Officials certify election results
Published 6:00 pm Tuesday, November 25, 2008
President:
John McCain-R, 1,266,546
Barack Obama-D, 813,479
Ralph Nadar-I, 6,788
Bob Barr-I, 4,991
Chuck Baldwin-I, 4,310
Write-ins, 3,705
U.S. Senate
Jeff Sessions-R, 1,305,383
Vivian Davis Figures-D, 752,391
Write-ins, 2,417
Supreme Court, Place 1
Greg Shaw-R, 1,021,371
Deborah Bell Paseur-D, 1,008,479
Write-ins, 2,545
Court of Civil Appeals
Bill Thompson-R, 1,098,444
Kimberly Harbison Drake-D, 871,501
Write-ins, 2,143
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 1
Beth Kellum-R, 1,095,348
Clyde Jones-D, 857,043
Write-ins, 1,958
Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2
Mary Windom-R, 1,057,448
Aimee Cobb Smith-D, 904,676
Write-ins, 1,846
PSC President
Lucy Baxley-D, 1,014,091
Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh-R, 1,001,643
Write-ins, 2,199
Congress District 1
Jo Bonner-R, 210,660
Write-ins, 3,707
Congress District 2
Bobby Bright-D, 144,368
Jay Love-R, 142,578
Write-ins, 448
Congress District 3
Mike Rogers-R, 142,708
Joshua Segall-D, 121,080
Write-ins, 332
Congress District 4
Robert Aderholt-R, 196,741
Nicholas Sparks-D, 66,077
Write-ins, 349
Congress District 5
Parker Griffith-D, 158,324
Wayne Parker-R, 147,314
Write-Ins, 1,644
Congress District 6
Spencer Bachus-R, 280,902
Write-ins, 6,335
Congress District 7
Artur Davis-D, 228,518
Write-Ins, 3,183
The winners and losers in Alabama political races stand, with no recounts necessary, according to certified results of the Nov. 4 general election.
A state committee finalized the results Tuesday afternoon, and all races were decided without triggering a state law that requires an automatic recount if a candidate wins by less than half of 1 percent, said Secretary of State Beth Chapman, a member of the committee.
U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona won the presidential election with 1,266,546 votes to 813,479 for President-elect Barack Obama.
After the meeting, Chapman said the state has already compiled a report for federal officials showing how many overseas absentee ballots, which include military voters, were cast.
The state has been sued by the U.S. Justice Department for failing to file those reports for the 2004 and 2006 elections, which were held before Chapman became secretary of state.
Chapman said the state will mail the reports Wednesday, which she said is well before the 90-day requirement in the federal law. She said she believes Alabama will be one of the first states to complete the report in 2008.
She declined to release the numbers of military voters until the report has been mailed.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions received more than 63 percent of the vote to win a third term in the Senate and Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Greg Shaw won a seat on the state Supreme Court with a little more than 12,000 votes over Deborah Bell Paseur, a former district judge in Florence.
The certified results also confirmed that former Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley defeated former Republican Party Chairman Twinkle Cavanaugh in a close race for president of the Public Service Commission.