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2020


Republican Political party primaries, 2022

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Primary Date
May 24, 2022

Primary Runoff Date
June 21, 2022

Federal elections
Republican primaries for U.South. House

State party
Republican Party of Alabama
State political party acquirement

This page focuses on the Republican primaries that will have place in Alabama on May 24, 2022.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general ballot. They are as well used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are country-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a full general election. Alabama uses an open up chief organisation, in which registered voters do non have to be members of a political party to vote in that party's chief.[one] [two] [3]

For data about which offices are nominated via main election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.South. Senate

See also: Us Senate election in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Republican master)

The 2022 U.S. Senate elections in Alabama volition take place on November viii, 2022. Voters will elect ane candidate to serve in the U.Southward. Senate.


Republican Party Republican master candidates

  • Lillie Boddie
  • Katie Britt
  • Mo Brooks
  • Karla DuPriestCandidate Connection
  • Michael Durant
  • Jake Schafer

Did non make the ballot:

  • Lynda Blanchard
  • Mike Dunn
  • Jessica Taylor

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U.S. House

See also: United States Firm elections in Alabama, 2022 (May 24 Republican primaries)

The 2022 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alabama will take identify on November viii, 2022. Voters will elect 7 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state'southward 7 congressional districts. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each commune, click "Show more" beneath.

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State elections

State Senate

Come across too: Alabama State Senate elections, 2022

The Alabama Land Senate is one of 88 state legislative chambers property elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2020, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. To encounter a full list of land Senate candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" beneath.

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House of Representatives

Meet also: Alabama Business firm of Representatives elections, 2022

The Alabama House of Representatives is one of 88 state legislative chambers property elections in 2022. There are 99 chambers throughout the land. In 2020, 86 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Evidence more than" beneath.

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State executive offices

Run across as well: Alabama state executive official elections, 2022

Xiii state executive offices are upwardly for ballot in Alabama in 2022:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretarial assistant of State
Treasurer
Auditor
State Board of Education (4 seats)
Agronomics Commissioner
Public Service Commissioner (two seats)

To see a full list of candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Testify more" beneath.

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State supreme court

Meet also: Alabama Supreme Court elections, 2022

The terms of ii Alabama Supreme Court justices will expire on January 15, 2023. To see a full list of candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Bear witness more" below.

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Kelli Wise's seat

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate avant-garde:

  • Kelli Wise (Incumbent) ✔

Michael Bolin's seat

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

  • Greg CookCandidate Connection
  • Debra H. Jones

Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Context of the 2022 elections

Alabama Party Control: 1992-2022
6 years of Autonomous trifectas  •Twelve years of Republican trifectas
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Governor R D D R R R R D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R

State political party overview

Republican Political party of Alabama

Come across also: Republican Party of Alabama

Alabama has a Republican trifecta. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.

Country political political party revenue

See also: State party revenue and State party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit acquirement in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with country and federal campaign finance laws.

The Autonomous Party and the Republican Political party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political political party revenue per capita for the Republican land party affiliates.

Voter information

How the primary works

A principal election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should exist a party's candidate for elected function to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that have place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open master arrangement, in which registered voters practise not have to exist members of a party to vote in that party'due south master.[1] [2] [3]

For information almost which offices are nominated via primary election, encounter this commodity.

Poll times

In Alabama polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to vii:00 p.thou. local fourth dimension on the appointment of an ballot. An private who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[4] [five] Most of Alabama falls within the Cardinal time zone. Portions of eastern Alabama, including Phenix City and some surrounding areas, detect Eastern Time as opposed to Central Fourth dimension.[six]

Registration requirements

Alabama requires that an bidder exist a citizen of the United States who resides in Alabama. A voter must be at least 18 years quondam on or before Election Solar day. A denizen cannot have been barred from registering due to a felony confidence and cannot accept been declared mentally incompetent past a court.[vii]

Voters cannot annals during the fourteen-twenty-four hours catamenia preceding an election. A citizen can register to vote at the following locations:[7]

  • License branches
  • State or local regime offices
  • Public libraries
  • Military recruiting stations
  • County boards of registrars

Prospective voters may also mail service in a registration form.

Automatic registration

Alabama does not practice automatic voter registration.

