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Alabama Democratic Party | |
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| Chairperson | Randy Kelley |
| House Minority Leader | Anthony Daniels |
| Senate Minority Leader | Bobby Singleton |
| Headquarters | 501 Adams Ave., Montgomery, AL 36104 |
| Youth wing | Alabama Young Democrats Alabama High School Democrats |
| Ideology | Modern liberalism |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| Seats in the U.S. Senate | 0 / 2
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| Seats in the U.S. House of Representatives | 1 / 7
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| State Board of Education | 2 / 9
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| Statewide Executive Offices | 0 / 7
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| Supreme Court of Alabama | 0 / 9
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| Seats in the Alabama Senate | 8 / 35
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| Seats in the Alabama House of Representatives | 28 / 105
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| Election symbol | |
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| Website | |
| aldemocrats.org | |
The Alabama Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Alabama. It is chaired by Randy Kelley.
The Alabama Democratic Party was once one of the most successful political organizations in the United States. Even after the major party realignment in the height the Civil Rights movement and the Republican Party's introduction of the Southern strategy, Democrats continued winning state and local races in Alabama. This was also unaffected by presidential elections; federally, Alabama has not voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter was the nominee in 1976. Republicans remained associated with the North, big business, and opportunism.[1][2] Despite H. Guy Hunt having become the first Republican governor since reconstruction in 1986, Democrats had retained most statewide control. The tide only began to change in the 2000s, after Democrat Don Siegelman narrowly lost the 2002 Alabama gubernatorial election.[3] The Democrats did not lose control of the Alabama legislature until 2010, when the Alabama Republican Party gained a majority in both houses for the first time in 136 years. Alabama lawmaker Roger Bedford, Jr. attributed this to a “Red Obama backlash tsunami”, and the growing influence of George W. Bush's Republican Party in the South after the September 11 attacks.[3]
Alabama is now considered a Republican stronghold,[4] a substantial departure from its relatively-recent status as a Democratic stronghold. In Congress, Democrats hold one out of Alabama's seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats hold zero statewide offices in Alabama, and they're also the minority party in both of its state legislative chambers.
- ^ Vox (website) - How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump
- ^ Bowlin, Nick (2022-02-22). "Joke's on them: how Democrats gave up on rural America". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-11-19.
- ^ a b Alabama used to be a Red State. How did it become so Blue? - Al.com
- ^ Rakich, Nathaniel (2021-05-27). "How Red Or Blue Is Your State?". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved 2022-11-19.