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2026 Alabama Senate Election
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Seats up: 35 Primary: May 19, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
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Elections for the Alabama State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.

The Alabama State Senate is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state senates and State government trifectas

Party		As of September 2025
	Democratic Party	8
	Republican Party	27
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		35

Candidates

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

General election

Alabama State Senate general election 2026
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name. The candidate list in this election may not be complete. Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications. Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.
Office	Democratic	Republican	Other
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10		Andrew Jones (i) Jesse Battles
District 11	Donald Mottern
District 12
District 13
District 14		April Weaver (i)
District 15
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 21	Jodie Minor	Gerald Allen (i)
District 22		Greg Albritton (i)
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 26
District 27		Jay Hovey (i)
District 28
District 29
District 30
District 31
District 32
District 33
District 34		Rusty Glover
District 35

Voting information

See also: Voting in Alabama

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Alabama. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Alabama

See statutes: Title 17 of the Code of Alabama

There are four methods by which a candidate can gain ballot access: with an officially recognized political party, with a minor party seeking political party status, as an independent, or as a write-in. Every candidate for state-level office must submit a statement of economic interests when he or she first files for office. Within five days of filing this document, every candidate must organize a campaign finance committee and file an appointment of principal campaign committee form with the Alabama Secretary of State. Only the candidates of officially recognized political parties can participate in the state primary election. All other candidates run in the general election.

Political party candidates

All candidates seeking a party nomination for a non-county office (such as a federal, state, or state legislative office) must file a declaration of candidacy with the state party chair by 5:00 p.m. 116 days before the date of the primary. The state party chair must then certify the names of primary election candidates with the Alabama Secretary of State no later than 5 p.m. 82 days before the primary election. Candidates seeking a party nomination for a county office must file a declaration with the county party chair no later than 5:00 p.m. 116 days before the primary.

A party candidate must pay a party filing fee. These fees are established by the parties.

Minor party candidates

A minor party candidate is nominated at party meetings or conventions. Such meetings must be held before the primary election. The minor party must file certificates of nomination for each nominated candidate seeking a state or federal office with the Alabama Secretary of State. For county candidates, the certificate of nomination must be filed with the local Judge of Probate. These certificates are due on the day of the primary election.

Independent candidates

An independent candidate must file a petition with the Alabama Secretary of State. The petition must contain the signatures of registered voters equal to at least 3 percent of the total vote cast for governor in the applicable electoral district in the last general election.

This petition must be filed by 5 p.m. on the day of the primary election. A candidate cannot run as an independent if he or she ran in the primary election in the same year.

Write-in candidates

There are no filing requirements for write-in candidates in Alabama.

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Under Article IV, Section 47, of the Alabama Constitution, senators must be at least 25 years of age at the time of their election, must be citizens and residents of the State of Alabama for at least 3 years and residents of their district at least one year prior to election.

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

State legislative salaries, 2024
Salary	Per diem
$59,674.08/year	No per diem is paid to legislators whose permanent residence is less than six hours away. Legislators who are 6-12 hrs from their permanent residence receive $12.75/day. Legislators who are over 12 hours away and have no overnight stay receive $34/day.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Alabama legislators assume office the day following their election.

Alabama political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

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
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

Presidential politics in Alabama

2024

See also: Presidential election, 2024

Presidential election in Alabama, 2024

		Candidate/Running mate	%	Popular votes	Electoral votes
✔		Donald Trump/J.D. Vance (R)	64.6	1,462,616	9
		Kamala D. Harris/Tim Walz (D)	34.1	772,412	0
		Robert F. Kennedy Jr./Nicole Shanahan (Independent)	0.5	12,075	0
		Chase Oliver/Mike ter Maat (Independent)	0.2	4,930	0
		Jill Stein/Samson LeBeau Kpadenou (Independent)	0.2	4,319	0
		Other write-in votes	0.4	8,738	0

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There were no incumbents in this race The results have been certified.

Total votes: 2,265,090

2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020

Presidential election in Alabama, 2020

		Candidate/Running mate	%	Popular votes	Electoral votes
✔		Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)	62.0	1,441,170	9
		Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)	36.6	849,624	0
		Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (Independent)	1.1	25,176	0
		Other write-in votes	0.3	7,312	0

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 2,323,282

2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016

U.S. presidential election, Alabama, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine	34.4%	729,547	0
	Republican	Donald Trump/Mike Pence	62.1%	1,318,255	9
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson/Bill Weld	2.1%	44,467	0
	Green	Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka	0.4%	9,391	0
	Other	Write-in votes	1%	21,712	0
Total Votes				2,123,372	9
Election results via: Alabama Secretary of State

Alabama presidential election results (1900-2024)

• 16 Democratic wins
• 14 Republican wins
• 2 other wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	2024
Winning Party	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	SR	D	D	D	R	AI	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R

Redistricting following the 2020 census

On August 22, 2025, the district court struck down the state senate map as a violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Alabama enacted state legislative maps for the state Senate and House of Representatives on Nov. 4, 2021, after Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the proposals into law. Senators approved the Senate map on Nov. 1 with a 25-7 vote. Representatives approved the Senate map on Nov. 3 with a 76-26 vote. For the House proposal, representatives voted 68-35 in favor on Nov. 1 and senators followed on Nov. 3 with a 22-7 vote. These maps took effect for Alabama's 2022 legislative elections.

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Alabama State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Steve Livingston

Minority Leader:Bobby Singleton

Senators

District 1

Tim Melson (R)

District 2

Tom Butler (R)

District 3

Arthur Orr (R)

District 4

Garlan Gudger (R)

District 5

Matt Woods (R)

District 6

Larry Stutts (R)

District 7

Sam Givhan (R)

District 8

Steve Livingston (R)

District 9

Wes Kitchens (R)

District 10

Andrew Jones (R)

District 11

Lance Bell (R)

District 12

Keith Kelley (R)

District 13

Randy Price (R)

District 14

April Weaver (R)

District 15

Dan Roberts (R)

District 16

J.T. Waggoner (R)

District 17

Shay Shelnutt (R)

District 18

Rodger Smitherman (D)

District 19

Merika Coleman (D)

District 20

Linda Coleman-Madison (D)

District 21

Gerald Allen (R)

District 22

Greg Albritton (R)

District 23

Robert Stewart (D)

District 24

Bobby Singleton (D)

District 25

Will Barfoot (R)

District 26

Kirk Hatcher (D)

District 27

Jay Hovey (R)

District 28

Billy Beasley (D)

District 29

Donnie Chesteen (R)

District 30

Clyde Chambliss (R)

District 31

Josh Carnley (R)

District 32

Chris Elliott (R)

District 33

Vivian Figures (D)

District 34

Jack Williams (R)

District 35

David Sessions (R)

Republican Party (27)

Democratic Party (8)