United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama, 2026
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alabama are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect seven candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's seven U.S. House districts. The primary is May 19, 2026, and a primary runoff is June 16, 2026. The filing deadline was January 23, 2026.
Partisan breakdown
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Candidates
District 1
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Clyde Jones (Democratic Party)
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Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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Republican primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
- Barry Moore (Incumbent)
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District 2
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Shomari Figures (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Hampton Harris (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Shomari Figures (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
District 3
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Lee McInnis (Democratic Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
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- Mike Rogers (Incumbent)
- Terri LaPoint
Did not make the ballot:
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District 4
General election candidates
Note: The list of general election candidates is incomplete pending results from the primary.
Democratic primary candidates
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- Robert Aderholt (Incumbent)
- Tommy Barnes
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District 5
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Dale Strong (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
Democratic primary candidates
Did not make the ballot:
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey Republican primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Dale Strong (Incumbent) ✔
Did not make the ballot:
District 6
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Keith Pilkington (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
Did not make the ballot:
Republican primary candidates
- Gary Palmer (Incumbent)
- Case Dixon
District 7
General election candidates
Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Terri Sewell (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
Democratic primary candidates
This primary was canceled and this candidate advanced:
- Terri Sewell (Incumbent) ✔
Republican primary candidates
The Republican Party primary was canceled. No candidates filed for this race.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Alabama
General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]
Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:
- Alabama's 1st Congressional District
- Alabama's 2nd Congressional District
- Alabama's 3rd Congressional District
- Alabama's 4th Congressional District
- Alabama's 5th Congressional District
- Alabama's 6th Congressional District
- Alabama's 7th Congressional District
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Alabama in the 2026 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Alabama, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2026 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Alabama | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | N/A | Fixed by party | 1/23/2026 | Source |
| Alabama | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 3% of all votes cast for governor in the district in the last election | N/A | 5/19/2026 | Source |
Political context
Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2026 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Alabama.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Alabama in 2026. Information below was calculated on Jan. 23, 2026, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Twenty-five candidates — 10 Democrats and 15 Republicans — ran for Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts. That’s 3.6 candidates per district. There were 5.1 candidates per district in 2024, three in 2022, 3.6 in 2020, 3.3 in 2018, 2.3 in 2016, and 2.9 in 2014.
One district — the 1st district — was open in 2026 because Rep. Barry Moore (R-1st) ran for the U.S. Senate. There was one open district in 2024, one in 2022, two in 2020, none in 2018, none in 2016, and one in 2014.
Six primaries — two Democratic and four Republican — were contested in 2026. In total, there were eight contested primaries in 2024, five in 2022, five in 2020, seven in 2018, four in 2016, and four in 2014.
Eight candidates — one Democrat and seven Republicans — ran for the open 1st district, the most candidates that ran for a district in 2026.
Three incumbents — all Republicans — faced primary challengers in 2026. There were six incumbents in a contested primary in 2024, one in 2022, one in 2020, three in 2018, four in 2016, and three in 2014.
The 7th district was guaranteed to Democrats because no Republicans appeared on the ballot. Democrats filed to run in all seven districts, meaning none were guaranteed to Republicans.| District | Incumbent | PVI |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama's 1st | Barry Moore | R+27 |
| Alabama's 2nd | Shomari Figures | D+5 |
| Alabama's 3rd | Mike Rogers | R+23 |
| Alabama's 4th | Robert Aderholt | R+33 |
| Alabama's 5th | Dale Strong | R+15 |
| Alabama's 6th | Gary Palmer | R+20 |
| Alabama's 7th | Terri Sewell | D+13 |
| District | Kamala Harris | Donald Trump |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama's 1st | 22.0% | 77.0% |
| Alabama's 2nd | 54.0% | 45.0% |
| Alabama's 3rd | 26.0% | 73.0% |
| Alabama's 4th | 16.0% | 83.0% |
| Alabama's 5th | 35.0% | 64.0% |
| Alabama's 6th | 30.0% | 69.0% |
| Alabama's 7th | 61.0% | 38.0% |
| Source: The Downballot | ||
Alabama presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 16 Democratic wins
- 14 Republican wins
- 2 other wins
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Alabama's congressional delegation as of September 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Alabama | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 7 | 9 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Alabama's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
|---|---|
| Governor | Kay Ivey |
| Lieutenant Governor | Will Ainsworth |
| Secretary of State | Wes Allen |
| Attorney General | Steve Marshall |
State legislature
Alabama State Senate
| Party | As of February 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 8 | |
| Republican Party | 27 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 35 | |
Alabama House of Representatives
| Party | As of February 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 29 | |
| Republican Party | 76 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 105 | |
Trifecta control
Alabama Party Control: 1992-2025
Six years of Democratic trifectas • Fifteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Although he was not on the ballot, Harry F. Byrd (D) won six unpledged electoral votes in Alabama's 1960 election against Richard Nixon (R) and Democratic Party nominee John F. Kennedy. Kennedy won Alabama's popular vote and received five electoral votes.
- ↑ States' Rights Democratic Party
- ↑ American Independent Party
