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2026 Alabama Senate election
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November 3, 2026
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All 35 seats of the Alabama Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Garlan Gudger Bobby Singleton
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since December 3, 2024 January 8, 2019
Leader's seat 4th 24th
Current seats 27 8
Seats needed Steady Increase 10
Map of the incumbents:
     Republican incumbent      Republican incumbent retiring or lost primary
     Democratic incumbent
Incumbent President pro tempore of the Senate

Garlan Gudger
Republican


The 2026 Alabama Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect members of the Alabama Senate in all 35 of the U.S. state of Alabama's legislative districts to serve a four-year term. The first round of the primary took place on May 19, 2026.

Prior to the election, the Republican Party of Alabama held a wide majority over the Democratic Party of Alabama, controlling 27 seats to their eight seats.

This election will take place alongside races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, state house, and numerous other state and local offices.

Background

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Stone v. Allen

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During the 2020 redistricting cycle, Alabama's congressional and state legislative maps faced legal challenges for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 27% of Alabama's population is African American, but only eight of Alabama's senate districts, or 23%, were drawn with a black majority. The initial complaint challenged twelve of the senate districts and twenty-one of the state house districts, although the lawsuit was ultimately reduced to four of the senate districts in Huntsville and Montgomery.[1][2]

On 29 May 2026, a federal appeals court allowed the legislature to use the state senate maps drawn in 2021 after a previous ruling had forced the redrawing of two senate districts in Montgomery.[3] On the same day, Governor Kay Ivey voided the results of the primaries in newly-drawn senate districts 25 and 26, calling a new special primary for the two districts to take place on August 11.[4]

Special elections since 2022

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The following races took place after the 2022 general election:

DistrictCounty(ies)[5]Contest Incumbent Winner Result Cause
5th Fayette
Jefferson (p)
Lamar
Tuscaloosa (p)
Walker		 Jun. 24, 2025 Greg Reed (R) Matt Woods (R) Rep hold. Incumbent senator resigned January 1, 2025 to serve as an advisor for Governor Kay Ivey's administration.
9th Blount (p)
Marshall
Madison (p)		 Apr. 23, 2024
Jan. 9, 2024		 Clay Scofield (R) Wes Kitchens (R) Rep hold. Incumbent senator resigned October 30, 2023 to join the private sector. General election cancelled after the Republican primary, as no other candidates remained.

Retirements

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Republicans

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  1. District 2: Tom Butler is retiring[6]
  2. District 34: Jack Williams is retiring to run for commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.[7]

Incumbents defeated

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In primary elections

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Republicans

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  1. District 15: Dan Roberts lost renomination to Scott Ortis.[8]
  2. District 22: Greg Albritton lost renomination to Terry Waters.[8]

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe R January 22, 2026

Overview

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before After +/–
Republican 27
Democratic 8
Total

Summary of results by Alabama Senate district

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DistrictIncumbentPartyElected senatorOutcome
1st Tim Melson Rep Tim Melson Rep
2nd Tom Butler Rep TBD
3rd Arthur Orr Rep TBD
4th Garlan Gudger Rep TBD Rep
5th Matt Woods[a] Rep Matt Woods Rep
6th Larry Stutts Rep TBD
7th Sam Givhan Rep TBD
8th Steve Livingston Rep TBD
9th Wes Kitchens[b] Rep Wes Kitchens Rep
10th Andrew Jones Rep TBD Rep
11th Lance Bell Rep TBD
12th Keith Kelley Rep Keith Kelley Rep
13th Randy Price Rep TBD
14th April Weaver Rep TBD
15th Dan Roberts Rep TBD Rep
16th J. T. Waggoner Rep TBD
17th Shay Shelnutt Rep Shay Shelnutt Rep
18th Rodger Smitherman Dem Rodger Smitherman Dem
19th Merika Coleman Dem Merika Coleman Dem
20th Linda Coleman-Madison Dem Linda Coleman-Madison Dem
21st Gerald Allen Rep Gerald Allen Rep
22nd Greg Albritton Rep TBD
23rd Robert Stewart Dem TBD
24th Bobby Singleton Dem TBD
25th Will Barfoot Rep TBD
26th Kirk Hatcher Dem TBD
27th Jay Hovey Rep Jay Hovey Rep
28th Billy Beasley Dem TBD
29th Donnie Chesteen Rep TBD
30th Clyde Chambliss Rep Clyde Chambliss Rep
31st Josh Carnley Rep Josh Carnley Rep
32nd Chris Elliott Rep TBD
33rd Vivian Davis Figures Dem Vivian Davis Figures Dem
34th Jack W. Williams Rep TBD Rep
35th David Sessions Rep David Sessions Rep

