1970 Alabama House of Representatives election
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The 1970 Alabama House of Representatives election took place on Tuesday, November 3, 1970, to elect 106 representatives to serve four-year terms in the Alabama House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on May 5 with runoff elections on June 2. The first two Black state legislators since the Reconstruction era were elected this year, both from District 31 in Barbour, Bullock, and Macon counties: Thomas Reed in place 1 on the National Democratic Party of Alabama ticket, and Fred Gray in place 2 as a Democrat.[1] Reed would later run under the Democratic banner in the 1974 general election.[2]
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November 3, 1970
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Democratic hold 
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Incumbent speaker Rankin Fite lost the confidence of incoming Governor George Wallace, and was replaced as speaker by a unanimous vote at the beginning of the 1971 session. State representative G. Sage Lyons of Mobile County's sixth place was hand-picked by Wallace to succeed Fite and was elected to the post without opposition.[3] Only two Republicans were elected at the general election: Bert Nettles of Mobile County was re-elected, and Doug Hale was elected to Madison County's fifth slot. The two agreed to make the more senior representative, Nettles, the minority leader, with Hale becoming minority whip.[4]
This was the last state house election in Alabama before a 1973 federal court order mandated a new legislative map with single-member districts. At this point, the state had used a mixed system of single-member and multi-member districts to allocate seats in the legislature, all based on pre-existing county lines.[5]
The election took place concurrently with elections for U.S. House, governor, state senate, and numerous other state and local offices.
Summary
| Party | Candidates | Seats | |||||||
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| Num. | Vote | % | Last | Won | +/– | ||||
| Democratic | 106 | 2,895,406 | 68.57% | 106 | 103 |  3 | |||
| Republican | 38 | 787,599 | 18.65% | 0 | 2 |  2 | |||
| NDPA | 43 | 493,081 | 11.68% | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Independent Party | 5 | 41,732 | 0.99% | 0 | 0 |  | |||
| Conservative | 3 | 4,133 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | | |||
| Independents | 1 | 482 | 0.01% | 0 | 0 | | |||
| Write-in | — | 26 | 0.001% | — | 0 | | |||
| Total | 196 | 4,222,459 | 100% | 106 | 106 | | |||
General election results
| District | Democratic | Republican | National Democratic | Others | Total | ||||||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Maj. | Mrg. | |
| 3rd p. 1 | Hartell B. Lutz | 30,604 | 92.08% | — | — | — | Richard Perkins | 2,634 | 7.92% | — | — | — | 33,238 | +27,970 | +84.16% |
| 3rd p. 3 | Bill G. King | 29,329 | 91.30% | — | — | — | Judge Harris | 2,795 | 8.70% | — | — | — | 32,124 | +26,534 | +82.60% |
| 3rd p. 4 | Glenn H. Hearn | 27,266 | 83.13% | — | — | — | Myrna Copeland | 2,934 | 8.95% | John Zynowski (Con.) | 2,600 | 7.93% | 32,800 | +24,332 | +74.18% |
