Who won Alabama's five special elections this year?

Kelvin Datcher's election to Alabama House District 52 brings the total number of state House representatives to 105. Every district in the state now has an elected representative in legislative body.

The House had four special elections this calendar year. The Senate had one special election. Here's what happened in each.

House District 16

Rep. Bryan Brinyark, R-Northport, won his election Jan 9 against Democratic opponent John Underwood. The district includes Fayette County and parts of Tuscaloosa and Jefferson counties. Brinyark won with 2,370 votes, or 83.5% against Underwood's 469 votes or 16.5%.

House District 55

House District 55 also had a special election set of Jan 9, but the race was won outright by Rep. Travis Hendrix, D-Birmingham, in a primary runoff on Oct 24, 2023. He won the race by approximately 65%.

Senate District 9

Senate District 9 was won by now-Sen. Wes Kitchens, R-Arab. He previously represented the House District 27. The former house representative won the race with 3,707 votes, 52.5%, against opponents Brock Colvin of Albertville and Stacy Lee George, eliminating the potential of a primary runoff election.

House District 10

Rep. Marilyn Lands, D-Huntsville, successfully flipped a previously Republican-held seat in March, after former Rep. David Cole plead guilty to committing voter fraud. Lands defeated Republican opponent Teddy Powell by 25 points. She won the seat on the platform of protecting in-vitro fertilization after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that human embryos have the same rights as born children.

House District 27

Rep. Jeana Ross, R-Guntersville, was elected in May, defeating special runoff opponent Alan Miller by a vote of 53% to 47%, the Alabama Secretary of State's site shows. The seat became vacant when Kitchens won the Senate District 9 special election. There were 3,022 ballots were cast in a district with 38,820 registered voters.

Assuming no vacancies occur before the body's next election, this is makeup of the state legislative body until 2026. The House and Senate both have a Republican majority of 76-29 and 27-8 respectively.

Victor Hagan is the Alabama Election Reporting Fellow for the USA TODAY Network. He can be reached at vhagan@gannett.com or on X @TheVictorHagan. To support his work, subscribe to the Advertiser.