2022 Alabama gubernatorial election
November 8, 2022
Turnout38.5% Decrease
 
Nominee Kay Ivey Yolanda Flowers
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 946,932 412,961
Percentage 66.9% 29.2%
Ivey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Flowers:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Governor before election

Kay Ivey
Republican

 Elected Governor

Kay Ivey
Republican

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.[1]

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.[2] 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.

Republican primary

Former U.S. Ambassador Lynda Blanchard finished second in the primary.

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Lynda Blanchard
Individuals
  • James Henderson, head of Christian Pro-Life Council, radio show host and former pastor[23]
  • Mike Lindell, founder of MyPillow and conspiracy theorist[24]
Organizations
Lew Burdette
Individuals
Kay Ivey
State executives
State senators
State representatives
Mayors
Law enforcement
  • 31 county sheriffs and police chiefs[39]
Organizations
PACs
Tim James
State senators
State representatives
Individuals
Political parties
Organizations
PACs
  • Coal Miners Political Action Committee[63]
Dean Odle
Individuals
Newspapers
  • The Highland Park Review[66]
Businesses
  • Pigfarm Gun Range[67]
Organizations
  • Alabama First Alliance[68]
  • South Alabama Republican Assembly[69]
  • Stand for Health Freedom[70]
Dave Thomas
Organizations
  • Alabama Cannabis Coalition[71]
  • Alabama Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition[71]

Debates and forums

The first Republican debate forum was held on January 19, 2022, in Ozark. It was hosted by the Coffee County Republican Women organization at the Enterprise Country Club. The debate featured candidates Lynda Blanchard, Tim James, and Dean Odle. Incumbent governor Kay Ivey was not present, and candidate Lew Burdette phoned in due to being in isolation with COVID-19. Odle detailed his opinion of the governor's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, while James talked about a culture war on Alabamians and Blanchard signaled her broad agreement with the other candidates. Each candidate was against opening a statewide lottery but were open to let the voters decide the issue.[72]

A second candidate forum was held at the monthly Republican Women of Huntsville luncheon on February 1, 2022 at The Ledges Country Club in Huntsville. Blanchard, Burdette, James, and Odle were in attendance.[73]

The third major forum for Republican gubernatorial candidates was held on February 10, 2022, in Fairhope. It was hosted by the Eastern Shore Republican Women organization at the Fairhope Yacht Club, and was moderated by radio show host Jeff Poor.[74] All candidates except for incumbent governor Kay Ivey, who was holding her own campaign event, and Stacy Lee George, who had a scheduling conflict, were in attendance.[75] The candidates were universal in their opposition towards a recent fuel tax increase, in particular criticizing possible future increases. According to AL.com, Young was nearly removed from the forum after he entered into an argument with a representative of the hosts, concerning a challenge he had submitted regarding Ivey's appearance on the ballot. Young later accused the Eastern Shore Republican Women of not wanting him to "talk bad" about Ivey. The candidates also expressed opposition towards gambling in the state, though Blanchard and Thomas stated that the decision should be left in the hands of voters. Regarding education, James pushed for pay bonuses for principals tied to school performance, while Jones advocated for yoga instruction in schools.[75]

Also on February 10, 2022, the Houston County Republican Party group held a GOP candidates forum at the Wiregrass Rehab Center in Dothan. The forum featured Blanchard, James and Odle giving stump speeches, along with candidates for U.S. Senate, AL-02, and the Alabama Supreme Court, among other state and local offices.[76]

The Butler County Republican Party organization held a GOP candidates forum on February 28, 2022 at the Wendell Mitchell Conference Center on the campus of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College in Greenville. The forum was attended by candidates Blanchard, Burdette, James, and Odle. It also hosted candidates for U.S. Senate, Secretary of State, and the Alabama Supreme Court.[77]

The Athens-Limestone Republican Women Organization held a gubernatorial debate forum at the Valley Event Center on U.S. Highway 72 in Athens on March 7, 2022. Only Blanchard, James and Odle participated; Ivey and the rest of the candidates were absent.[78][79] James emphasized education reform and criticized gas taxes in the state, while Blanchard targeted illegal immigration and benefits given to non-citizens. Odle centered on COVID-19 related issues, and praised Florida governor Ron DeSantis as a model for governing by rejecting President Joe Biden's decisions.[80]

