2006 Alabama Senate election

2006 Alabama Senate elections
November 7, 2006
All 35 seats in the Alabama Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lowell Barron J. T. Waggoner
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 8th 16th
Seats before 25 10
Seats after 23 12
Seat change 2 2
Popular vote 585,860 552,797
Percentage 51.2% 48.3%
Results:
     Republican gain
     Republican hold      Democratic hold
President pro tempore before election

Lowell Barron
Democratic

Elected President pro tempore

Hinton Mitchem
Democratic

The 2006 Alabama Senate election was held on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 35 districts of the Alabama Senate voted for their senators. The Democratic Party retained their majority in the Senate, losing two seats to the Republican Party. To date, this is the last time that the Democratic Party has won a majority in the Alabama Senate.

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