She did it again.

Seven-term incumbent Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, soundly defeated Republican Robin Litaker to earn an eighth trip to Washington to represent Alabama’s 7th Congressional District.

In the 6th Congressional District, Republican incumbent Rep. Gary Palmer won a sixth term, defeating political newcomer Elizabeth Anderson, a Democrat, 70.68% to her 29.20%.

“I want to thank, obviously, the folks of my district, Alabama’s 7th Congressional District,” Sewell said during a watch party at Saturn in Birmingham’s Avondale entertainment district. “I ran to represent my home district. I ran on a platform of creating more opportunities and giving more resources to Alabama’s 7th Congressional District and I believe we delivered on giving resources and creating opportunities.”

Unofficial returns showed Sewell with 63.11% of the vote to Litaker’s 36.82%

Efforts to reach Litaker, a retired educator, for comment were unsuccessful.

The crowd at Saturn cheered loudly with every encouraging report concerning the campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris against former President Donald Trump. Sewell took the stand as head cheerleader, and she tried to keep the crowd enthused and optimistic.

“I want to thank you for giving me another term so we can continue to really fight for our shared values,” the congresswoman said. “Thank you for my win and stay tuned to the top of the ticket. We’re still excited. We have to be

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“We are Alabama’s blue dot, but we’re a fierce dot,” Sewell said. “We’re fiercely loyal, very committed and we worked very, very hard for the Harris-Walz. team. I still believe this race was about a choice and, in my opinion, a very clear choice. Do you want to move ahead or do you want to go back? And I don’t know about you but I’m not going back.”

Palmer Returns to Office

Palmer, a Hoover resident, had not faced a challenger for his office since 2018.

District 6, which includes much of suburban Birmingham and Shelby, Bibb, Chilton, Autauga, Coosa and Elmore counties, changed slightly after Alabama’s Congressional map was redrawn last year.

“I’m grateful that people have that much confidence in me,” Palmer said at the Alabama GOP’s election night watch party at Farrelly’s Southern Bar & Kitchen in Hoover. “I’m not your typical member of Congress. I grew up poor. My dad had an eighth-grade education. So I appreciate how hard people work, how they try to invest in their children. I want to help them. I had people help me. Anything I can do to help people improve their situation, I want to do that.”

Palmer said he plans to work in his next term on bringing down the cost of living, securing the border and opening more energy resources in the United States.

State Rep. Leigh Hulsey, R-Helena, who attended the Republican watch party with her husband, Dennis, said Palmer’s energy policy and efforts are a major reason she supports him. “I’m extremely pleased with the job he’s done,” she said.

Dennis Hulsey said he identifies with Palmer’s morals. “I’ve only seen the character out of him that I would want to see in someone representing me,” he said.

Anderson, a Shelby County resident, is CEO of Birmingham-based LunarLab, a product strategy and design firm. Key issues of her campaign included reproductive rights, climate change and investment in education.

“I’m just so grateful to all of the volunteers and the donors and the people who came out to vote,” Anderson said Tuesday night. “I’m so grateful for all of their support because we did a lot of really hard work together, and I think it’s worth it, because Alabama progressive voices are absolutely worth fighting for.”

Anderson said she will remain involved in politics and would love to run for office again.

Jack Jacobs, an attorney primarily representing coal miners in Alabama, attended the Shelby County Democrats’ election night watch party at Margarita Grill in Pelham to support Anderson.

When asked about issues that drew him to Anderson, Jacobs said he has a daughter. “I want to see that my daughter has all the rights her mother and grandmother had,” he said. “Someone has to fight for it, and Elizabeth is doing that.”