2018 Alabama gubernatorial election


The 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the Governor of Alabama. Incumbent Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who took office on April 10, 2017, upon the resignation of Governor Robert Bentley, ran for election to a full term and won over Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox. Ivey was sworn into office on January 14, 2019.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Polling


Hypothetical polling
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Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Tony Hewitt, Jr., police officer
  • Eric Lathan, security guard, Iraq War veteran and candidate for the Jefferson County Commission in 2010

    Declined

  • Mark Johnston, pastor, businessman and summer camp executive director

    General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Maddox narrowly carried Tuscaloosa County, where he currently serves as mayor, by just 1 vote. This is the first gubernatorial election since 2002 in which a Democrat won the county and the first since 1990 in which neighboring Pickens County voted for a different candidate than Tuscaloosa.
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