| 3rd p. 5 | Billy Laxson | 16,093 | 42.22% | Douglas V. Hale | 19,678 | 51.63% | James Hicks | 1,721 | 4.52% | Russell Perry (Con.) | 623 | 1.63% | 38,115 | −3,585 | −9.41% |
| 5th p. 2 | Glen A. Reynolds | 12,799 | 75.69% | Frank B. Merkle | 4,110 | 24.31% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16,909 | +8,689 | +51.39% |
| 6th p. 1 | David B. Cauthen | 12,078 | 95.34% | — | — | — | Floyd Lee Jones | 590 | 4.66% | — | — | — | 12,668 | +11,488 | +90.67% |
| 6th p. 2 | Ralph E. Slate | 11,806 | 91.36% | — | — | — | Garry Nungester | 1,117 | 8.64% | — | — | — | 12,923 | +10,689 | +82.71% |
| 7th p. 3 | Tom Drake | 18,596 | 75.21% | Carl J. Woodard | 6,131 | 24.79% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24,727 | +12,465 | +50.41% |
| 10th | Ralph Reid | 4,949 | 64.78% | Bruce Phillips | 2,639 | 34.54% | Millard Graves | 52 | 0.68% | — | — | — | 7,640 | +2,310 | +30.24% |
| 12th | Deacon Grey | 8,568 | 94.67% | — | — | — | — | — | — | H. A. Greer (Ind.) | 482 | 5.33% | 9,050 | +8,086 | +89.35% |
| 13th p. 1 | Alvis Naramore | 13,208 | 89.36% | Larry Akins | 1,573 | 10.64% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14,781 | +11,635 | +78.72% |
| 14th p. 1 | J. Paul Meeks Jr. | 80,317 | 59.20% | James B. Knight Jr. | 32,261 | 23.78% | Lincoln Hendrick | 23,100 | 17.03% | — | — | — | 135,678 | +48,056 | +35.42% |
| 14th p. 2 | J. T. Waggoner | 83,096 | 72.14% | Dooley Compton | 32,094 | 27.86% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 115,190 | +51,002 | +44.28% |
| 14th p. 3 | Robert L. Ellis | 75,592 | 55.84% | Malcolm Bethea | 36,371 | 26.87% | Calvin Smith | 23,399 | 17.29% | — | — | — | 135,362 | +39,221 | +28.97% |
| 14th p. 4 | Ben L. Erdreich | 72,617 | 54.08% | C. Nelson Burkett | 28,569 | 21.28% | James Foy Jr. | 22,386 | 16.67% | Herbert Kilgore (AIP) | 10,709 | 7.98% | 134,281 | +44,048 | +32.80% |
| 14th p. 5 | Dick Dill | 68,913 | 51.25% | Bentley Owens | 42,210 | 31.39% | James Armstrong | 23,339 | 17.36% | — | — | — | 134,462 | +26,703 | +19.86% |
| 14th p. 6 | Robert D. Timmons | 74,272 | 55.32% | Meade Whitaker | 36,001 | 26.82% | Demetrius Newton | 23,979 | 17.86% | — | — | — | 134,252 | +38,271 | +28.51% |
| 14th p. 7 | Bob Adwell | 76,791 | 57.22% | James L. Cox | 33,179 | 24.72% | Thomas Wrenn | 24,238 | 18.06% | — | — | — | 134,208 | +43,612 | +32.48% |
| 14th p. 8 | Raymond Weeks | 77,975 | 58.33% | Nick Sfakianos | 32,504 | 24.31% | James A. Easley | 23,207 | 17.36% | — | — | — | 133,686 | +45,471 | +34.01% |
| 14th p. 9 | Chriss H. Doss | 75,771 | 57.09% | James A. Price | 33,812 | 25.48% | Samuel Jackson | 23,133 | 17.43% | — | — | — | 132,716 | +41,959 | +31.62% |
| 14th p. 10 | Robert C. Gafford | 78,804 | 59.21% | Howard A. Ture | 30,851 | 23.18% | Davis Jordan | 23,438 | 17.61% | — | — | — | 133,093 | +47,953 | +36.03% |
| 14th p. 11 | Wade Wallace | 77,418 | 58.37% | O. W. Irwin Jr. | 32,981 | 24.87% | C. H. Johnson | 22,230 | 16.76% | — | — | — | 132,629 | +44,437 | +33.50% |
| 14th p. 12 | Drake Boutwell | 74,163 | 55.08% | Jim Holliman | 29,096 | 21.61% | Merulrine Watkins | 22,891 | 17.00% | Don Adams (AIP) | 8,484 | 6.30% | 134,634 | +45,067 | +33.47% |
| 14th p. 13 | Francis Falkenburg | 69,821 | 52.48% | Raymond C. Barry | 28,644 | 21.53% | Jonathon McPherson | 23,792 | 17.88% | Tommy Watkins (AIP) | 10,784 | 8.11% | 133,041 | +41,177 | +30.95% |