1819 News, Eagle Forum of Alabama, Thatcher Coalition, and LOCAL Alabama held a joint gubernatorial debate forum featuring Republican candidates Blanchard, Burdette, James, Odle, and Thomas as well as the entire Democratic primary field at the Hoover Library Theatre on March 10, 2022.[81][82] All candidates were invited, though only those eleven participated.[83]

The forum was structured into four segments: one for opening remarks, the second for answering policy questions, followed by a lightning round by writing "yes" or "no" on a small whiteboard, and the last being closing statements. Lindy Blanchard opined about her service to Donald Trump as United States Ambassador to Slovenia as the driver behind her run for governor, while Lew Burdette described Alabama as "the bottom of the list" in almost every quality of life category and the need to limit campaign financing as possible policy solutions. Dean Odle berated Kay Ivey's handling of COVID-19, but also stated the intentions of Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum would have an effect on the state level and as a result there was a dire need for electing new leadership. Tim James spoke fondly of Eagle Forum's ardent opposition of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1975 as a reflection of the current state of affairs. Dave Thomas outlined the "professional politicians" and "self-proclaimed elite" once again running for governor as the catalyst for his entrance into the race.

When moderator Allison Sinclair posed the question "If you could choose one song that was the theme song for your life, what would it be?", the candidates had a variety of answers. Lindy Blanchard's answer was "It Is Well With My Soul", and Lew Burdette's was "Amazing Grace". Tim James answered the opening theme from Patton, and Dave Thomas cited the title song from "I'm Not the Devil" by Cody Jinks. Dean Odle's answer was "Crushing Snakes" by Crowder.

The Cullman County Republican Women hosted a gubernatorial candidate forum at VFW post 2214 in Cullman on April 12, 2022. The Cullman Times noted that while all the candidates agreed on most policy, the candidates each detailed solutions to different issues. Tim James decried the Alabama Legislature for not passing tax cuts after having a surplus of $1.5 billion, and Lindy Blanchard showed up in a Maga hat to show that she was more loyal to Donald Trump than anyone else there. Dave Thomas cited his experience as mayor of Springville and previous campaign battles as giving him a leg up on the competition, and Lew Burdette called for an overhaul of campaign finance laws. In addition to citing Governor Kay Ivey's COVID-19 lockdown of Alabama that violated the United States Constitution, Dean Odle's plan for drafting school choice legislation was described as "perhaps the most autonomous state education policy proposal for Alabama communities".[84]

Grassroots conservative group Focus on America will hosted a Republican gubernatorial debate on April 26, 2022, at the Roto Rooter Event Center on Paramount Drive in Huntsville. Six of the candidates showed up; Ivey, George and Young again remained absent.[85][86]

According to 1819 News,

The closest thing to a heated disagreement during the debate came when Dean Odle accused Burdette of "basically giving my speech points" from one of Odle's first television campaign commercials that described how Florida had seen the national ranking of Sunshine State K-12 schools rapidly rise from 29th to third after they eliminated the Common Core program there. Odle said he overheard Burdette "doing what a politician does" by using the points made by Odle in his commercial while talking to a member of the media inside of the Event Center prior to the debate." Burdette fired back by telling the audience, "I don't follow Dean Odle, so if he has a commercial that I haven't seen, I'm sorry that I haven't seen your commercial. I don't know if anybody else here has seen his commercial, nor do I follow your campaign particularly closely. We've been in a lot of these gubernatorial forums, these are all things that we've shared at each one of them, and I don't even remember, Dean, you sharing that statistic."

