Barnes, a Birmingham lawyer.īut Republicans also took all but one of the state’s seven seats in the House of Representatives - including a hard-fought contest between Martha Roby, a Republican on the Montgomery City Council, who triumphed over the one-term Democratic incumbent, Bobby Bright. In some races, that outcome had long been predicted: Robert Bentley, a retired dermatologist serving in the State Legislature, beat the Democratic candidate, Ron Sparks, in the governor’s race, and Senator Richard Shelby easily defeated William G.
Midterm elections were largely a Republican sweep in Alabama.