2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama
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The 2010 congressional elections in Alabama were held on November 2, 2010, to determine who would represent the state of Alabama in the United States House of Representatives. Alabama has seven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected would serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011, until January 3, 2013. The primary elections were held on June 1, with the runoff on July 13.
Districts 1, 3, 4, 6, and 7 were considered safe seats for the incumbent party (the Democratic Party for District 7 and the Republican Party for the other districts), according to the Cook Political Report and CQ Politics, and, as predicted, the incumbent party held those seats. Meanwhile, Districts 2 (a Democrat-held seat) and 5 (a Republican-held seat, though the incumbent was a Democrat who switched parties in 2009) were considered up for grabs. The Republican Party gained District 2 and held District 5.
Overview
Results of the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama by district:
District 1
Incumbent Republican Congressman Jo Bonner ran for re-election to a fifth term after deciding not to run for Governor. He was challenged in the Republican primary by Peter Gounares, an Orange Beach real estate developer, and Sean Moser, though Moser ultimately decided to challenge U.S. Senator Richard Shelby for re-election.
Bonner won the Republican primary over Gounares in a landslide, receiving 75 percent of the vote to his 25 percent.
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