With one exception, all the candidates vying for victory in the May 24th Republican Primary checked most of the boxes on issues that concern Alabama conservative voters. The only exception was Montevallo's Donald Trent Jones who wore John Lennon-style, amber-tinted eyeglasses, a beauty contest style white sash with the Alabama state flag and the word GOVERNOR printed across it, and a black jacket covered with colorful 1960s symbols, such as butterflies, stars, hearts, peace symbols, guitars, and other symbols of the hippie era. Jones introduced himself by proclaiming, "I am your Yoga Governor." Other than suggesting that Alabama could help stop election day fraud by dipping the fingers of voters in indelible ink so that they couldn't vote more than once, Jones managed to work his yoga philosophy into almost every one of his question responses and statements. When asked if that was his motivation for running for governor, Jones admitted that his candidacy was only a ploy to promote his not-for-profit yoga enterprise.[87]

Four of the Republican candidates for governor showed up for a Q&A session following the candidate forum being held at the Doster Center in Prattville by the Autauga County Republican Executive Committee.[88]

The Mid Alabama Republican Club hosted a gubernatorial debate at its May monthly meeting, which took place at the Vestavia Hills Public Library on May 14 at 9:00 AM. Four of the candidates for governor appeared at this forum.[89][90][91]

2022 Alabama Republican gubernatorial primary debates and forums
No. Date Location Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Blanchard Burdette George Ivey James Jones Odle Thomas Young
1[72] Jan 19, 2022 Enterprise Coffee County Republican Women Jan White Facebook (1)
Facebook (2)		 P A A A P A P A A
2[73] Feb 01, 2022 Huntsville Republican Women of Huntsville Terri Terrell YouTube P P A A P A P A A
3[74] Feb 10, 2022 Fairhope Eastern Shore Republican Women Jeff Poor N/A P P A A P P P P P
4[76] Feb 10, 2022 Dothan Houston County Republican Party Brandon Shoupe Facebook P A A A P A P A A
5[77] Feb 28, 2022 Greenville Butler County Republican Party N/A N/A P P A A P A P A A
6[78] Mar 07, 2022 Athens Athens-Limestone Republican Women Tracy Smith N/A P A A A P A P A A
7[82] Mar 10, 2022 Hoover LOCAL Alabama Allison Sinclair
Stephanie Smith		 YouTube P P A A P A P P A
8[84] Apr 12, 2022 Cullman Cullman County Republican Women Charlotte Covert YouTube P P A A P P P P A
9[86] Apr 26, 2022 Huntsville Focus on America Scott Beason
Rebecca Rogers		 Facebook P P A A P P P P A
10[88] May 11, 2022 Prattville Autauga County Republican Party John Wahl Facebook P P A A A P P A A
11[90] May 14, 2022 Vestavia Hills Mid Alabama Republican Club N/A N/A P P A A A A P A P

Polling

Graphical summary
Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation		 Dates
administered		 Dates
updated		 Lynda
Blanchard		 Lew
Burdette		 Kay
Ivey		 Tim
James		 Dean
Odle		 Dean
Young		 Other
[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
Real Clear Politics May 15–21, 2022 May 24, 2022 14.3% 7.7% 49.3% 18.0% 2.7% 1.3% 5.7% Ivey +31.3
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Lynda
Blanchard		 Lew
Burdette		 Stacy
George		 Kay
Ivey		 Tim
James		 Donald
Jones		 Dean
Odle		 Dave
Thomas		 Dean
Young		 Jim
Zeigler		 Other Undecided
The Trafalgar Group (R) May 18–21, 2022 1,060 (LV) ± 2.9% 17% 7% – 47% 17% – 3% – 3% – 1% 6%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[upper-alpha 1] May 16–19, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 17% 8% – 45% 18% – 4% – – – – 9%
Cygnal (R) May 15–16, 2022 634 (LV) ± 3.9% 13% 8% – 48% 16% – 2% – 0% – 2% 11%
Emerson College May 15–16, 2022 706 (LV) ± 3.6% 11% 7% 0% 46% 17% 0% 3% 0% 0% – – 15%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[upper-alpha 1] May 9–12, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 15% 8% – 52% 15% – 3% – – – – 7%
Cygnal (R) May 6–7, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 15% 6% – 40% 18% – 4% – 1% – 4% 14%
The Tarrance Group (R)[upper-alpha 2] April 18–20, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.1% 14% – – 57% 12% – – – – – 5% 12%
Emerson College March 25–27, 2022 687 (LV) ± 3.7% 8% 4% 0% 48% 11% 1% 1% 2% 2% – – 22%
Cygnal (R) March 16–17, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 10% 2% – 46% 12% – 5% – – – 3% 21%
Wisemen Consulting (R) March 15–17, 2022 905 (LV) ± 3.4% 12% 2% 1% 58% 16% <1% 1% <1% <1% – – 9%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[upper-alpha 1] March 10–13, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 11% – 1% 60% 14% – – – – – – 14%
1892 Polling (R)[upper-alpha 2] March 8–10, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 8% – – 60% 13% – – – – – 6% 13%
The Tarrance Group (R)[upper-alpha 2] February 28 – March 2, 2022 600 (RV) ± 4.1% 10% – – 61% 13% – – – – – 4% 12%
Cherry Communications (R)[upper-alpha 3] February 2–6, 2022 600 (LV) ± 4.0% 10% – – 55% 11% – – – – – 2% 22%
Cygnal (R) August 17–18, 2021 600 (LV) ± 4.0% – – – 42% 4% – 3% – – 9% 9% 34%

