The biggest news, after Alabama was called for Bush and Senator Shelby won re-election, is that Tom Parker, protege of former Alabama Chief Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, has won a seat on the court his mentor was removed from a year ago.

The AP has called Supreme Court Place 1 for Parker, a Republican, with just over 55% of the vote and most precincts reporting. Republicans Patti Smith and Mike Bolin took the other two Supreme Court seats, with just over 61% and 59% respectively. Parker’s win, and possibly some part of the other two wins, is due at least in part to the brouhaha last year where Moore was removed from his position after refusing to remove a monument featuring the Ten Commandments from the state capitol rotunda. Many religious people in Alabama were upset at the decision to remove the monument, and also at the subsequent removal of Moore. The Republican candidate for Civil Appeals court, Tommy Bryan, also won in a tighter race, holding on to 52% of the vote.

Republican Stephanie Bell won in District 3 for a seat on the State Board of Education, with 71% of the vote; Democrats Ella Bell in District 5 and Sandra Ray in District 7 won as well.

All of the winning judges, along with Bell for the SBOE, were endorsed by the Christian Coalition, which sent around flyers with their recommendations.

The AP has information on select county races here.