Most of the committee's more than 200 members are elected in district elections across Alabama.
The district election held on 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:
Ostensibly, special district elections are not conducted along traditional party lines.
Barry was a candidate in Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, 2007.
He was formerly a candidate in Illinois's 5th congressional district special election, 2009.
In the 1986 first district election, a minor party candidate gained 2% of the vote.
Hayhurst was the 2010 Democratic candidate for the 3rd district congressional election.
Gerrymandering can have an impact on campaign costs for district elections.
Council members are typically elected in either city wide or district elections.
These political parties historically receive fewer than 15% of the votes in the district elections.
