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2018 Alabama gubernatorial election

The 2018 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018. Incumbent Governor Kay Ivey (R), who took office upon the resignation of Robert Bentley (R), ran for election to a full term and defeated Democratic Tuscaloosa mayor Walt Maddox by a wide margin.[1] Ivey was sworn in for her first full term on January 14, 2019.[2]

2018 Alabama gubernatorial election
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Nominee Kay Ivey Walt Maddox
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 1,022,457 694,495
Percentage 59.46% 40.39%
Ivey:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Maddox:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%
Governor before election

Kay Ivey
Republican

 Elected Governor

Kay Ivey
Republican

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Scott Dawson
Politicians
Individuals
Organizations
  • Alabama Republican Assembly
  • BamaCarry, Alabama's largest Second Amendment rights group
Kay Ivey
State senators
State representatives
  • Rep. Alan Baker (R-Brewton)
  • Rep. Chris Blackshear (R-Phenix City)
  • Rep. Alan Booth (R-Troy)
  • Rep. K.L. Brown (R-Jacksonville)
  • Rep. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva)
  • Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark)
  • Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur)
  • Rep. Danny Crawford (R-Athens)
  • Rep. Corley Ellis (R-Columbiana)
  • Rep. David Faulkner (R-Mountain Brook)
  • Rep. Joe Faust (R-Fairhope)
  • Rep. Bob Fincher (R-Woodland)
  • Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville)
  • Rep. Lynn Greer (R-Rogersville)
  • Rep. Alan Harper (R-Northport)
  • Rep. Steve Hurst (R-Munford)
  • Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Montgomery)
  • Rep. Ken Johnson (R-Moulton)
  • Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville)
  • Rep. Paul Lee (R-Dothan)
  • Rep. Joe Lovvorn (R-Auburn)
  • Rep. Steve McMillan (R-Bay Minette)
  • Rep. Becky Nordgren (R-Gadsden)
  • Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen)
  • Rep. Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa)
  • Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile)
  • Rep. Kerry Rich (R-Guntersville)
  • Rep. Chris Sells (R-Evergreen)
  • Rep. Randall Shedd (R-Cullman)
  • Rep. David Standridge (R-Hayden)
  • Rep. Allen Treadaway (R-Morris)
  • Rep. Randy Wood (R-Anniston)
Individuals
  • Edward Aldag, founder and CEO of Medical Properties Trust[39]
  • David Cooper, director of Alabama Power Co.[39]
  • Stacy Lee George, former Morgan County commissioner and candidate for governor in 2018[40]
Organizations
  • Alabama Farmers Federation
Tommy Battle
Individuals

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Tommy
Battle		 Scott
Dawson		 Bill
Hightower		 Kay
Ivey		 Undecided
The Tarrance Group (R-Ivey)[42] May 20–22, 2018 602 ± 4.1% 18% 7% 5% 58% 12%
Leverage Public Strategies[43] April 23–30, 2018 600 ± 3.9% 11% 9% 4% 47% 30%
The Tarrance Group (R-Ivey)[44] August 28–30, 2017 601 ± 4.1% 11% – 3% 66% 16%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Tommy
Battle		 Young
Boozer		 Bill
Hightower		 Mike
Hubbard		 Kay
Ivey		 Tim
James		 Del
Marsh		 John
McMillan		 John
Merrill		 Roy
Moore		 Martha
Roby		 Luther
Strange		 Undecided/
Other
Public Insight Research[45] July 2016 607 – 9% 2% – – – 3% 2% 3% 3% 28% 6% 19% 24%
Public Insight Research[45] July 2015 601 – – – – 4% – 4% 5% 2% 3% 32% – 19% 30%

Results

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Results by county:
  Ivey
  •   >90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  Battle
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
Republican primary results[46]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kay Ivey (incumbent) 330,743 56.10%
Republican Tommy Battle 146,887 24.92%
Republican Scott Dawson 79,302 13.45%
Republican Bill Hightower 29,275 4.97%
Republican Michael McAllister (deceased) 3,326 0.56%
Total votes 589,533 100%

