2021 Alabama elections

Various special elections for the Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate have been held in the U.S. state of Alabama on various dates in 2021.

Democratic candidates
The Democratic primary for Alabama's 33rd house district was cancelled. Fred Crum advanced to the general election by default

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

 * Terra Foster

Republican candidates
The Republican primary for Alabama's 33rd house district was cancelled. Ben Robbins advanced to the general election by default

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

 * Jimmy Reynolds Jr.

House of Representatives 78th district special election
The 2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election took place on September 7, 2021, to elect a member to the Alabama House of Representatives to fill the vacancy left by Kirk Hatcher, who was elected to the Alabama State Senate in a special election in March. Primaries took place on May 25, 2021. The election was won by Democrat Kenyatté Hassell, who defeated Republican Loretta Grant with over 80% of the vote.

On March 8, 2021, Alabama governor Kay Ivey set a special election date and candidate filing deadlines for the 78th state house district.

Alabama's 78th state house district is situated within Montgomery County, Alabama and represents south, west, and north Montgomery, Alabama.

The 78th state house district is considered a Democratic stronghold, having voting for Democratic candidates by wide margins in recent elections, and with no Republican candidate appearing on the ballot in the 2018 election.

Nominee

 * Kenyatté Hassell, urban director for Young Life

Eliminated in primary runoff

 * Donald Williams, retired human resources consultant

Eliminated in primary

 * Terance Dawson
 * Roderick Thornton

Republican candidates
The Republican primary for Alabama's 78th house district was cancelled. Loretta Grant advanced to the general election by default.

Results
[[File:2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary results map by voting precinct.svg|200px|thumb|Primary results by precinct Hassell

{{legend|#a5b0ff|Hassell: 40–50%}} {{legend|#7996e2|Hassell: 50–60%}} {{legend|#6674de|Hassell: 60–70%}} Williams

{{legend|#cc5e5d|Williams: 40–50%}} {{legend|#9e3d3c|Williams: 60–70%}} {{legend|#280f0f|Williams: >90%}} Dawson

{{legend|#ffc5da|Dawson: 30–40%}} Thornton

{{legend|#b4ffe5|Thornton: 30–40%}} Tie

{{legend|#d4c4dc|Tie: 37.5%}} Data not available

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[[File:2021 Alabama's 78th state house district special election democratic primary runoff results map by voting precinct.svg|200px|thumb|Runoff results by precinct Hassell

{{legend|#7996e2|Hassell: 50–60%}} {{legend|#6674de|Hassell: 60–70%}} {{legend|#584cde|Hassell: 70–80%}} Williams

{{legend|#c64c4b|Williams: 50–60%}} {{legend|#280f0f|Williams: >90%}} Data not available

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