2022 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Alabama. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey took office on April 10, 2017 upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley (R) and won a full term in 2018. She won her bid for a second full term in a landslide.
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| Turnout | 38.5% | ||||||||||||||||
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Ivey: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Flowers: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary elections in Alabama were held on May 24. Runoff elections for instances where no candidate received 50% plus one vote were scheduled for June 21. A runoff was avoided in the Republican primary, with Ivey winning outright. The Democratic primary advanced to a runoff between Malika Sanders-Fortier and Yolanda Flowers, with Flowers winning the Democratic nomination.
Voter turnout for the 2022 midterm elections in Alabama dropped significantly from 2018, with only 38.5% of Alabama's registered voters turning out. This turnout was far below the 2020 presidential election in Alabama, which saw a turnout of 63.1%. Alabama's neighboring state Tennessee also saw a huge drop in voter turnout this midterm cycle as well, with only 38.6% of Tennesseans turning out to vote.
This was the first gubernatorial election in Alabama history in which both major party nominees were women. Flowers was also the first Black female gubernatorial nominee in Alabama. Governor Ivey was sworn in for her second full term on January 16, 2023.
This is the only gubernatorial election in the 2020s to date to be won by a member of the Silent Generation. This election saw the worst performance of a Democratic Party nominee in the state's history. This is also the first gubernatorial election in which Marengo County voted Republican.