List of districts

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District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35

District 1

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 1st Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Melson (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 2

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Rudolph Valentino Drake[18]
Eliminated in primary
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  • Alex House, academic advisor[18]
Eliminated in primary
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Results

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Democratic primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rudolph Valentino Drake 4,561 36.57
Democratic Alex House 4,221 33.85
Democratic Guy Sotomayor 3,689 29.58
Total votes 12,471 100.00

Runoff

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Results
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Democratic primary runoff[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rudolph Valentino Drake 3,146 53.49
Democratic Alex House 2,736 46.51
Total votes 5,882 100.00

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 2nd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Roberts
Democratic Rudolph Valentino Drake
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 3

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • John Dickey, educator[24]

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 3rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Arthur Orr (incumbent)
Democratic John Dickey
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 4

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • JR Bowling, candidate for state house in 2018[26]
Declined
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Endorsements

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J.R. Bowling

Organizations

Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[c]		 Margin
of error		 Garlan
Gudger		 Cindy
Myrex		 Kerry
Watson		 Bradley
Williams		 Undecided
Cullman Daily[34] August 13, 2025 355 (V) ± 5% 30% 29% N/a N/a 41%
31% N/a 22% N/a 47%
33% N/a N/a 23% 44%

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garlan Gudger (incumbent) 15,422 64.65
Republican J.R. Bowling 8,432 35.35
Total votes 23,854 100.00

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 4th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garlan Gudger (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 5

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 5th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Matt Woods
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 6

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 6th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry Stutts (incumbent)
Democratic Bobby Martin
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 7

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 7th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Givhan (incumbent)
Democratic Jared Sluss
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 8

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 8th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Livingston (incumbent)
Democratic Katie Kramer
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 9

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 9th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wes Kitchens
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 10

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Amy Dozier Minton

Organizations

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andrew Jones (incumbent) 8,308 53.83
Republican Amy Dozier Minton 7,127 46.17
Total votes 15,435 100.00

Independent candidates

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Declared

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  • Jesse Battles, business owner and disqualified candidate in the primary election[43]

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 10th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andrew Jones (incumbent)
Independent Jesse Battles
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 11

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Donald Mottern, journalist[44]

Endorsements

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Donald Mottern

Organizations

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 11th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lance Bell (incumbent)
Democratic Donald Mottern
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 12

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 12th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Keith Kelley (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 13

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Gerald Dial

Organizations

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Price (incumbent) 11,457 62.15
Republican Gerald Dial 6,976 37.85
Total votes 18,433 100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 13th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Price (incumbent)
Democratic Jamie Forsyth
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 14

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Mandie Ledkins, community advocate[50]

Endorsements

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Mandie Ledkins

Organizations

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 14th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican April Weaver (incumbent)
Democratic Mandie Ledkins
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 15

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Scott Ortis, home infusion and enteral care business owner[52]
Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Scott Ortis

Organizations

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Ortis 8,300 52.06
Republican Dan Roberts (incumbent) 7,643 47.94
Total votes 15,943 100.00

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 15th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Ortis
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 16

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Jabo Waggoner

U.S. representatives

Local officials

Organizations

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner (incumbent) 7,695 54.13
Republican Nate Carlson 6,522 45.87
Total votes 14,217 100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Spencer Stone, educator[58]

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 16th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. T. Waggoner
Democratic Spencer Stone
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 17

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 17th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shay Shelnutt
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 18

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 18th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rodger Smitherman (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 19

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 19th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Merika Coleman (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 20

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Linda Coleman-Madison

Organizations

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 20th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Linda Coleman-Madison (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 21

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Independent candidates

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Declared

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  • Jolie Woodrow Minor Jr.[62]

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 21st Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gerald Allen (incumbent)
Independent Jolie Woodrow Minor Jr.
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 22

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Terry Waters, farmer and small business owner[63]
Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry L. Waters 9,084 52.11
Republican Greg Albritton (incumbent) 8,349 47.89
Total votes 17,433 100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 22nd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry Waters
Democratic Ashley Sharpe
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 23