Online registration

See also: Online voter registration

Alabama has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents tin can annals to vote past visiting this website.

Aforementioned-24-hour interval registration

Alabama does non permit same-day voter registration.

Residency requirements

To register to vote in Alabama, you must be a resident of the state. State police does not specify a length of fourth dimension for which you must have been a resident to be eligible.

Verification of citizenship

Run across also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

An Alabama land police, passed in 2011, calls for people to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.[eight] Yet, as of August 2019, the police had not been implemented.[9]

In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot require proof of citizenship with federal registration forms. That meant states would need to create a dissever registration organisation for country elections in society to crave proof of citizenship. Alabama Secretarial assistant of State John Merrill (R) said the following: "That'south an election administration nightmare ... You lot'd accept to have two sets of poll books, ane for federal elections and one for state elections, and that just doesn't brand whatsoever sense to me."[x]

Verifying your registration

The site Alabama Votes, run by the Alabama Secretary of State part, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.

Voter ID requirements

Alabama requires voters to present photograph identification at the polls. The following listing of accepted forms of identification was current every bit of October 2019. Click here for the almost current data, sourced directly from the Role of the Alabama Secretary of State.

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  • Valid Alabama Driver'due south License (not expired or has been expired less than 60 Days)
    • Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Digital Commuter's License
  • Valid Alabama Nondriver ID (non expired or has been expired less than threescore Days)
    • Alabama Police force Enforcement Agency Digital Nondriver ID
  • Valid Alabama Photograph Voter ID Card
  • Valid State-Issued ID (Alabama or whatever other land)
    • Valid AL Department of Corrections Release - Temporary ID (Photo Required)
    • Valid AL Motility/Booking Sheet from Prison house/Jail System (Photograph Required)
    • Valid Pistol Permit (Photo Required)
  • Valid Federal-Issued ID
  • Valid US passport
  • Valid Employee ID from Federal Authorities, State of Alabama, County, Municipality, Board, or other entity of this state
  • Valid educatee or employee ID from a public or individual college or university in the Land of Alabama (including postgraduate technical or professional schools)
  • Valid educatee or employee ID issued by a country institution of college learning in whatever other country
  • Valid Military ID
  • Valid Tribal ID[eleven]
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A voter tin can obtain a gratis identification card from the Alabama Secretary of Country, a county registrar'due south office, or a mobile location. The mobile location schedule can exist accessed here.

A voter must provide a copy of his or her identification with both an awarding for an absentee ballot and the completed ballot itself, with the exception of 1) voters for whom polling locations are inaccessible due to age or disability, and 2) overseas military members.[12] [thirteen]

Early voting

Alabama does non let early voting.

Absentee voting

Pin Counties

Run across also: Pivot Counties by country

Pin Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Alabama are Pin Counties.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 per centum of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections betwixt 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Autonomous 53.33 percent of the time and Republican twoscore percentage of the time. In the v presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

  1. one.0 1.ane National Conference of State Legislatures Website, "State Primary Election Types," accessed January 6, 2014
  2. ii.0 2.1 Fair Vote, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open, Closed, Semi-Closed, and 'Top Two,'" accessed Jan 6, 2014
  3. 3.0 3.one Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  4. Code of Alabama, "Title 17, Chapter 9, Section half dozen," accessed January three, 2014
  5. NBC News, "Voters already in line at poll endmost can nonetheless bandage ballots," December 12, 2017
  6. The Decatur Daily, "Parts of Eastern Alabama split up betwixt 2 time zones," Baronial xiii, 2006
  7. 7.0 7.1 Alabama Secretarial assistant of Country, "Voter Registration General Information," accessed Baronial 19, 2019
  8. Alabama Secretarial assistant of Land, "Ballot Laws, Department 31-xiii-28," accessed August 21, 2019
  9. Telephone conversation betwixt Amée LaTour and Jeff Elrod, supervisor of voter registration with the Alabama Secretary of Land office.
  10. Pew Trusts, "'Proof of Citizenship' Voting Laws May Surge Under Trump," Nov 16, 2017
  11. Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are owing to the original source.
  12. Alabama Secretarial assistant of Land, "Election Laws, Section 17-10-1," accessed Baronial twenty, 2019
  13. Alabama Secretary of State, "Absentee Voting Data," accessed Baronial twenty, 2019