2018 Alabama elections

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 6, 2018. All Alabama executive officers were up for election along with all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections took place on June 5, 2018, for both major parties.

Governor
Incumbent Republican governor Kay Ivey, who assumed the office upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley in April 2017, ran for election to a full term against Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox and independent write-in Chad Chig Martin. Kay Ivey won with 60% of the votes.

Lieutenant governor
The office of Lieutenant Governor was vacant prior to the election.

State House Representative Will Ainsworth, State Senator Rusty Glover, and Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh were running for the Republican nomination. Dr. Will Boyd from Florence ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Democratic primary

 * Will Boyd, pastor and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2017

Republican primary

 * Will Ainsworth, state representative
 * Twinkle Cavanaugh, president of the Public Service Commission
 * Rusty Glover, state senator

Attorney general
Incumbent Republican attorney general Steve Marshall, was appointed to the office by Governor Robert J. Bentley in February 2017, ran for election to a full term against, Joseph Siegelman, the son of the former governor Don Siegelman. Marshall won with 58.8% of the votes.

Secretary of state
Incumbent Republican secretary of state John Merrill ran for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

 * Lula Albert
 * Heather Milam

Republican primary

 * Michael Johnson
 * John Merrill, incumbent

Results
Governing magazine projected the race as "safe Republican".

State auditor
Incumbent Republican state auditor Jim Zeigler was running for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

 * Miranda Joseph

Republican primary

 * Stan Cooke
 * Elliott Lipinsky
 * Jim Zeigler, incumbent

State treasurer
Incumbent Republican state treasurer Young Boozer was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term.

Democratic primary
No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary.

Republican primary

 * David Black
 * Stephen Evans
 * John McMillan, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third consecutive term. The Republican candidates are Lowndesboro Mayor and Lowndes County GOP chairman Rick Pate, former FBI field intelligence supervisor T. O. (Tracy) Crane, State Senator Gerald Dial, and Cecil Murphy.

Democratic primary
No Democratic candidates filed to run in the primary.

Republican primary

 * Tracy Crane, former FBI field intelligence supervisor
 * Gerald Dial, state senator
 * Cecil Murphy
 * Rick Pate, Lowndesboro Mayor and Lowndes County GOP chairman

Public Service Commission
The two associate commissioner seats on the Alabama Public Service Commission was up for election. Incumbent Republican commissioners Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, and Chip Beeker, who was first elected in 2014, were both eligible to run for re-election.

Candidates

 * Cara McClure

Candidates

 * Jim Bonner
 * Jeremy Oden, incumbent

Candidates

 * Kari Powell

Candidates

 * Chip Beeker, incumbent
 * Robin Litaker

Alabama State Legislature
Every member of the Alabama state legislature was up for election in 2018. Both state senators and state representatives serve four-year terms in Alabama. After the 2014 elections, Republicans maintained control of both chambers. In 2018, all 35 Alabama Senate seats and all 105 Alabama House of Representatives seats were up for election. These seats will not be contested in a regularly-scheduled election again until 2022.

The outcome of this election could affect partisan balance during post-2020 census redistricting.

Senate
Republicans won 27 while Democrats won 8 seats. The Republican Party gained 1 seat, the 29th, which was held by an retiring independent who caucused with the Republicans.

House of Representatives
Republicans won 77 seats while Democrats won 28 seats. The Republican Party gained 5 seats.

United States House of Representatives
All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018. 6 Republicans and 1 Democrat were returned. No districts changed hands.

Amendment 2
This is an approved legislatively referred constitutional amendment to the Constitution of Alabama that appeared on the ballot on November 6, 2018. The amendment was on abortion.