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 23rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert Stewart (incumbent)
Republican Thayer Spencer
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 24

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Disqualified
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  • Richard Benderson[65]

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 24th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bobby Singleton (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 25

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Republican primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Russell "Ty" Taylor[25]
Declined
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Democratic primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Phadra Carson Foster[59]
  • KK Middleton[59]

Endorsements

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Kirk Hatcher

Organizations

Results

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Democratic primary (voided)[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kirk Hatcher (incumbent) 12,250 55.40
Democratic Phadra Carson Foster 5,312 24.02
Democratic KK Middleton 4,549 20.57
Total votes 22,111 100.00

Special Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared
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  • Will Barfoot, incumbent state senator (previously ran in this district, then in the 26th district)[67]

Special Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Presumptive nominee
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  • Phadra Carson Foster, candidate for this district in the regular primary[68]

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 25th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Will Barfoot (incumbent)
Democratic Phadra Carson Foster
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 26

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Democratic primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Republican primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Will Barfoot, incumbent state senator for the 25th district (previously ran in the 25th district)[66]

Endorsements

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Special Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Presumptive nominee
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  • Kirk Hatcher, incumbent state senator (previously ran in this district, then in the 25th district)[67]

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 26th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kirk Hatcher (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 27

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Doug Cannon, member of the Lee County Commission from district 1 (2021–present)[70]

Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Hovey (incumbent) 10,933 68.90
Republican Doug Cannon 4,936 31.10
Total votes 15,869 100.00

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 27th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Hovey (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 28

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Billy Beasley

Organizations

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 28th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Billy Beasley (incumbent)
Republican Brent Comer
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 29

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Val Paul[25]
  • Zachary Hurst, law enforcement officer[73]

Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donnie Chesteen (incumbent) 14,068 85.00
Republican Zachary J. Hurst 1,952 11.79
Republican Val Glasgow Paul 530 3.20
Total votes 16,550 100.00

Democratic primary

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 29th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donnie Chesteen (incumbent)
Democratic Jimmy McCray
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 30

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 30th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Clyde Chambliss (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 31

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 31st Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Josh Carnley (incumbent) {{{percentage}}}
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 32

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Mike Van, car salesman[78]

Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Elliott (incumbent) 14,561 72.78
Republican Mike Vandenheuvel 5,445 27.22
Total votes 20,006 100.00

Democratic primary

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Nominee
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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 32nd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Elliott (incumbent)
Democratic Janet Appleby
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 33

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Democratic primary

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Vivian Davis Figures

Organizations

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 33rd Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Vivian Davis Figures (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 34

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Did not file
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Doug Harwell

Local officials

Organizations

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rusty Glover 7,187 54.55
Republican Doug Harwell 5,987 45.45
Total votes 13,174 100.00

General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 34th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rusty Glover
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

District 35

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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General election

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Results

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2026 Alabama's 35th Senate district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican David Sessions (incumbent)
Write-in
Total votes 100.00

Notes

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  1. ↑ Succeeded Republican senator Greg Reed, who resigned in 2025 to join governor Kay Ivey's administration, after a June 2025 special election.
  2. ↑ Kitchens took office in a special election following the resignation of Clay Scofield.
  3. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Complaint in Thomas v. Merrill" (PDF). November 15, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Fourth Amended Complaint in Stone v. Allen" (PDF). December 6, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. ↑ Barrett, Anna (May 29, 2026). "Federal appeals court allows Alabama to use 2021 state Senate map". Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Senate Districts 25 and 26 Special Primary Election Proclamation". Office of the Governor of Alabama. Retrieved May 30, 2026.
  5. ↑ "McLendon Senate Plan 1 (enacted)" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  6. ↑ McLaughlin, Bud (July 7, 2025). "Tom Butler, longtime Alabama State Senator, not seeking re-election in 2026". Yellowhammer News. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ Moseley, Brandon (October 1, 2024). "Jack Williams – candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture – campaigns in St. Clair County". The Alabama Gazette. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  8. 1 2 Cason, Mike (May 20, 2026). "These 8 veteran lawmakers lost in Alabama's primary election". AL.com. Retrieved May 20, 2026.
  9. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (January 22, 2026). "Handicapping The 2026 State Legislative Map: A First Look". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
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