2022 Alabama gubernatorial election


The 2022 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, took office in 2017 upon the resignation of Robert J. Bentley and won a full term in 2018. In 2022, she won her bid for a second full term in a landslide.
Primary elections in Alabama were held on May 24. Runoff elections for instances where no candidate received 50% plus one vote were scheduled for June 21. A runoff was avoided in the Republican primary, with Ivey winning outright. The Democratic primary advanced to a runoff between Malika Sanders-Fortier and Yolanda Flowers, with Flowers winning the Democratic nomination.
This was the first gubernatorial election in Alabama history in which both major party nominees were women. Flowers was also the first Black female gubernatorial nominee in Alabama history. Governor Ivey was sworn in for her second full term on January 16, 2023.

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Debates and forums

Polling

Graphical summary

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation		Dates
administered		Dates
updated		Lynda
Blanchard		Lew
Burdette		Kay
Ivey		Tim
James		Dean
Odle		Dean
Young		Other
Margin
Real Clear PoliticsMay 15–21, 2022May 24, 202214.3%7.7%49.3%18.0%2.7%1.3%5.7%Ivey +31.3

Primary results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Yolanda Rochelle Flowers, activist, retired rehabilitation specialist and educator

    Eliminated in runoff

  • Malika Sanders-Fortier, attorney and state senator from the 23rd District

    Eliminated in primary

  • Patricia Salter Jamieson, nurse and licensed minister
  • Arthur Kennedy, Army veteran and educator
  • Chad "Chig" Martin, small business owner, musician and independent candidate for governor in 2018
  • Doug "New Blue" Smith, developmental economist, retired corporate attorney and perennial candidate

    Failed to qualify

  • Christopher A. Countryman, equality activist, licensed minister, motivational speaker, former juvenile corrections officer and candidate for governor in 2018

    Declined

  • Walt Maddox, mayor of Tuscaloosa and nominee for governor in 2018

    Endorsements

First round

Debates and forums

Polling

Results

Runoff

Results

Independent and third-party candidates

Libertarian nomination

No primary was held for the Libertarian Party, and candidates were instead nominated by the party.

Nominee

Declared

  • Jared Budlong, marketing project manager
  • Dean Odle, pastor, author and former Republican primary candidate ''''

    General election

Predictions

Endorsements

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Ivey won six of seven congressional districts.
DistrictIveyFlowersRepresentative
68%27%Jerry Carl
70%27%Barry Moore
72%25%Mike Rogers
84%12%Robert Aderholt
69%27%Mo Brooks
69%27%Dale Strong
68%27%Gary Palmer
37%60%Terri Sewell