| 14th p. 14 | Horace W. Parker | 64,406 | 47.88% | Lynn Strickland Jr. | 38,971 | 28.97% | Ralph M. Galt | 23,220 | 17.26% | Verbon E. Crane (AIP) | 7,932 | 5.90% | 134,529 | +25,435 | +18.91% |
| 14th p. 15 | Quinton R. Bowers | 82,213 | 73.89% | Robert A. Thomason III | 29,048 | 26.11% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 111,261 | +53,165 | +47.78% |
| 14th p. 16 | Richard L. McBride | 81,997 | 61.61% | Davis Hunt Thompson | 28,042 | 21.07% | Jolene Lasater | 23,043 | 17.31% | — | — | — | 133,082 | +53,955 | +40.54% |
| 14th p. 17 | J. Earl Jones | 77,887 | 58.77% | Richard W. Ellis | 31,437 | 23.72% | Hasty Kim Yow | 23,215 | 17.52% | — | — | — | 132,539 | +46,450 | +35.05% |
| 14th p. 18 | Bennett L. Cherner | 93,553 | 79.87% | — | — | — | Dave Conley | 23,573 | 20.13% | — | — | — | 117,126 | +69,980 | +59.75% |
| 14th p. 20 | Hugh Boles | 78,396 | 59.30% | Doug Shockley | 30,646 | 23.18% | Leavy Oliver | 23,170 | 17.52% | — | — | — | 132,212 | +47,750 | +36.12% |
| 15th | Doc Coshatt | 4,824 | 65.69% | Barnett Lawley | 2,199 | 29.94% | O. W. Green | 321 | 4.37% | — | — | — | 7,344 | +2,625 | +35.74% |
| 16th p. 1 | Ray Burgess | 14,564 | 76.54% | Elvin McCary | 4,464 | 23.46% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19,028 | +10,100 | +53.08% |
| 16th p. 2 | Hugh D. Merill | 14,793 | 78.77% | Pay Wayne Shaddix | 3,986 | 21.23% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18,779 | +10,807 | +57.54% |
| 17th | William H. Lang | 6,377 | 64.25% | — | — | — | Woodson D. Lewis | 3,549 | 35.75% | — | — | — | 9,926 | +2,828 | +28.50% |
| 18th p. 2 | Edward D. Robertson | 18,325 | 85.17% | — | — | — | Gene Newson | 3,190 | 14.83% | — | — | — | 21,515 | +15,135 | +70.34% |
| 18th p. 3 | Tim Parker | 18,753 | 86.72% | — | — | — | Joe N. Ross | 2,873 | 13.28% | — | — | — | 21,626 | +15,880 | +73.44% |
| 18th p. 4 | Bert Bank | 18,691 | 86.01% | — | — | — | Ruth Cummings | 3,041 | 13.99% | — | — | — | 21,732 | +15,650 | +72.02% |
| 19th | Tom Stubbs | 6,286 | 77.25% | Lewis B. Walker | 1,851 | 22.75% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8,137 | +4,435 | +54.50% |
| 20th p. 2 | Philip H. Smith | 11,274 | 79.23% | Roy McCaig | 2,953 | 20.75% | — | — | — | Write-in | 2 | 0.01% | 14,229 | +8,321 | +58.48% |
| 27th p. 1 | Ira D. Pruitt | 12,108 | 57.96% | — | — | — | Robert Scott | 8,784 | 42.04% | — | — | — | 20,892 | +3,324 | +15.92% |
| 27th p. 2 | Rick Manley | 12,142 | 57.58% | — | — | — | F. N. Nixon | 8,942 | 42.41% | Write-in | 3 | 0.01% | 21,087 | +3,200 | +15.17% |
| 28th p. 1 | Cot Cottingham | 6,807 | 61.15% | Jean Sullivan | 3,546 | 31.85% | Anna Taylor | 779 | 7.00% | — | — | — | 11,132 | +3,261 | +29.30% |
| 28th p. 2 | W. Milam Turner Jr. | 9,466 | 68.88% | — | — | — | Joe R. Johnson | 4,277 | 31.12% | — | — | — | 13,743 | +5,189 | +37.76% |
| 29th | William D. Edwards | 4,999 | 48.75% | Joan Pate | 2,505 | 24.43% | Robert Strickland | 2,751 | 26.83% | — | — | — | 10,255 | +2,248 | +21.92% |
| 31st p. 1 | James L. Paulk | 8,624 | 47.75% | — | — | — | Thomas Reed | 9,436 | 52.25% | — | — | — | 18,060 | +812 | +4.50% |
