2026 United States Senate election in Alabama
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The 2026 United States Senate election in Alabama will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Alabama. Republican congressman Barry Moore and Democratic attorney Everett Wess are the nominees for their respective parties. Republican incumbent Tommy Tuberville is not seeking a second term in order to run for governor.
Primary elections were held on May 19, which were followed by runoffs for both parties on June 16 after no candidates received a majority. Moore won the Republican runoff with 55.8% of the vote over businessman Jared Hudson and Wess won the Democratic runoff with 54.6% of the vote over businessman Dakarai Larriett.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
Barry Moore, U.S. representative from AL-1 (2021–present)
Eliminated in runoff
Jared Hudson, tactical training business owner and nominee for Jefferson County sheriff in 2022
Eliminated in primary
Seth Burton, business development director and former Navy nuclear submarine commander
Dale Deas Jr., cardiac surgeon and biomedical engineer
Steve Marshall, attorney general of Alabama (2017–present)
Rodney Walker, wholesale fuel company CEO
Withdrawn
Morgan Murphy, former national security advisor to incumbent Tommy Tuberville (endorsed Moore, remained on ballot)
Tommy Tuberville, incumbent U.S. senator (running for governor)
Declined
Will Ainsworth, lieutenant governor of Alabama (2019–present)
Mo Brooks, former U.S. representative from AL-5 (2011–2023) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2017 and 2022 (ran for state representative)
Paul Finebaum, sports radio personality
A. J. McCarron, professional football player (ran for lieutenant governor)
Gary Palmer, U.S. representative from Alabama's 6th congressional district (2015–present) (running for re-election)
Bruce Pearl, former coach of Auburn Tigers men's basketball
Dale Strong, U.S. representative from AL-5 (2023–present) (running for re-election)
Endorsements
First round
Debates and forums
Fundraising
Italics indicate a candidate that has either withdrawn from the race, declined to run, or been eliminated in the primary.
Polling
Results
Runoff
Polling
Results
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
Everett Wess, attorney and perennial candidate
Eliminated in runoff
Dakarai Larriett, petcare business owner
Eliminated in primary
Kyle Sweetser, construction company owner and 2024 Democratic National Convention speaker
Mark Wheeler II, chemist
Disqualified
Lamont Lavender, veteran
Withdrawn
Greg Howard, podcaster (ran for U.S. House)
Declined
Doug Jones, former U.S. senator (2018–2021) (running for governor)
Endorsements
Fundraising
Italics indicate a candidate that has either withdrawn from the race, declined to run, or been eliminated in the primary.
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