1998 United States Senate election in Alabama

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Alabama Alabama presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Alabama 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Alabama 2004 November 3, 1998 File:Richard Shelby official portrait.JPG 150x150px Richard Shelby Republican Party (United States) 817,973 63.24% 3x4.svg Clayton Suddith Democratic Party (United States) 474,568 36.69% 1998 United States Senate election in Alabama results map by county.svg 250px County resultsShelby: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Suddith: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% U.S. Senator Richard Shelby Republican Party (United States) Richard Shelby Republican Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Alabama was held November 3, 1998, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Richard Shelby won re-election to a third term. He was first elected in 1986 and re-elected in 1992 as a Democrat and switched parties in 1994 after the Republican Revolution, making this the first election he competed in as a Republican. General election Candidates Richard Shelby, incumbent U.S. senator since 1987 (Republican) Clayton Suddith, army veteran and former Franklin County commissionerhttps://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZbsfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8dcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4042,2075583&dq=clayton+suddith&hl=en Gadsden Times - Google News Archive Search (Democratic) Polling Poll source Date(s)administered SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error RichardShelby (R) ClaytonSuddith (D) UndecidedMason-Dixon Polling & StrategyFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Alabama 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AL/polls/AL98S.html CNN 11 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250611065824/https://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/AL/polls/AL98S.html June 11, 2025 liveOctober 24–26, 1998808 (LV)± 3.5%62%29%9%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 10–12, 1998807 (LV)± 3.5%62%25%13%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 14–15, 1998803 (LV)± 3.5%58%27%15%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyJune 22–24, 1998804 (LV)± 3.5%57%26%17% Results 1998 United States Senate election in Alabamahttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm#1 Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Republican Party (United States) Richard Shelby (incumbent) 817,973 63.24% Democratic Party (United States) Clayton Suddith 474,568 36.69% 864 0.07% 1,293,405 100.0% Republican Party (United States) See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes References United States Senate Alabama 1998