By Brandon Hollingsworth
Tuscaloosa, AL – Pennsylvania Avenue isn't the only place that will see a change of party. In Alabama, too, there was turnover from Tuesday's elections.
In the Second Congressional District, Democrat Bobby Bright claimed the seat being vacated by incumbent Terry Everett (R-Rehobeth). Bright defeated GOP candidate Jay Love by a very narrow margin - fewer than 2,000 votes separated them.
In north Alabama's Fifth District, a neck-and-neck count stretched long into the night before Democrat Parker Griffith emerged as the winner. He will take over the seat being vacated by incumbent Bud Cramer (D-Huntsville). Republican Wayne Parker garnered 48 percent of the vote to Griffith's 52 percent.
East Alabama's hard-fought race for the Third District ended with another term for incumbent Mike Rogers (R-Anniston). He pulled out a six-point victory over Democratic challenger Joshua Segall.
On the Senate side, Alabama's representation remains the same. Incumbent Republican Jeff Sessions was swept to another term over Democrat Vivian Davis Figures of Mobile.
Lucy Baxley can claim a slim victory over Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh for president of the state's Public Service Commission. It marks a comeback for Baxley, who lost the 2006 gubernatorial race and suffered a stroke shortly thereafter.
56 percent of Alabamians said "yes" to Amendment One, which will expand certain state trust funds. Opponents called it a government bailout; supporters said it would help prevent school proration.