Richard Shelby - Electoral History

Electoral History

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Alabama's 7th congressional district, 1978:

• Richard Shelby, Democrat – 77,742 (97.69%)
• Fulton Gray, Conservative – 3,285 (4.13%)
• Jim Scruggs, Republican – 1,841 (2.31%)

Alabama's 9th congressional district, 1980:

• Richard Shelby (inc.), Democrat – 122,505 (73.88%)
• James E. "Jim" Bacon, Republican – 43,320 (26.12%)
• Joe Walker, Libertarian – 2,132 (1.29%)
• Mary Owensby, Statesman – 847 (0.51%)

Alabama's 7th congressional district, 1982:

• Richard Shelby (inc.), Democrat – 124,070 (96.83%)
• James Jones, Libertarian – 4,058 (3.17%)
• Write-in candidates – 11 (0.01%)

Alabama's 7th congressional district, 1984:

• Richard Shelby (inc.), Democrat – 135,834 (96.79%)
• Charles "Chuck" Ewing, Libertarian – 4,498 (3.21%)

United States Senate election in Alabama, 1986:

• Richard Shelby, Democrat – 609,360 (50.28%)
• Jeremiah Denton (inc.), Republican – 602,537

United States Senate election in Alabama, 1992:

• Richard Shelby (inc.), Democrat – 1,022,698 (66.21%)
• Richard Sellers, Republican – 522,015 (33.79%)
• Jerome Shockley, Libertarian – 31,811 (2.06%)
• Write-in candidates – 1,275 (0.08%)

United States Senate election in Alabama, 1998:

• Richard Shelby (inc.), Republican – 817,973 (63.28%)
• Clayton Suddith, Democrat – 474,568 (36.72%)
• Write-in candidates – 864 (0.07%)

United States Senate election in Alabama, 2004:

• Richard Shelby (inc.), Republican – 1,242,200 (67.61%)
• Wayne Sowell, Democrat – 595,018 (32.39%)
• Write-in candidates – 1848 (0.10%)

United States Senate election in Alabama, 2010, Republican primary:

• Richard Shelby (inc.) – 403,408 (84.36%)
• Clint Moser – 74,782 (15.64%)