Primary results

Results by county:
  Ivey
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Republican primary results[92]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kay Ivey (incumbent) 357,069 54.45%
Republican Lynda Blanchard 126,202 19.25%
Republican Tim James 106,181 16.19%
Republican Lew Burdette 42,924 6.55%
Republican Dean Odle 11,767 1.79%
Republican Donald Trent Jones 3,821 0.58%
Republican Dave Thomas 2,886 0.44%
Republican Stacy Lee George 2,546 0.39%
Republican Dean Young 2,356 0.36%
Total votes 655,752 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Yolanda Rochelle Flowers, activist, retired rehabilitation specialist and educator[93][94][95]

Eliminated in runoff

Eliminated in primary

  • Patricia Salter Jamieson, nurse and licensed minister[93]
  • Arthur Kennedy, Army veteran and educator[11][97]
  • Chad "Chig" Martin, small business owner, musician and independent candidate for governor in 2018[98] (switched from independent)[99][100]
  • Doug "New Blue" Smith, developmental economist, retired corporate attorney and perennial candidate[10][11][101]

Failed to qualify

  • Christopher A. Countryman, equality activist, licensed minister, motivational speaker, former juvenile corrections officer and candidate for governor in 2018[102]

Declined

Endorsements

Yolanda Flowers
Organizations
Malika Sanders-Fortier
Organizations
  • Alabama New South Alliance[105]

First round

Debates and forums

All six of the Democratic candidates for governor were present at the LOCAL Alabama gubernatorial candidate forum on March 10, 2022, at the Hoover Library Theatre in Hoover, facing off against 5 of the Republican candidates.[81][82]

The forum was structured into four segments: one for opening remarks, the second for answering policy questions, followed by a lightning round by writing "yes" or "no" on a small whiteboard, and the last being closing statements. Speaking before a bipartisan audience, Arthur Kennedy cited his service in the United States Army as a calling to run for governor. Chad Martin called for the government to be more proactive in alleviating burdens of Alabama citizens, including those in the education sector. Patricia Salter Jamieson outlined the need for unity between Alabamians of all backgrounds. Malika Sanders-Fortier cited the need for more citizens to be involved in the political process. Yolanda Flowers offered her vision for the state as a "different aspect" than the current leadership. Doug Smith kicked things off by brandishing several large print graphs of the seven economic engines that he believed, if reimplemented, would propel the Alabama economy while going well over his allotted answer time.

When moderator Allison Sinclair posed the question "If you could choose one song that was the theme song for your life, what would it be?", the candidates had a variety of answers. Smith's immediate response was "Precious Lord, Take My Hand", while Flowers said hers would be "The Sound of Music". Kennedy's theme song was "I Can Win", while Jamieson cited "Amazing Grace" and Martin said "Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Malika Sanders-Fortier decided that her song was "Be Still" by Hillsong Worship.

