Surf Wiki
Save to docs
politics

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1998 United States Senate election in Alabama

none

none

FieldValue
election_name1998 United States Senate election in Alabama
countryAlabama
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1992 United States Senate election in Alabama
previous_year1992
next_election2004 United States Senate election in Alabama
next_year2004
election_dateNovember 3, 1998
image1File:Richard Shelby official portrait.JPG
image_size150x150px
nominee1**Richard Shelby**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**817,973**
percentage1**63.24%**
image23x4.svg
nominee2Clayton Suddith
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2474,568
percentage236.69%
map_image1998 United States Senate election in Alabama results map by county.svg
map_size250px
map_captionCounty results
**Shelby**:
**Suddith**:
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionRichard Shelby
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionRichard Shelby
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Shelby:
Suddith:
The 1998 United States Senate election in Alabama was held November 3, 1998, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Richard Shelby won re-election to a third term. He was first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1992 as a Democrat and switched parties in 1994 after the Republican Revolution, making this the first election he competed in as a Republican.

Candidates

Republican

  • Richard Shelby, incumbent U.S. Senator

Democratic

  • Clayton Suddith, army veteran and former Franklin County Commissioner

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administeredSample
sizeMargin
of errorRichard
Shelby (R)Clayton
Suddith (D)Undecided
Mason DixonOctober 24–26, 1998808 (LV)± 3.5%**62%**29%9%
Mason DixonOctober 10–12, 1998807 (LV)± 3.5%**62%**25%13%
Mason DixonSeptember 14–15, 1998803 (LV)± 3.5%**58%**27%15%
Mason DixonJune 22–24, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%**57%**26%17%

Results

Notes

References

References

  1. "Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search".
  2. "CNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Alabama 1998 Polls". [[CNN]].
  3. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1998-alabama-elections 1998-united-states-senate-elections united-states-senate-elections-in-alabama
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1998 United States Senate election in Alabama — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report