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Sue Bell Cobb
Politicians
  • Thomas Parchman III, candidate for Jefferson County Circuit Clerk
Individuals
  • J. Norman Baldwin, author and professor of Political Science at University of Alabama[60]
  • Wade Chapman, student activist
  • Josh Coleman, Central Alabama Pride
  • Suzanne Durham, former CEO of YMCA Birmingham[61]
  • Quincy Hall, Equality Alabama Board of Directors president
  • Ruth Harrell, former president of the Alabama State Nurses Association[62]
  • Miah Jackson, councilwoman for Selma, Alabama
  • Frannie James, Jefferson County Democratic Party executive director
  • Mark Johnston, former candidate for governor of Alabama
  • Billy Jones, president of Crowne Healthcare[63]
  • Lilly Ledbetter[64]
  • Lonnie Malone, executive director of the Effective Family Inc.
  • Kelley Parris, director of the Children's Board of Hillsborough County
  • John A. Pickens, former executive director of Alabama Appleseed Center
  • Joanne Shum, director of Alabama HIPPY[65]
  • James T. Stephens, chairman of EBSCO Industries
  • Sue Thompson, activist
Organizations
  • Alabama Progressive Democratic Alliance
James Fields
Unions
Christopher A. Countryman
Organizations
  • Alabama Internet Democrats
  • Alabama United
  • Madison County Our Revolution of Madison County, Alabama
  • Millions for Medicare of Alabama
  • Power House of Montgomery, Alabama
Individuals
  • Cortney Brown, businesswoman of Huntsville, Alabama
  • Bev Cowling, director of Madison County Our Revolution of Madison County, Alabama
  • John Harrison, minister and human rights advocate of Birmingham, Alabama
  • Mia Raven, director of Power House of Montgomery, Alabama
  • Jeni Tanner-Jordan, former president of the Greater Birmingham chapter of the National Organization For Women of Birmingham, Alabama
Walt Maddox
Politicians
Individuals
  • Lars Anderson, reporter for The Athletic
  • Pat Edington, former vice chair of the Alabama Democratic Party
  • Brandon Hamner, president of United Steelworkers Local 351
  • Jack Jacobs, UMWA chairman
  • Tom Ksobiech, associate dean at University of Alabama Law School
  • Elliot Maisel, chairman of the Mobile Airport Authority
  • Zac McCrary, Democratic pollster
  • Alex McDaniel, editorial director of Oxford Eagle and Oxford Magazine
  • Charles Morgan, Alabama restaurateur[69]
  • Jim Page, president of West Alabama Chamber of Commerce
  • Sarah Patterson, former head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics team
  • Tony Quillen, president of IBEW 558[75]
  • Steven Reed, Montgomery County probate judge
  • Shelia Hocutt Remington, former Alabama Education Association president[76]
  • Bren Riley, Alabama AFL-CIO president[77]
  • Richard Allen Smith, MSNBC contributor and former staffer at the Department of Veteran Affairs[78]
  • Kurt Thomas, UAB track and field head coach
  • Bob Vance, circuit court judge
Organizations
Newspapers

Results

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Results by county:
Maddox
  •   >90%
  •   80–90%
  •   70–80%
  •   60–70%
  •   50–60%
  •   40–50%
  •   <40%
Cobb
  •   <40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Fields
  •   50–60%
White
  •   <40%
Democratic primary results[82]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walt Maddox 154,559 54.60%
Democratic Sue Bell Cobb 82,043 28.98%
Democratic James Fields 22,635 8.00%
Democratic Anthony White 9,677 3.42%
Democratic Doug "New Blue" Smith 9,244 3.27%
Democratic Christopher Countryman 4,923 1.74%
Total votes 283,081 100%

Independents

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Candidates

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Declared

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  • Tony Hewitt Jr., police officer[83]
  • Eric Lathan, security guard, Iraq War veteran and candidate for the Jefferson County Commission in 2010[84]

Declined

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  • Mark Johnston, pastor, businessman and summer camp executive director[85][86][87][88]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[89] Safe R October 26, 2018
The Washington Post[90] Safe R November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[91] Safe R November 5, 2018
Rothenberg Political Report[92] Safe R November 1, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[93] Safe R November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[94] Safe R November 4, 2018
Daily Kos[95] Safe R November 5, 2018
Fox News[96][a] Likely R November 5, 2018
Politico[97] Safe R November 5, 2018
Governing[98] Safe R November 5, 2018
Notes
  1. ↑ The Fox News Midterm Power Rankings uniquely does not contain a category for Safe/Solid races

