AL-SD05: Matt Woods (R) wins special election to fill Senate District 5 seat

Rep. Matt Woods, R-Jasper, won election to Senate District 5 Tuesday night.

As of 9:16 p.m. Tuesday, Woods had 7,707 votes (86%) in unofficial returns for the north central Alabama Senate district, which includes Lamar, Fayette, Walker, the northern half of Tuscaloosa County, and the western part of Jefferson County. Democratic nominee Ryan Cagle, a progressive faith leader and community organizer and the first Democrat to run for the office since 2010, conceded around 9 p.m. At 9:16 p.m., he had 1,238 votes (13.1%).

Woods said in a statement that he looks “forward to being a conservative voice for all of District 5.”

“We’ve got a lot of good things happening in Alabama and I’m going to work hard to ensure we remain a conservative, pro-growth, and pro-freedom state,” he said.




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