| 31st p. 2 | Fred Gray | 9,938 | 53.18% | Russell L. Irby | 8,748 | 46.82% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 18,686 | +1,190 | +6.36% |
| 32nd p. 1 | Bowen Brassell | 11,149 | 87.21% | — | — | — | Carlton Mabry | 1,635 | 12.79% | — | — | — | 12,784 | +9,514 | +74.42% |
| 32nd p. 3 | Charles H. Adams | 10,907 | 86.54% | — | — | — | Lillie M. Cannon | 1,696 | 13.46% | — | — | — | 12,603 | +9,211 | +73.08% |
| 33rd p. 2 | Joe McCorquodale | 13,488 | 92.14% | — | — | — | Curtis Goode | 1,151 | 7.86% | — | — | — | 14,639 | +12,337 | +84.28% |
| 34th p. 1 | Maston Mims | 10,199 | 76.99% | — | — | — | H. B. Williams | 3,049 | 23.01% | — | — | — | 13,248 | +7,150 | +53.98% |
| 35th p. 1 | Sam W. Taylor | 21,692 | 54.58% | Wayne Collett | 10,209 | 25.69% | Charles Spears | 7,840 | 19.73% | — | — | — | 39,741 | +11,483 | +28.89% |
| 35th p. 2 | James D. Harris Jr. | 20,423 | 50.85% | Buddy Brendle | 11,338 | 28.23% | Larry Williams | 7,492 | 18.65% | Charles Muncaster (Con.) | 910 | 2.27% | 40,163 | +9,085 | +22.62% |
| 35th p. 3 | Walker Hobbie Jr. | 20,563 | 51.15% | Mark Anderson | 12,112 | 30.13% | Simuel Sippial | 7,529 | 18.73% | — | — | — | 40,204 | +8,451 | +21.02% |
| 35th p. 4 | Fred R. Jones | 20,913 | 51.25% | Fred Hooper | 12,341 | 30.24% | E. D. Nixon | 7,550 | 18.50% | — | — | — | 40,804 | +8,572 | +21.01% |
| 37th p. 7 | Dan Alexander | 28,615 | 45.43% | Bert Nettles | 34,378 | 54.57% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62,993 | −5,763 | −9.14% |
| 37th p. 8 | Maurice A. Downing | 30,908 | 51.91% | Reggie Copeland | 28,634 | 48.09% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,542 | +2,274 | +3.82% |
| 37th p. 9 | Monty Collins | 32,198 | 53.95% | Victor Gaston | 27,487 | 46.05% | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,685 | +4,711 | +7.90% |
| 39th | Philip T. May | 5,416 | 58.62% | — | — | — | — | — | — | W. Malcolm Edwards (AIP) | 3,823 | 41.38% | 9,239 | +1,593 | +17.24% |
Democratic primary results
Eight Black Americans sought nominations from the Democratic Party in the 1970 state house elections.[6] Only one, Fred Gray, won their Democratic primary.[7]
- District 14 (Jefferson)
- Place 7: J. Mason Davis lost the first round of the Democratic primary to incumbent representative Bob Adwell.[8]
- Place 17: Wilson Fallin Jr. was defeated by J. Earl Jones in the Democratic runoff.[9]
- Place 20: Photographer Chris McNair was defeated by Hugh Boles in the Democratic runoff.[9]
- District 27 (Marengo–Perry–Sumter): Alabama Democratic Conference chairman Joe L. Reed was defeated by incumbent representative Ira Pruitt in the Democratic runoff.[9]
- District 28 (Dallas)
- District 31 (Barbour–Bullock–Macon)
- Place 1: Civil rights leader Thomas Reed lost the first round of the Democratic primary to incumbent representative James L. Paulk, and subsequently won the general election as a candidate of the NDPA.[10]
- Place 2: Attorney Fred Gray, candidate for the legislature in 1966, defeated incumbent representative Bill Nevile in the first round of the Democratic primary and won the subsequent general election.[10]
Runoff results by district
Candidates in boldface advanced to the general election. An asterisk (*) denotes a runoff winner who was the runner-up in the first round.
