For the past decade Alabama’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives has been a solidly red district for over 20 years.
Located in southwestern Alabama, the district includes Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Monroe and Washington counties and a part of Clarke County.
Currently Rep. Bradley Byrne, a former member of the Alabama State Senate, fills the seat. He was first elected during a special election in December 2013 after 10-year incumbent Jo Bonner announced his retirement to become vice chancellor for the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Byrne has since been re-elected twice, in 2014 and 2016.
In the 2018 General Election Byrne faces political newcomer, Democrat Robert Kennedy Jr., a military veteran and and business executive.
FiveThirtyEight, a statistics-driven news-and-analysis site, anticipates that Byrne will coast to victory on Election Day, giving Kennedy Jr. only a 0.1 percent chance of winning the seat.
Here’s a look at the voting history of the District:
U.S. House, Alabama District 1
General Election 2016
Bradley Byrne (R) | 96.4 percent | 208,083 votes |
Write-in | 3.6 percent | 7,810 votes |
215,893 total votes |
General Election 2014
Bradley Byrne (R) | 68.2 percent | 103,758 votes |
Burton LeFlore (D) | 31.7 percent | 48,278 votes |
Write-in | 0.1 percent | 198 votes |
152,234 total votes |
General Election 2012
Jo Bonner (R) | 97.9 percent | 196,374 votes |
Write-in | 2.1 percent | 4,302 votes |
200,676 total votes |
General Election 2010
Jo Bonner (R) | 83 percent | 129,063 votes |
David Walter (C) | 17 percent | 26,357 votes |
155,420 total votes |
General Election 2008
Jo Bonner (R) | 98.3 percent | 210,660 votes |
Write-in | 1.7 percent | 3,707 votes |
214,367 total votes |