Alabama Democratic Party

The Alabama Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Alabama. It is chaired by Randy Kelley.

The Alabama Democratic Party was once one of the most successful political organizations in the United States. Even after the political realignment in the height of the Civil Rights movement and the Republican Party's introduction of the Southern strategy, Democrats continued winning state and local races in Alabama. However, Jimmy Carter became the last the Democratic presidential nominee to win the state in 1976. On a state level, Republicans remained associated with the North, big business, and opportunism. Despite H. Guy Hunt having become the first Republican governor since reconstruction in 1986, Democrats had retained most statewide control. The tide only began to change in the 2000s, after Democrat Don Siegelman narrowly lost the 2002 Alabama gubernatorial election. The Democrats did not lose control of the Alabama legislature until 2010, when the Alabama Republican Party gained a majority in both houses for the first time in 136 years. Alabama lawmaker Roger Bedford, Jr. attributed this to a "Red Obama backlash tsunami", and the growing influence of George W. Bush's Republican Party in the South after the September 11 attacks.

Alabama is now considered a Republican stronghold, a substantial departure from its relatively-recent status as a Democratic stronghold. In Congress, Democrats hold two out of Alabama's seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrats hold zero statewide offices in Alabama, and they are also the minority party in both of its state legislative chambers.