U.S. Reps. Gary Palmer and Terri Sewell waltzed onto their parties’ general election ballots without a stumble in Tuesday’s primaries, defeating challengers who had emerged against the incumbents.

Sewell won the Democratic nomination to return to the seat representing District 7 in the U.S. House of Representatives with 92.54% of the vote; Palmer snared the Republican nomination to the District 6 seat with 83.24% of the vote. Both will be on the general election ballot in November.

Also in Tuesday’s voting, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Sarah Stewart won handily her party’s nomination to return to the court, and It appears Amendment 1 has died. The measure, which proposed to streamline voting on local legislation, failed by 18,631 votes.

Turnout for Tuesday’s vote was 20.97%.

The vote set the stage for a Democratic primary runoff on April 16. No candidate received a majority vote in the party’s races for a district court judgeship, probate judge and assistant tax collector. On the Republican side, no local races will head to a runoff.

See results in both primaries:

Election Results in the Jefferson County Democratic Primary

Election Results in the Jefferson County Republican Primary

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