Alabamians voted to elect Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States on Tuesday, November 5. Though overall voter turnout in the state was lower than in 2020, Trump still garnered 1,456,985 votes and, as a result, won Alabama’s nine electoral votes, according to the unofficial election results provided by the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office.
Republican nominee Trump won Alabama in 2020 when he faced Democratic nominee Joe Biden as well, but with nearly 16,000 fewer votes than what he amassed on Tuesday. Trump also won Alabama in 2016 when he faced Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton with 1,318,255 ballots cast in his favor.
Statewide voter turnout dipped to 58.5 percent, which is down just over four percent from 2020 and the lowest percentage of registered voters casting ballots in a presidential election in over 30 years.
In Etowah County, former President Trump won 35,470 votes to Democratic nominee Kamala Harris’ 9,969. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was running as an Independent but who dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, won 197 votes in the county. Jill Stein of the Green Party won 70 votes and Libertarian Party candidate Chase Oliver won 74 votes. There were also 114 write-in votes for president cast in the county.
Harris earned 768,974 votes in Alabama, which is nearly 40,000 more votes than Clinton received in 2016, which was the last time a woman was either major political party’s nominee for president. Biden managed to amass 849,624 votes in the state of Alabama in 2020.
Third party voting and write-in voting accounted for 17,926 votes in Alabama, according to preliminary data.
Harris called Trump on Wednesday to congratulate him on his victory and she delivered a concession speech later that day.
For the Trump campaign, third time is the charm. Despite losing the national popular vote in 2016 with 62,984,828 votes to Clinton’s 65,853,514 votes and losing the national popular vote in 2020 with 74,216,747 votes to Biden’s 81,268,867 votes, Trump gained the popular vote this time around with 72,727,597 votes to Harris’ 68,086,147.
Though the race has been called, some numbers will change slightly as provisional ballots are counted. The numbers are not expected to change drastically, though.
Surrounding states, including Georgia which flipped blue in 2020, voted in favor of a Trump presidency.
In other Alabama races, Republican congressman Barry Moore in the 1st congressional district defeated Democratic challenger Tom Holmes with over 78 percent of the vote. In the 2nd congressional district, Democrat Shomari Figures defeated Republican candidate Caroleene Dobson with 54 percent of the vote.
Republican Mike Rogers of the 3rd congressional district, who represents Etowah County now, was unopposed in his race and won nearly 98 percent of the vote. There were 5,140 write-ins against Rogers.
Robert Aderholt of the 4th congressional district, the Republican congressman who was once representing Etowah County, won his unopposed race as well with 95 percent of the vote. There were just over 12,000 write-ins against him.
Democratic challenger Elizabeth Anderson lost against incumbent Republican congressman Gary Palmer in the 6th district with Palmer gaining 70 percent of the vote.
Incumbent Democratic congresswoman Terri Sewell maintained her seat after defeating Republican challenger Robin Litaker with 63 percent of the vote in the 7th district.
Alabama voted in favor of Republican candidate Sarah Stewart over Democratic candidate Greg Griffin for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court with 65 percent in favor of Stewart.
Republicans Chris McCool, Tommy Bryan, Will Sellers and Jay Mitchell each won their unopposed races for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in places one through four.
Republicans Christy Edwards, Chad Hanson and Terry Moore all won their unopposed races for Court of Civil Appeals Judge in places one through three, also.
Republicans Richard Minor, Rich Anderson and Bill Cole each won their unopposed races for Court of Criminal Appeals Judge in places one through three, as well.
Twinkle Cavanaugh, the unopposed Republican nominee for president of the Public Service Commission, won her race with 97 percent of the vote. There were nearly 42,000 write-ins against her.
In Etowah County, Republican Matt Skelton won his unopposed race for District Court Judge Place No. 2 with 36,237 votes. There were 446 write-ins. Current Circuit Clerk Cassandra “Sam” Johnson won her unopposed race with 36,486 votes. There were 421 write-ins.
Current Republican county Probate Judge Scott Hassell won his unopposed race as well, with 36,472 votes. There were 445 write-ins.
In county commission races, Republicans Johnny Grant and Jamie Grant won their respective unopposed races with 7,346 and 6,563 votes, respectively.
In board of education races, Republicans Danny Golden and Tim Langdale won their unopposed races with 27,791 and 27,794 votes respectively.
Etowah County voters cast their ballots in favor of statewide amendment number one, with 23,348 votes “yes” and 8,238 votes “no”. County voters also voted in favor of a local amendment with 26,649 votes “yes” and 10,092 votes “no”.
Statewide, voters voted in favor of the statewide amendment with 1,155,062 votes “yes” and only 398,000 votes “no”.
The next major election in the county will be the municipal election in Gadsden on August 26, 2025, followed by the mid-term elections in 2026.
