2010 Alabama House of Representatives election

2010 Alabama House of Representatives elections
November 2, 2010
All 105 seats in the Alabama House of Representatives
53 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Mike Hubbard Craig Ford
Party Republican Democratic
Leader's seat 79th-Auburn 28th-Gadsden
Last election 43 62
Seats before 45 60
Seats after 62 43
Seat change 17 17
Popular vote 735,277 550,644
Percentage 56.0% 42.0%
Results:
     Democratic gain      Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election

Seth Hammett
Democratic

Speaker

Mike Hubbard
Republican

The 2010 Alabama House of Representatives elections were held on November 2, 2010. Voters in all 105 districts of the Alabama House of Representatives voted for their representatives. Other elections were also held on November 2.

After the election, four Democrats switched parties and became Republicans, thereby bringing the Republican majority to 66-39. Two more Democrats would switch (one became an independent and the other became a Republican) over the next four years, which gave Republicans a 67-37-1 majority by the next election.

Republicans won their first House majority since 1873.

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