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The individual precinct results from the AL State Senate District 7 race show that Paul Sanford is going to be challenged in serving his district (as would Laura Hall have been if she had one), and that as everyone anticipated, turnout made all the difference.
Hampton Cove, Sanford’s biggest box, alone accounted for half of the final gap between the candidates. On Tuesday, Sanford received 1,641 votes to Hall’s 206 at Cove United Methodist Church, which sits in a largely affluent area where 93 percent of the registered voters are white.
He also dominated the totals in Blossomwood, Owens Cross Roads and much of south Huntsville.
On the other hand, at First Missionary Baptist Church in north Huntsville, where 77 percent of the registered voters are black, Hall won 666 votes to just 92 for Sanford.
She posted larger margins at numerous smaller boxes, including winning 123-to-1 at Cavalry Friendship Center in north Huntsville and 230-to-7 at Alabama A&M University.
In fact, it was hard to find neighborhoods that were nearly split evenly. At only eight boxes, including one in Five Points and two in southwest Huntsville, did neither candidate win more than 60 percent.
There will certainly be different explanations offered for why this was the case (Laura Hall’s advertising, historical migration patterns, etc.) It will be interesting to watch in the next election whether Sanford has been able to close that divide by the way he represents the district. I hope that is the case.
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The wording of your introductory sentence doesn’t convey the message I believe you’re trying to get across. Election results don’t indicate he “is going to be challenged in serving his district.” They do indicate that there were sharp geographical and likely racial divides in the voters. He (or Hall, as you stated) may find it difficult to smooth over any hard feelings, but that doesn’t mean it will be a challenge to “serve the district.” Hopefully serving the district will aid in smoothing over any lingering hard feelings.
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