| District | Winner | Loser | Total | ||||||
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| Candidate | Votes | % | Candidate | Votes | % | Votes | Maj. | Mrg. | |
| 1st p. 1 | Ronnie Flippo | 10,070 | 54.13% | Donald Wallace Jr. | 8,533 | 45.87% | 18,603 | +1,537 | +8.26% |
| 2nd p. 2 | Wayland Cross | 5,670 | 58.14% | Paul Johnson | 4,083 | 41.86% | 9,753 | +1,587 | +16.27% |
| 3rd p. 1 | Hartwell Lutz | 28,453 | 63.45% | Tom Jones | 16,387 | 36.55% | 44,840 | +12,066 | +26.91% |
| 3rd p. 3 | Bill G. King | 24,935 | 59.03% | David Culver | 17,307 | 40.97% | 42,242 | +7,628 | +18.06% |
| 5th p. 2 | Glen Reynolds | 11,808 | 55.31% | W. A. Berryman (inc.) | 9,539 | 44.69% | 21,347 | +2,269 | +10.63% |
| 7th p. 1 | Finis St. John | 17,500 | 55.24% | Hinton Mitchem | 14,181 | 44.76% | 31,681 | +3,319 | +10.48% |
| 10th | Ralph Reid | 5,507 | 63.90% | Bill Lemley | 3,111 | 36.10% | 8,618 | +2,396 | +27.80% |
| 11th p. 1 | W. Waldrop | 16,661 | 58.97% | Robert Echols | 11,591 | 41.03% | 28,252 | +5,070 | +17.95% |
| 11th p. 3 | R. D. Wynot | 18,704 | 65.85% | W. E. Owens Jr. (inc.) | 9,700 | 34.15% | 28,404 | +9,004 | +31.70% |
| 12th | D. C. Grey | 6,920 | 52.38% | Max Newman | 6,290 | 47.62% | 13,210 | +630 | +4.77% |
| 13th p. 1 | Alvis Naramore | 11,704 | 54.29% | Alonzo Shumate (inc.) | 9,855 | 45.71% | 21,559 | +1,849 | +8.58% |
| 13th p. 2 | Robert T. Crowe | 13,520 | 63.29% | Oscar Dobbs (inc.) | 7,842 | 36.71% | 21,362 | +5,678 | +26.58% |
| 14th p. 3 | Bob Eillis (inc.) | 79,015 | 50.73% | Ed Randle | 76,750 | 49.27% | 155,765 | +2,265 | +1.45% |
| 14th p. 6 | Robert Timmons | 82,384 | 55.24% | Harold Ackerman | 66,742 | 44.76% | 149,126 | +15,642 | +10.49% |
| 14th p. 9 | Chris Doss | 97,176 | 60.70% | Tommy Watkins (inc.) | 62,910 | 39.30% | 160,086 | +34,266 | +21.40% |
| 14th p. 11 | Wade Wallace | 86,566 | 53.88% | Travis Tidwell | 74,097 | 46.12% | 160,663 | +12,469 | +7.76% |
| 14th p. 12 | Drake Boutwell | 98,373 | 62.76% | J. W. Patmon | 58,366 | 37.24% | 156,739 | +40,007 | +25.52% |
| 14th p. 14 | Horace Parker | 79,210 | 52.07% | Bedford Seale | 72,898 | 47.93% | 152,108 | +6,312 | +4.15% |
| 14th p. 16 | Richard McBride | 114,396 | 75.65% | George Spencer | 36,830 | 24.35% | 151,226 | +77,566 | +51.29% |
| 14th p. 17 | J. Earl Jones | 100,578 | 63.91% | Wilson Fallin Jr. | 56,785 | 36.09% | 157,363 | +43,793 | +27.83% |
| 14th p. 20 | Hugh Boles | 94,755 | 54.23% | Chris McNair | 79,967 | 45.77% | 174,722 | +14,788 | +8.46% |
| 16th p. 1 | Ray Burgess (inc.) | 13,976 | 51.69% | Kenneth Griffith | 13,064 | 48.31% | 27,040 | +912 | +3.37% |
