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United States Senate election in Alabama, 2026 (May 19 Republican primary)

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U.S. Senate, Alabama
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Election details
Filing deadline: January 23, 2026
Primary: May 19, 2026
Primary runoff: June 16, 2026
General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Alabama
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Pending
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
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A Republican Party primary takes place on May 19, 2026, in Alabama to determine which Republican candidate will run in the state's general election on November 3, 2026.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
January 23, 2026
May 19, 2026
November 3, 2026


Heading into the election, the incumbent is Tommy Tuberville (Republican), who was first elected in 2020.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Alabama's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

  • Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
  • Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Alabama

Jared Hudson (R), Steve Marshall (R), Barry Moore (R), Morgan Murphy (R), and Rodney Walker (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Alabama on May 19, 2026.

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Morgan Murphy
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Rodney Walker

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Party: Republican Party

Incumbent: No

Submitted Biography:  "I am a 56 year old Alabama Businessman and Cattle Farmer running as a republican for US Senate. I am not a career politician or trail lawyer. I want to take hard work and common sense to Washington DC and serve the people of Alabama. I am married to Stacie Walker. I have one son and two step-sons and 5 grandchildren. Sean and Jodi are foster parents. Stacie and I live in Lineville, AL on the cattle farm. My grandfathers, who were both WWII Veterans, taught me a valuable lesson you don’t hear much these days: that hard work will not kill you. I started my cattle farm from scratch in 1985 while still in high school. That farm today has grown to cover 3000 acres with 750 momma cows, 26 bulls and approx. 700 calves right now. I have had an Alabama State General Contractors License since 1996 where we have built both commercial and residential properties. We own Wedowee Quarry, Patriot Fueling Centers, Hatchett Creek Leasing, Inc and Patriot Fuels USA Inc. We have a wonderful team of hard working team members who work with us each day. Please consider voting for hard work and common sense in this election."

Key Messages

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I Will introduce legislation to tariff imported prescription drugs in order to bring all pharmaceutical drug manufacturing back to the United States of America.

I will continue the fight that Tommy Tubberville and other Senators have started by stopping the purchase of our homeland to foreign adversaries like China and Russia. We must have a Senator that understands these issues and stands up for the people of Alabama. I want to loudly express to you right now that Alabama is #4 on the list of all States with the most farm land and timberland by foreign countries. China and other countries own 2,172,558 acres of agricultural land in Alabama. China owns most of the beautiful National Forest in Alabama. Please let that sink in. We must vote and elect and Senator that protects you from foreign hostile countries in our Homeland!

I will seek a position on the Senate Agriculture Committee where I can promote American farm and timber products to new foreign markets in order to provide a long term sustainable income for our farmers.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Alabama

Election information in Alabama: May 19, 2026, election.

What is the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: May 4, 2026
  • By mail: Postmarked by May 4, 2026
  • Online: May 4, 2026

Is absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: May 14, 2026
  • By mail: Received by May 12, 2026
  • Online: N/A

What is the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: May 19, 2026
  • By mail: Received by May 19, 2026

Is early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

N/A to N/A

Are all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, is a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When are polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (CT)

Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Jared Hudson Republican Party $540,607 $183,568 $357,039 As of September 30, 2025
Steve Marshall Republican Party $824,209 $268,656 $555,553 As of September 30, 2025
Barry Moore Republican Party $778,359 $346,211 $557,279 As of September 30, 2025
Morgan Murphy Republican Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available***
Rodney Walker Republican Party $389,419 $29,532 $359,887 As of September 30, 2025

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.
*** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

Polls

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Polls are conducted with a variety of methodologies and have margins of error or credibility intervals.[2] The Pew Research Center wrote, "A margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points at the 95% confidence level means that if we fielded the same survey 100 times, we would expect the result to be within 3 percentage points of the true population value 95 of those times."[3] For tips on reading polls from FiveThirtyEight, click here. For tips from Pew, click here.

Below we provide results for polls from a wide variety of sources, including media outlets, social media, campaigns, and aggregation websites, when available. We only report polls for which we can find a margin of error or credibility interval. Know of something we're missing? Click here to let us know.


United States Senate election in Alabama (Republican primary), 2026 polls
PollDatesHudsonMarshallMooreMurphyWalkerUndecidedSample sizeMargin of error
The Alabama Poll
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830121346600
± 4.0%
Note: LV is likely voters, RV is registered voters, and EV is eligible voters.


Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate 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. Senate candidates, 2026
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Alabama U.S. Senate Ballot-qualified party N/A Fixed by party 1/23/2026 Source
Alabama U.S. Senate Unaffiliated 2% of the total number of votes cast in the state for U.S. Representative in the last general election N/A 5/19/2026 Source


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Alabama Legislature, "Ala. Code § 17-13-7," accessed November 24, 2025
  2. ↑ For more information on the difference between margins of error and credibility intervals, see explanations from the American Association for Public Opinion Research and Ipsos.
  3. ↑ Pew Research Center, "5 key things to know about the margin of error in election polls," September 8, 2016


Alabama's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Katie Britt (R)
Tommy Tuberville (R)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
Republican Party (7)
Democratic Party (2)


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