CREATE TABLE table_27288 ("District" CLOB, "Incumbent" CLOB, "Party" CLOB, "First elected" FLOAT, "Result" CLOB, "Candidates" CLOB)

Name the first elected for alabama 3
SELECT COUNT("First elected") FROM table_27288 WHERE "District" = 'Alabama 3'
SELECT COUNT("First elected") FROM "table_27288" WHERE "District" = 'Alabama 3'