| 17th | William Lang | 5,312 | 52.19% | B. G. Robison Jr. | 4,867 | 47.81% | 10,179 | +445 | +4.37% |
| 18th p. 1[11] | John Culver (inc.) | 14,723 | 53.27% | Temo Callahan | 12,917 | 46.73% | 27,640 | +1,806 | +6.53% |
| 18th p. 3[11] | Tim Parker | 16,742 | 58.96% | Ralph Brown (inc.) | 11,653 | 41.04% | 28,395 | +5,089 | +17.92% |
| 20th p. 1[11] | Murray McCluskey | 9,741 | 51.14% | Frank Clayton | 9,306 | 48.86% | 19,047 | +435 | +2.28% |
| 25th | Kirby Smith | 9,026 | 73.90% | J. C. Henderson | 3,187 | 26.10% | 12,213 | +5,839 | +47.81% |
| 26th | Charles Snell (inc.) | 5,551 | 50.60% | Shafford Leasley | 5,420 | 49.40% | 10,971 | +131 | +1.19% |
| 27th | Ira Pruitt (inc.) | 8,197 | 53.96% | Joe Reed | 6,993 | 46.04% | 15,190 | +1,204 | +7.93% |
| 28th p. 1 | Paul Cottingham | 9,622 | 55.69% | Edwin Moss | 7,656 | 44.31% | 17,278 | +1,966 | +11.38% |
| 28th p. 2 | Milam Turner | 10,050 | 58.65% | Marius Anderson | 7,086 | 41.35% | 17,136 | +2,964 | +17.30% |
| 30th | H. H. O'Daniel | 5,896 | 52.26% | Earnest Collier (inc.) | 5,385 | 47.74% | 11,281 | +511 | +4.53% |
| 31st p. 2 | Fred Gray | 10,842 | 51.28% | Bill Neville (inc.) | 10,300 | 48.72% | 21,142 | +542 | +2.56% |
| 34th p. 2 | J. E. Warren | 6,821 | 79.61% | W. P. Albritton | 1,747 | 20.39% | 8,568 | +5,074 | +59.22% |
| 35th p. 1 | Sam Taylor | 23,541 | 56.30% | Harold Harris (inc.) | 18,276 | 43.70% | 41,817 | +5,265 | +12.59% |
| 35th p. 2 | James Harris | 21,526 | 51.62% | Jere Harbin | 20,172 | 48.38% | 41,698 | +1,354 | +3.25% |
| 35th p. 4 | Fred Jones | 25,953 | 61.29% | Howard McElhaney (inc.) | 16,390 | 38.71% | 42,343 | +9,563 | +22.58% |
| 35th p. 5 | Jim Straiton | 28,115 | 65.06% | Curtis Springer (inc.) | 15,100 | 34.94% | 43,215 | +13,015 | +30.12% |
| 36th p. 2 | Gene Hardin (inc.) | 7,744 | 56.42% | Henry Wyatt | 5,981 | 43.58% | 13,725 | +1,763 | +12.85% |
| 38th p. 1 | Daniel Kinsey | 11,116 | 69.13% | Wilson Hayes | 4,965 | 30.87% | 16,081 | +6,151 | +38.25% |
| 38th p. 2 | Thomas Benton | 8,721 | 53.53% | Ernest Bailey | 7,572 | 46.47% | 16,293 | +1,149 | +7.05% |
| 39th[12] | Philip E. May | 5,546 | 50.07% | Malcolm Edwards | 5,531 | 49.93% | 11,077 | +15 | +0.14% |
| 40th p. 2 | Harold Wise | 10,459 | 53.81% | J. A. Hughes | 8,978 | 46.19% | 19,437 | +1,481 | +7.62% |
| 41st | G. C. Donaldson Jr. | 4,661 | 50.10% | Douglas Easter | 4,642 | 49.90% | 9,303 | +19 | +0.20% |
| Source: The Huntsville Times[13] | |||||||||
1967–1970 special elections
| Contest | County(ies) | Date | Incumbent | Winner | Result | Cause | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th p. 2 | Tuscaloosa | Nov. 7, 1967 | Hugh Thomas (D) | Edward Robertson (D) | Dem hold. | Incumbent representative died in a traffic collision on April 25, 1967.[14] | ||
