter only received a plurality of the vote. republican mitt romney easily won alabama in 2012 over democrat barack obama in excess of 60%. donald trump also handily carried the state in 2016 for the gop taking 62.1% of the vote.
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the republican revolution, revolution of '94 or gingrich revolution refers to the republican party (gop) success in the 1994 u.s. midterm elections, which resulted in a net gain of 54 seats in the house of representatives, and a pickup of eight seats in the senate. the day after the election, conservative democrat senator richard shelby of alabama changed parties, becoming a republican; on march 3, 1995, colorado senator ben nighthorse campbell switched to the republican side as well, increasing the gop senate majority.
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