A Democratic candidate forum, featuring office-seekers from gubernatorial, U.S. Senate and AL-04 races in Alabama, was held in Fort Payne on April 7, 2022.[106] This event was more of a meet-and-greet rather than a traditional candidate forum.[107]

The Houston County Democratic Party hosted a Democratic candidate forum for gubernatorial, AL-02 and other races in Dothan at the Clarion Inn at meetings on April 21 and 22 of 2022. Yolanda Flowers addressed the group on Thursday evening while the other five candidates spoke the following day.[108]

2022 Alabama Democratic gubernatorial primary debates and forums
No. Date Location Host Moderator Link Participants
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee W  Withdrawn
Flowers Kennedy Martin Salter Sanders-
Fortier		 Smith
1[82] Mar 10, 2022 Hoover LOCAL Alabama Allison Sinclair
Stephanie Smith		 YouTube P P P P P P
2[106] Apr 07, 2022 Fort Payne DeKalb County Democratic Party N/A N/A P A P A A P
3[108] Apr 22, 2022 Dothan Houston County Democratic Party N/A N/A P P P P P P

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Yolanda
Flowers		 Patricia
Jamieson		 Arthur
Kennedy		 Chad
Martin		 Malika
Sanders-Fortier		 Doug
Smith		 Undecided
Emerson College May 15–16, 2022 294 (LV) ± 5.7% 29% 2% 5% 7% 5% 3% 49%
Emerson College March 25–27, 2022 359 (LV) ± 5.1% 11% 3% 7% 4% 8% 8% 59%

Results

Results by county:
  Flowers
  •   20-30%
  •   30-40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  Sanders-Fortier
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60-70%
  Jamieson
  •   60–70%
  Martin
  •   30–40%
Democratic primary results[92]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 56,991 33.88%
Democratic Malika Sanders-Fortier 54,699 32.52%
Democratic Patricia Jamieson Salter 19,691 11.71%
Democratic Arthur Kennedy 15,630 9.29%
Democratic Doug Smith 11,861 7.05%
Democratic Chad Martin 9,352 5.56%
Total votes 168,224 100.0%

Runoff

Results

Runoff results by county:
  Flowers
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
  •   70-80%
  •   80-90%
  Tie
  •   Flowers / Sanders-Fortier 50%
  Sanders-Fortier
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
Democratic primary runoff results[92]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 32,529 55.14%
Democratic Malika Sanders-Fortier 26,469 44.86%
Total votes 58,998 100.0%

Independent and third-party candidates

Libertarian nomination

No primary was held for the Libertarian Party, and candidates were instead nominated by the party.[109]

Nominee

Independent candidates

Declared

  • Jared Budlong, marketing project manager (write-in campaign)[110]
  • Dean Odle, pastor, author and former Republican primary candidate (write-in campaign)[111]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[112] Solid R March 4, 2022
Inside Elections[113] Solid R March 4, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[114] Safe R January 26, 2022
Politico[115] Solid R April 1, 2022
RCP[116] Safe R January 10, 2022
Fox News[117] Solid R May 12, 2022
538[118] Solid R June 30, 2022
Elections Daily[119] Safe R November 7, 2022

Endorsements

Yolanda Flowers (D)
Labor unions
Organizations
Jimmy Blake (L)
Organizations
  • Alabama Cannabis Coalition[123]
  • LetBamaVote.org[124]
Dean Odle (write-in)
Organizations
  • Stand for Health Freedom[125]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Kay
Ivey (R)		 Yolanda
Flowers (D)		 Jimmy
Blake (L)		 Other Undecided
Cygnal (R) October 27–29, 2022 616 (LV) ± 3.94% 60% 25% 5% - -

Results

2022 Alabama gubernatorial election[126]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kay Ivey (incumbent) 946,932 66.91% +7.45%
Democratic Yolanda Rochelle Flowers 412,961 29.18% -11.21%
Libertarian James D. "Jimmy" Blake 45,958 3.25% N/A
Write-in 9,432 0.67% +0.52%
Total votes 1,415,283 100.0%
Turnout 1,419,718 38.50%
Registered electors 3,687,753
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. 1 2 3 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by ForestPAC, a wing of the Alabama Forestry Association, which supports Ivey
  2. 1 2 3 Poll sponsored by Ivey's campaign
  3. ↑ Poll sponsored by FarmPAC, a wing of the Alabama Farmers Federation

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