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Alex Balkcum (Republican Party) ran for election to the Alabama State Board of Education to represent District 2. Balkcum lost in the Republican primary on May 24, 2022.

Balkcum was also a 2014 Republican candidate for District 80 of the Alabama House of Representatives.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for Alabama State Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Tracie West won election in the general election for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tracie West (R)	98.1	120,488
	Other/Write-in votes	1.9	2,297

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 122,785
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 2

Incumbent Tracie West defeated Alex Balkcum in the Republican primary for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on May 24, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tracie West	66.8	42,298
	Alex Balkcum	33.2	21,041

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 63,339
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2014

See also: Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014; a runoff election took place where necessary on July 15, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was February 7, 2014. Tillman Pugh was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Lesley Vance defeated Alex Balkcum and Mervin Dudley in the Republican primary. Vance defeated Pugh in the general election.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

**Alabama House of Representatives District 80, General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lesley Vance Incumbent	67.6%	4,702
	Democratic	Tillman Pugh	32.2%	2,241
	NA	Write-In	0.2%	17
Total Votes				6,960

**Alabama House of Representatives, District 80 Republican Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Lesley Vance Incumbent	64.4%	1,316
Alex Balkcum	18.5%	378
Mervin Dudley	17.2%	351
Total Votes		2,045

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2022

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