Alabama Supreme Court elections, 2024
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The terms of five Alabama Supreme Court justices will expire on January 19, 2025. The five seats were up for partisan election on November 5, 2024. The primary was March 5, 2024, and a primary runoff was April 16, 2024. The filing deadline was November 10, 2023.
With a total of nine justices on the Alabama Supreme Court, three justices are running for re-election without opposition and two seats on the court are open. Chief Justice Tom Parker is retiring from the court, leaving the Chief Justice's seat open. Justice Sarah Stewart ran for the Chief Justice seat, leaving her seat open. Heading into the election, no Democrat had won a seat on the Alabama Supreme Court since 2006.[1]
Candidates and results
Chief Justice
General election
General election for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice
Sarah Stewart defeated Greg Griffin in the general election for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sarah Stewart (R) | 65.8 | 1,452,975 |
 | Greg Griffin (D) | 34.1 | 753,269 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 2,338 | ||
| Total votes: 2,208,582 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Greg Griffin advanced from the Democratic primary for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice.
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice
Sarah Stewart defeated Bryan Taylor in the Republican primary for Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice on March 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Stewart | 61.5 | 334,135 |
 | Bryan Taylor | 38.5 | 209,217 | |
| Total votes: 543,352 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jerry M. Blevins (R)
Place 1
General election
General election for Alabama Supreme Court
Chris McCool won election in the general election for Alabama Supreme Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Chris McCool (R) | 97.6 | 1,558,654 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.4 | 37,911 | ||
| Total votes: 1,596,565 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Chris McCool advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama Supreme Court.
Place 2
General election
General election for Alabama Supreme Court
Incumbent Tommy Bryan won election in the general election for Alabama Supreme Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tommy Bryan (R) | 97.7 | 1,553,915 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.3 | 36,216 | ||
| Total votes: 1,590,131 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Tommy Bryan advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama Supreme Court.
Place 3
General election
General election for Alabama Supreme Court
Incumbent William Sellers won election in the general election for Alabama Supreme Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | William Sellers (R) | 97.8 | 1,551,459 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.2 | 35,315 | ||
| Total votes: 1,586,774 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent William Sellers advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama Supreme Court.
Place 4
General election
General election for Alabama Supreme Court
Incumbent Jay Mitchell won election in the general election for Alabama Supreme Court on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jay Mitchell (R) | 97.8 | 1,549,088 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.2 | 34,870 | ||
| Total votes: 1,583,958 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jay Mitchell advanced from the Republican primary for Alabama Supreme Court.
Judges not on the ballot
■ Tom Parker (Chief Justice)
Candidate profiles
There were no candidate profiles created for this race. Candidate profiles would have appeared here as candidates completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Alabama
Campaign finance
- See also: Campaign finance
The section and tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. To view data for a district, click on the appropriate bar below to expand it. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.
About the Alabama Supreme Court
- See also: Alabama Supreme Court
The Alabama Supreme Court is composed of nine justices who are elected in statewide partisan elections. A full term on the court is six years. Judicial elections take place during Alabama's general elections, which are held every two years in even-numbered years.
Political composition
This was the political composition of the supreme court heading into the 2024 election. Justices on the Alabama Supreme Court are elected to their seats, and replacements are appointed by the governor in the case of midterm vacancies.
| ■ Tom Parker | Elected chief justice in 2018; elected to the court in 2004 | |
| ■ Sarah Stewart | Elected in 2018 | |
| ■ Tommy Bryan | Elected in 2012 and 2018 | |
| ■ William Sellers | Appointed by Kay Ivey (R) in 2017; elected in 2018 | |
| ■ Jay Mitchell | Elected in 2018 | |
| ■ Greg Shaw | Elected in 2008, 2014, and 2020 | |
| ■ Kelli Wise | Elected in 2010, 2016, and 2022 | |
| ■ Brad Mendheim | Appointed by Kay Ivey (R) in 2018; elected in 2020 | |
| ■ Greg Cook | Elected in 2022 |
Selection
- See also: Partisan election of judges
The nine justices on the Alabama Supreme Court are selected through partisan elections for six-year terms. They appear on partisan election ballots statewide and face re-election if they wish to serve again.[2] For more information about these elections, visit the Alabama judicial elections page.
Qualifications
To serve on this court, a judge must be:
- licensed to practice law for at least 10 years;
- a state resident for at least one year;
- under the age of 70 at the time of election (judges who turn 70 in office may serve until their terms expire).[3][4]
Chief justice
The chief justice of the court is selected by popular vote, serving in that office for his or her full six-year term.[2][5]
Vacancies
Should a vacancy occur between regularly scheduled elections, which take place in November of even-numbered years, an interim justice is appointed by the governor. Any justice appointed in this fashion must then stand for election in the next general election occurring at least one year after taking office.[2][6]
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Bolts, "Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections," accessed April 23, 2024
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Alabama Judicial System, "Qualification of Judges," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Judicial Retirement Laws, "Alabama: Mandatory Retirement Provisions Applicable Generally," accessed August 10, 2021
- ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Minimum Qualifications for Public Office," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Justia, "Article VI, Alabama Constitution - Section 152," accessed March 23, 2023
- ↑ Brennan Center for Justice, "Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map," accessed March 23, 2023
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