| 3rd p. 2 | Madison | Nov. 5, 1968 | John D. Snodgrass (D) | Charles Grainger (D) | Dem hold. | Incumbent representative appointed to a circuit judgeship in Madison County on August 7, 1968.[15] | ||
| 37th p. 6 | Mobile | Apr. 1, 1969 | Coy Smith (D) | G. Sage Lyons (D) | Dem hold. | Incumbent representative resigned in January 1969 after being elected to the Mobile County Commission.[16] | ||
| 37th p. 7 | Mobile | Apr. 1, 1969 | Elwood Hogan (D) | Bert Nettles (R) | Rep GAIN. | Incumbent representative appointed special judge on the Mobile County Court of General Sessions on October 3, 1967.[17] First Republican elected to the legislature from Mobile County since the Reconstruction era. | ||
| 2nd p. 2 | Lawrence–Limestone | Dec. 9, 1969[a] | Robert Berryman (D) | Kylie T. Berryman (D) | Dem hold. | Incumbent representative died of a heart attack on July 9, 1969.[18] Second woman to ever serve in the state legislature. See widow's succession. | ||
District 18 place 2 (Tuscaloosa County)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Edward Robertson | 3,831 | 56.32% | −43.68% | |
| Republican | H. H. Sullivan | 2,971 | 43.68% | New | |
| Total votes | 6,802 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
District 3 place 2 (Madison County)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Milton K. Cummings | 27,882 | 57.18% | −4.74% | |
| Republican | Jack Hay | 15,905 | 32.62% | −5.46% | |
| NDPA | Myrna Copeland | 3,943 | 8.09% | New | |
| American Independent | Bud Abbott | 1,031 | 2.11% | New | |
| Total votes | 48,761 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
District 37 place 6 (Mobile County)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | G. Sage Lyons | 24,631 | 74.90% | +9.38% | |
| Independent | Clarence H. Montgomery | 8,255 | 25.10% | New | |
| Total votes | 34,271 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||
District 37 place 7 (Mobile County)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bert Nettles | 18,917 | 55.20% | +28.41% | |
| Independent | Charles H. Bell III | 7,344 | 21.43% | New | |
| Democratic | Harry P. Clark | 5,301 | 15.47% | −57.74% | |
| Independent | W. B. Westbrook | 2,709 | 7.90% | New | |
| Total votes | 34,271 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican gain from Democratic | |||||
District 2 place 2 (Lawrence–Limestone)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Kylie T. Berryman | Unopposed | |||
| Democratic hold | |||||