Endorsements

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Kay Ivey
State senators
State representatives
  • Rep. Alan Baker (R-Brewton)
  • Rep. Chris Blackshear (R-Phenix City)
  • Rep. Alan Booth (R-Troy)
  • Rep. K.L. Brown (R-Jacksonville)
  • Rep. Donnie Chesteen (R-Geneva)
  • Rep. Steve Clouse (R-Ozark)
  • Rep. Terri Collins (R-Decatur)
  • Rep. Danny Crawford (R-Athens)
  • Rep. Corley Ellis (R-Columbiana)
  • Rep. David Faulkner (R-Mountain Brook)
  • Rep. Joe Faust (R-Fairhope)
  • Rep. Bob Fincher (R-Woodland)
  • Rep. Danny Garrett (R-Trussville)
  • Rep. Lynn Greer (R-Rogersville)
  • Rep. Alan Harper (R-Northport)
  • Rep. Steve Hurst (R-Munford)
  • Rep. Reed Ingram (R-Montgomery)
  • Rep. Ken Johnson (R-Moulton)
  • Rep. Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville)
  • Rep. Paul Lee (R-Dothan)
  • Rep. Joe Lovvorn (R-Auburn)
  • Rep. Steve McMillan (R-Bay Minette)
  • Rep. Becky Nordgren (R-Gadsden)
  • Rep. Phillip Pettus (R-Killen)
  • Rep. Bill Poole (R-Tuscaloosa)
  • Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile)
  • Rep. Kerry Rich (R-Guntersville)
  • Rep. Chris Sells (R-Evergreen)
  • Rep. Randall Shedd (R-Cullman)
  • Rep. David Standridge (R-Hayden)
  • Rep. Allen Treadaway (R-Morris)
  • Rep. Randy Wood (R-Anniston)
Individuals
  • Edward Aldag, founder and CEO of Medical Properties Trust[39]
  • David Cooper, director of Alabama Power Co.[39]
  • Stacy Lee George, former Morgan County Commissioner and candidate for governor in 2018[40]
Organizations
Walt Maddox
Federal officials
Local and state politicians
Individuals
  • Lars Anderson, reporter for The Athletic
  • Pat Edington, former vice chair of the Alabama Democratic Party
  • Brandon Hamner, president of United Steelworkers Local 351
  • Jack Jacobs, UMWA chairman
  • Tom Ksobiech, associate dean at University of Alabama Law School
  • Elliot Maisel, chairman of the Mobile Airport Authority
  • Zac McCrary, Democratic pollster
  • Alex McDaniel, editorial director of Oxford Eagle and Oxford Magazine
  • Charles Morgan, Alabama restaurateur[69]
  • Jim Page, president of West Alabama Chamber of Commerce
  • Sarah Patterson, former head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics team
  • Tony Quillen, president of IBEW 558[75]
  • Steven Reed, Montgomery County probate judge
  • Shelia Hocutt Remington, former Alabama Education Association president[76]
  • Bren Riley, Alabama AFL-CIO president[77]
  • Richard Allen Smith, MSNBC contributor and former staffer at the Department of Veteran Affairs[78]
  • Jim Stovall, writer[103]
  • Kurt Thomas, UAB track and field head coach
  • Marc Torrence, reporter for Patch Media
  • Bob Vance, circuit court judge
Organizations
Newspapers

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Kay
Ivey (R)		 Walt
Maddox (D)		 Undecided
SurveyMonkey[104] September 9–24, 2018 1,254 ± 3.8% 51% 26% 22%
Research Consultants (R-FarmPAC)[105] September 22, 2018 316 ± 5.5% 58% 38% 4%
Cygnal (R)[106] July 24–25, 2018 1,027 ± 3.1% 56% 42% 3%
Neighborhood Research Corporation (R)[107] June 12–14 and 18–21, 2018 440 ± 4.4% 53% 28% –
ALG Research[108][109] April 27 – May 2, 2018 601 ± 4.0% 59% 36% –

