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2013 Alabama's 1st congressional district special election

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2013 Alabama's 1st congressional district special election

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Alabama's 1st congressional district
 
Nominee Bradley Byrne Burton LeFlore
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 36,042 14,968
Percentage 71.0% 29.0%

U.S. Representative before election

Jo Bonner
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Bradley Byrne
Republican

A special election for Alabama's 1st congressional district was held following the resignation of Jo Bonner on August 2, 2013, to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama.[1] Primary elections were held on September 24. A runoff in the Republican primary took place on November 5 and the general election was pushed back to December 17.[2] Republican Bradley Byrne won the election by a wide margin in the strongly conservative district.[3]

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Wells Griffith
Quin Hillyer

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bradley
Byrne
Daniel
Dyas
Chad
Fincher
Wells
Griffith
Quin
Hillyer
Jessica
James
Sharon
Powe
David
Thornton
Dean
Young
Undecided
Cygnal[12] September 17–18, 2013 716 ± 3.64% 34% 2% 14.9% 8.3% 9.1% 0.7% 1.1% 0.3% 12.1% 17.5%

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bradley Byrne 18,090 34.57%
Republican Dean Young 12,011 22.95%
Republican Chad Fincher 8,177 15.63%
Republican Quin Hillyer 7,260 13.87%
Republican Wells Griffith 5,758 11.00%
Republican Daniel Dyas 391 0.75%
Republican Jessica James 391 0.75%
Republican Sharon Powe 184 0.35%
Republican David Thornton 72 0.14%
Total votes 52,344 100.00%

Runoff

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Bradley
Byrne
Dean
Young
Other Undecided
Cygnal[13] October 30, 2013 1,027 ± 3.03% 40.2% 43.2% 16.6%
Wenzel Strategies[14] October 6–8, 2013 412 ± ?% 44% 37% 19%

Results

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Republican primary runoff results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bradley Byrne 38,150 52.5%
Republican Dean Young 34,534 47.5%
Total votes 72,684 100.00%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • Lula Albert-Kaigler, retired self-employed worker[5]
  • Burton LeFlore, real estate agent[5]

Declined

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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Burton LeFlore 3,129 70.2%
Democratic Lula Albert-Kaigler 1,328 29.8%
Total votes 4,457 100.00%

Independent

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • James Hall, former Marine[15]

General election

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Results

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2013 Alabama's 1st congressional district special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bradley Byrne 36,042 71.0
Democratic Burton LeFlore 14,968 29.0
Total votes 51,010 100.0
Republican hold

References

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  1. ^ "LIVE: Rep. Jo Bonner talks about his resignation from Congress; new job at UA". Blog.al.com. May 23, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "9 Republicans, 2 Democrats qualify for AL-01 congressional race". Blog.al.com. August 6, 2013. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  3. ^ Sullivan, Sean (December 17, 2013). "Republican Bradley Byrne wins Alabama special election". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
  4. ^ Cahn, Emily (June 3, 2013). "Top Republican to Enter Alabama Special Election #AL01". Archived from the original on October 14, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Talbot, George (August 5, 2013). "9 Republicans, 2 Democrats qualify for AL-01 congressional race". al.com. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  6. ^ Talbot, George (July 9, 2013). "Republican Wells Griffith to run for AL-01 congressional seat". al.com. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Talbot, George (May 28, 2013). "The list: who's in, who's out of AL-01 congressional race". al.com. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Talbot, George (May 24, 2013). "First District congressional race: who's in, who's out (updated)". Press-Register. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  9. ^ Can a convicted felon run for Congress from jail? | PolitiFact
  10. ^ State Sen. Trip Pittman, R-Montrose, rules out bid for Congress | AL.com
  11. ^ a b "Paul Ryan Endorses in Special Election". Roll Call. August 7, 2013. Archived from the original on August 13, 2013. Retrieved August 12, 2013.
  12. ^ Cygnal
  13. ^ Cygnal
  14. ^ Wenzel Strategies
  15. ^ Talbot, George (June 6, 2013). "First-time candidate James Hall to run for AL-01 congressional seat". al.com. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  16. ^ "Republican Bradley Byrne wins Alabama special election". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
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