American Psephology

The 2004 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 2, 2004, Alabama's voters voted for nine at-large electors. Five electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:

  • Amy Burks
  • John W. Haley
  • Randy B. Kelley
  • Yvonne Kennedy
  • Jeffrey McDaniels
  • Redding Pitt
  • Joe L. Reed
  • James B. Spearman
  • Cleophilus Thomas, Jr.

The Republican candidates:

  • At-large - Beth Chapman
  • At-large - Marty Connors
  • 1st District - Martha Hosey
  • 2nd District - Will Sellers
  • 3rd District - Mike Hubbard
  • 4th District - Floyd Lawson
  • 5th District - Elbert Peters
  • 6th District - Bettye Fine Collins
  • 7th District - Martha Stokes

The independent candidates pledged to Michael Badnarik (Libertarian):

  • Jack K. Andrews
  • Mark Bodenhausen
  • Dick Clark
  • Leburn Flurry
  • Matthew A. Givens
  • Stephen Gordon
  • James Hines
  • Jonny Letson
  • J. Holden McAllister
  • Mike Rster
  • Sarah Wires

The independent candidates pledged to Ralph Nader:

  • David M. Andres
  • Nehad I. Awwad
  • Donald Clopton
  • John Earl
  • Steven Z. Foster
  • Bob Friedman
  • Nelle Ormond
  • Judy D. Simmons
  • Gwendolyn C. Webb

The independent candidates pledged to Michael A. Peroutka (Constitution):

  • Donald R. Crum
  • Maryann Crum
  • Wendi Henderson
  • Sid L. Hilton, Jr.
  • Jason D. Hobbs
  • Patricia L. Moyers
  • John M. Randolph, Sr.
  • George Shirey
  • Sharron Shirey

The county returns are as follows:

Republicans Democrats Nader Badnarik Peroutka Write-ins
Autauga 15196 4758 74 24 21 8
Baldwin 52971 15599 371 269 72 38
Barbour 5899 4832 26 12 7 1
Bibb 5472 2089 12 10 12 5
Blount 17386 3938 92 47 31 10
Bullock 1494 3210 4 5 4 0
Butler 4979 3413 13 7 3 1
Calhoun 29814 15083 182 96 53 21
Chambers 7622 5347 42 17 4 0
Cherokee 5923 3040 43 22 15 6
Chilton 12829 3778 46 22 15 3
Choctaw 3897 3303 15 5 5 2
Clarke 6730 4627 19 8 9 1
Clay 4624 1893 38 9 10 2
Cleburne 4370 1391 24 7 2 4
Coffee 13019 4480 73 22 16 6
Colbert 13188 10598 88 34 18 9
Conecuh 3271 2719 17 5 9 0
Coosa 2905 2055 8 13 16 4
Covington 11119 3423 37 12 33 3
Crenshaw 3777 1698 17 2 6 0
Cullman 26818 8045 155 64 75 34
Dale 13621 4484 75 24 20 7
Dallas 7335 11175 28 13 19 3
DeKalb 16904 7092 99 0 27 13
Elmore 22056 6471 68 48 30 7
Escambia 8513 3814 28 13 20 7
Etowah 26999 15328 196 99 43 15
Fayette 5534 2408 30 16 7 7
Franklin 7690 4514 48 9 4 4
Geneva 8342 2113 27 22 12 4
Greene 958 3764 12 11 3 0
Hale 3281 4631 15 11 4 3
Henry 4881 2452 15 7 6 0
Houston 26874 9144 91 37 38 17
Jackson 11534 8635 92 28 17 15
Jefferson 158680 132286 999 567 241 194
Lamar 4894 1956 26 4 5 0
Lauderdale 22161 14628 155 80 57 26
Lawrence 7730 6155 44 29 34 9
Lee 27972 16227 204 170 37 0
Limestone 19702 9126 120 54 56 15
Lowndes 1786 4233 0 0 0 2
Macon 1570 7800 16 12 8 1
Madison 77173 52644 548 438 159 100
Marengo 5255 5037 16 10 3 1
Marion 8983 3808 61 9 10 4
Marshall 22783 8452 155 60 30 11
Mobile 92014 63732 598 211 167 49
Monroe 5831 3666 23 5 6 3
Montgomery 44097 45160 198 124 46 25
Morgan 32477 14131 187 114 69 29
Perry 1738 3767 7 5 5 1
Pickens 5170 3915 24 14 6 3
Pike 7483 4334 44 16 3 3
Randolph 6127 2817 35 15 3 4
Russell 8337 8375 51 26 7 13
Shelby 63435 14850 284 190 109 38
St. Clair 23500 5456 96 50 45 14
Sumter 1880 4527 10 6 8 2
Talladega 18331 11374 89 50 45 9
Tallapoosa 12392 5451 53 31 17 8
Tuscaloosa 42877 26447 263 110 83 50
Walker 19167 9016 108 27 33 16
Washington 5060 3145 29 3 6 4
Wilcox 1834 3838 4 4 2 0
Winston 8130 2236 34 11 8 4
Total 1,176,394 (62.46%) 693,933 (36.84%) 6701 (.36%) 3495 (.19%) 1994 (.11%) 898 (.05%)

The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Bush and Cheney on December 13.