Results

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2018 Alabama gubernatorial election[110]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Kay Ivey (incumbent) 1,022,457 59.46% −4.10%
Democratic Walt Maddox 694,495 40.39% +4.15%
Write-in 2,637 0.15% –0.05%
Total votes 1,719,589 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

By county

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County[110] Kay Ivey
Republican		 Walt Maddox
Democratic		 Write-in
Various		 Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Autauga 13,994 70.86% 5,734 29.03% 21 0.11% 8,260 41.82% 19,749
Baldwin 57,415 73.61% 20,464 26.24% 118 0.15% 36,951 47.37% 77,997
Barbour 4,336 51.68% 4,043 48.19% 11 0.13% 293 3.49% 8,390
Bibb 5,082 73.69% 1,799 26.09% 15 0.22% 3,283 47.61% 6,896
Blount 16,984 87.08% 2,479 12.71% 40 0.21% 14,505 74.37% 19,503
Bullock 949 25.77% 2,729 74.12% 4 0.11% -1,780 -48.34% 3,682
Butler 4,812 58.84% 3,363 41.12% 3 0.04% 1,449 17.72% 8,178
Calhoun 24,460 66.04% 12,487 33.71% 92 0.25% 11,973 32.33% 37,039
Chambers 6,687 59.01% 4,625 40.81% 20 0.18% 2,062 18.20% 11,332
Cherokee 6,974 81.65% 1,552 18.17% 15 0.18% 5,422 63.48% 8,541
Chilton 11,291 81.81% 2,501 18.12% 10 0.07% 8,790 63.69% 13,802
Choctaw 3,475 56.68% 2,649 43.21% 7 0.11% 826 13.47% 6,131
Clarke 6,344 56.44% 4,889 43.50% 7 0.06% 1,455 12.94% 11,240
Clay 4,164 76.91% 1,241 22.92% 9 0.17% 2,923 53.99% 5,414
Cleburne 3,902 88.20% 508 11.48% 14 0.32% 3,394 76.72% 4,424
Coffee 12,117 75.86% 3,782 23.68% 73 0.46% 8,335 52.19% 15,972
Colbert 13,180 63.04% 7,692 36.79% 34 0.16% 5,488 26.25% 20,906
Conecuh 2,473 50.22% 2,444 49.63% 7 0.14% 29 0.59% 4,924
Coosa 2,785 64.56% 1,522 35.28% 7 0.16% 1,263 29.28% 4,314
Covington 9,852 81.81% 2,168 18.00% 22 0.18% 7,684 63.81% 12,042
Crenshaw 3,873 71.71% 1,522 28.18% 6 0.11% 2,351 43.53% 5,401
Cullman 24,361 84.84% 4,309 15.01% 43 0.15% 20,052 69.84% 28,713
Dale 10,528 73.59% 3,731 26.08% 47 0.33% 6,797 47.51% 14,306
Dallas 4,917 32.31% 10,295 67.64% 8 0.05% -5,378 -35.34% 15,220
DeKalb 17,316 80.58% 4,087 19.02% 87 0.40% 13,229 61.56% 21,490
Elmore 21,752 73.72% 7,722 26.17% 31 0.11% 14,030 47.55% 29,505
Escambia 8,098 66.64% 4,035 33.20% 19 0.16% 4,063 33.43% 12,152
Etowah 24,041 69.39% 10,513 30.34% 92 0.27% 13,528 39.05% 34,646
Fayette 5,455 72.84% 2,025 27.04% 9 0.12% 3,430 45.80% 7,489
Franklin 6,465 73.27% 2,336 26.48% 22 0.25% 4,129 46.80% 8,823
Geneva 7,784 86.31% 1,220 13.53% 15 0.17% 6,564 72.78% 9,019
Greene 661 15.86% 3,506 84.12% 1 0.02% -2,845 -68.26% 4,168
Hale 2,361 35.93% 4,206 64.00% 5 0.08% -1,845 -28.07% 6,572
Henry 4,655 69.33% 2,045 30.46% 14 0.21% 2,610 38.87% 6,714
Houston 23,112 71.72% 9,062 28.12% 53 0.16% 14,050 43.60% 32,227
Jackson 12,074 76.99% 3,569 22.76% 39 0.25% 8,505 54.23% 15,682
