United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2020

Elections in Alabama, 2020

• Election date: Nov. 3
• Registration deadline(s): Oct. 19
• Online registration: Yes
• Same-day registration: No
• Recount laws

• Early voting starts: N/A
• Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Nov. 2 (postmarked); Nov. 3 (received)
• Processing, counting, and challenging absentee/mail-in ballots
• Voter ID: Photo ID
• Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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2020 U.S. House Elections in Alabama

Primary Date March 3, 2020

Primary Runoff Date July 14, 2020

Partisan breakdown • Candidates

Alabama District Pages District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7

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2020 U.S. Senate Elections

The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alabama took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected seven candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's seven congressional districts.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
November 8, 2019	March 3, 2020	November 3, 2020

Election procedure changes in 2020

See also: Changes to election dates, procedures, and administration in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, 2020

Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.

Alabama modified its absentee/mail-in voting and candidate filing procedures for the November 3, 2020, general election as follows:

• Absentee/mail-in voting: Any qualified voter could cast an absentee ballot in the general election.
• Candidate filing procedures: The petition deadline for unaffiliated presidential candidates was extended to August 20, 2020.

For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 3 election, the Republican Party held six of the seven congressional seats from Alabama.

Members of the U.S. House from Alabama -- Partisan Breakdown
Party		As of November 2020	After the 2020 Election
	Democratic Party	1	1
	Republican Party	6	6
Total		7	7

Incumbents

Heading into the 2020 election, the incumbents for the seven congressional districts were:

Name	Party	District
Bradley Byrne	Republican	1
Martha Roby	Republican	2
Mike Rogers	Republican	3
Robert Aderholt	Republican	4
Mo Brooks	Republican	5
Gary Palmer	Republican	6
Terri Sewell	Democratic	7

Voting in Alabama

See also: Voting in Alabama

2020 election results

Click here to explore results

Click the links below for more information on Alabama elections in 2020:

• President of the United States
• U.S. Senate
• U.S. House
• State executive
• State supreme court
• State intermediate appellate courts

Battleground races

Ballotpedia has identified the following Alabama elections as battlegrounds:

• Alabama's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (July 14 Republican primary runoff)
• Alabama's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
• Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (July 14 Republican primary runoff)
• Alabama's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)
• United States Senate election in Alabama, 2020
• United States Senate election in Alabama, 2020 (July 14 Republican primary runoff)
• United States Senate election in Alabama, 2020 (March 3 Republican primary)

Candidates

District 1

General election candidates

• James Averhart  (Democratic Party) 
• Jerry Carl  (Republican Party) ✔

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 Democratic primary runoff candidates

• James Averhart ✔ 
• Kiani Gardner

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 Republican primary runoff candidates

• Jerry Carl ✔
• Bill Hightower

 Democratic primary candidates

• James Averhart ✔ 
• Frederick Collins 
• Kiani Gardner ✔

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 Republican primary candidates

• Jerry Carl ✔
• John Castorani
• Bill Hightower ✔
• Wes Lambert
• Chris Pringle

Did not make the ballot:

• Chase Anderson Romagnano

District 2

General election candidates

• Phyllis Harvey-Hall  (Democratic Party)
• Barry Moore  (Republican Party) ✔
• John Page  (Libertarian Party) (Write-in)

 Republican primary runoff candidates

• Jeff Coleman 
• Barry Moore ✔

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 Democratic primary candidates

• Phyllis Harvey-Hall ✔
• Nathan Mathis 

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 Republican primary candidates

• Thomas W. Brown Jr. 
• Jeff Coleman ✔ 
• Terri Hasdorff 
• Troy King
• Barry Moore ✔
• Robert Rogers
• Jessica Taylor 

Did not make the ballot:

• Will Dismukes 

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District 3

General election candidates

• Mike Rogers  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Adia Winfrey  (Democratic Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Adia Winfrey ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Hannah Thompson

 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Mike Rogers (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Thomas Casson

District 4

General election candidates

• Robert Aderholt  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Rick Neighbors  (Democratic Party)

 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Rick Neighbors ✔

 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Robert Aderholt (Incumbent) ✔

District 5

General election candidates

• Mo Brooks  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

 Republican primary candidates

• Mo Brooks (Incumbent) ✔
• Chris Lewis 

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District 6

General election candidates

• Gary Palmer  (Incumbent) (Republican Party) ✔
• Kaynen Pellegrino  (Independent) (Write-in) 

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 Democratic primary candidates

The Democratic Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

 Republican primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Gary Palmer (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Anders Pope Allen

District 7

General election candidates

• Terri Sewell  (Incumbent) (Democratic Party) ✔

 Democratic primary candidates

This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:

• Terri Sewell (Incumbent) ✔

Did not make the ballot:

• Camron Devin Stokes

 Republican primary candidates

The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.

Candidate ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Alabama in the 2020 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Alabama, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2020
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Alabama	1st Congressional District	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	1st Congressional District	Republican	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	1st Congressional District	Unaffiliated	7,310	3% of qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election	N/A	N/A	3/3/2020	Source
Alabama	2nd Congressional District	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	2nd Congressional District	Republican	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	2nd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	6,818	3% of qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election	N/A	N/A	3/3/2020	Source
Alabama	3rd Congressional District	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	3rd Congressional District	Republican	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	3rd Congressional District	Unaffiliated	6,977	3% of qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election	N/A	N/A	3/3/2020	Source
Alabama	4th Congressional District	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	4th Congressional District	Republican	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	4th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	6,998	3% of qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election	N/A	N/A	3/3/2020	Source
Alabama	5th Congressional District	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	5th Congressional District	Republican	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	5th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	7,845	3% of qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election	N/A	N/A	3/3/2020	Source
Alabama	6th Congressional District	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	6th Congressional District	Republican	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	6th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	8,434	3% of qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election	N/A	N/A	3/3/2020	Source
Alabama	7th Congressional District	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	7th Congressional District	Republican	N/A	N/A	$3,480.00	2% of base salary	11/8/2019	Source
Alabama	7th Congressional District	Unaffiliated	7,208	3% of qualified electors who voted for governor in the last general election	N/A	N/A	3/3/2020	Source

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
• United States Senate election in Alabama, 2020
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2020
• United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
• United States House Republican Party primaries, 2020
• Democratic Party battleground primaries, 2020
• Republican Party battleground primaries, 2020

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Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Katie Britt (R)

Tommy Tuberville (R)

Representatives

District 1

Barry Moore (R)

District 2

Shomari Figures (D)

District 3

Mike Rogers (R)

District 4

Robert Aderholt (R)

District 5

Dale Strong (R)

District 6

Gary Palmer (R)

District 7

Terri Sewell (D)

Republican Party (7)

Democratic Party (2)