Jefferson 105,661 40.94% 152,103 58.94% 304 0.12% -46,442 -18.00% 258,068
Lamar 4,399 81.81% 974 18.11% 4 0.07% 3,425 63.70% 5,377
Lauderdale 20,692 66.82% 10,222 33.01% 51 0.16% 10,470 33.81% 30,965
Lawrence 8,181 68.16% 3,796 31.63% 25 0.21% 4,385 36.54% 12,002
Lee 29,238 59.27% 20,021 40.58% 74 0.15% 9,217 18.68% 49,333
Limestone 23,213 68.91% 10,421 30.93% 53 0.16% 12,792 37.97% 33,687
Lowndes 1,555 30.82% 3,487 69.10% 4 0.08% -1,932 -38.29% 5,046
Macon 1,376 18.95% 5,882 81.02% 2 0.03% -4,506 -62.07% 7,260
Madison 75,874 53.57% 65,522 46.26% 244 0.17% 10,352 7.31% 141,640
Marengo 4,029 45.95% 4,735 54.00% 5 0.06% -706 -8.05% 8,769
Marion 8,021 80.90% 1,877 18.93% 17 0.17% 6,144 61.97% 9,915
Marshall 22,031 80.72% 5,193 19.03% 70 0.26% 16,838 61.69% 27,294
Mobile 69,671 52.19% 63,656 47.69% 158 0.12% 6,015 4.51% 133,485
Monroe 5,038 56.45% 3,881 43.49% 5 0.06% 1,157 12.97% 8,924
Montgomery 28,491 36.87% 48,722 63.05% 62 0.08% -20,231 -26.18% 77,275
Morgan 28,415 71.82% 11,091 28.03% 57 0.14% 17,324 43.79% 39,563
Perry 1,061 24.99% 3,182 74.94% 3 0.07% -2,121 -49.95% 4,246
Pickens 4,636 55.75% 3,672 44.16% 8 0.10% 964 11.59% 8,316
Pike 6,226 59.79% 4,176 40.10% 11 0.11% 2,050 19.69% 10,413
Randolph 5,729 75.38% 1,859 24.46% 12 0.16% 3,870 50.92% 7,600
Russell 7,168 47.63% 7,864 52.26% 17 0.11% -696 -4.62% 15,049
Shelby 56,989 67.81% 26,928 32.04% 125 0.15% 30,061 35.77% 84,042
St. Clair 23,529 78.50% 6,389 21.32% 55 0.18% 17,140 57.18% 29,973
Sumter 1,289 23.68% 4,151 76.26% 3 0.06% -2,862 -52.58% 5,443
Talladega 15,621 59.50% 10,606 40.40% 27 0.10% 5,015 19.10% 26,254
Tallapoosa 10,703 67.99% 5,015 31.86% 25 0.16% 5,688 36.13% 15,743
Tuscaloosa 34,335 49.91% 34,336 49.91% 122 0.18% -1 -0.00% 68,793
Walker 17,671 76.24% 5,468 23.59% 38 0.16% 12,203 52.65% 23,177
Washington 4,729 68.46% 2,172 31.44% 7 0.10% 2,557 37.02% 6,908
Wilcox 1,577 33.42% 3,138 66.50% 4 0.08% -1,561 -33.08% 4,719
Winston 6,580 85.38% 1,102 14.30% 25 0.32% 5,478 71.08% 7,707
Totals1,022,45759.46%694,49540.39%2,6370.15%327,96219.07%1,719,589

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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By congressional district

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Ivey won six of seven congressional districts.[111]

District Ivey Maddox Representative
1st 61% 39% Bradley Byrne
2nd 64% 36% Martha Roby
3rd 63% 37% Mike Rogers
4th 75% 25% Robert Aderholt
5th 61% 39% Mo Brooks
6th 64% 35% Gary Palmer
7th 27% 73% Terri Sewell

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Moseley, Brandon (November 7, 2018). "Ivey decisively defeats Maddox". Alabama Political Reporter.
  2. ↑ Chandler, Kim (January 14, 2019). "Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sworn in for first full term". The Cullman Times.
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