Republican Party primaries in Alabama, 2026
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| Republican Party primaries, 2026 |
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| Primary Date |
| May 19, 2026 |
| Primary Runoff Date |
| June 16, 2026 |
| Federal elections |
| Republican primaries for U.S. House |
| State party |
| Republican Party of Alabama |
| State political party revenue |
This page focuses on the Republican primaries that will take place in Alabama on May 19, 2026.
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.
Federal elections
U.S. Senate
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.
Republican primary
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Alabama
The following candidates are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Alabama on May 19, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Seth Burton  | |
 | Jared Hudson | |
 | Steve Marshall | |
 | Barry Moore | |
| Morgan Murphy | ||
| Dale Shelton Deas Jr. | ||
 | Rodney Walker | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tommy Tuberville (R)
U.S. House
District 1
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Barry Moore (Incumbent)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 2
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 3
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mike Rogers (Incumbent)
- Terri LaPoint
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 4
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Robert Aderholt (Incumbent)
- Tommy Barnes
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 5
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Dale Strong (Incumbent)
- Joseph Terry
District 6
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Gary Palmer (Incumbent)
- Case Dixon
District 7
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
State elections
State Senate
- See also: Alabama State Senate elections, 2026
Democratic
House of Representatives
State executive offices
Thirteen state executive offices are up for election in Alabama in 2026:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General
Secretary of State
Auditor
Agriculture Commissioner
Treasurer
Public Service Commission (2 seats)
State Board of Education (4 seats)
Governor of Alabama
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyAttorney General of Alabama
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Alabama Secretary of State
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Alabama Treasurer
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Young Boozer (Incumbent)
- Steve Lolley
Alabama Auditor
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Andrew Sorrell (Incumbent)
- Derek Chen
Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyAlabama State Board of Education
District 2
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Tracie West (Incumbent)
District 4
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
District 6
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Marie Manning (Incumbent)
- Cathi Bradford
District 8
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Alabama Public Service Commission
Place 1
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Jeremy Oden (Incumbent)
- Matt Gentry
Place 2
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
State supreme court
- See also: Alabama Supreme Court elections, 2026
Seat 1
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Greg Shaw (Incumbent)
Seat 2
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Brad Mendheim (Incumbent)
Seat 8
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
State court of appeals
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
Ben Bowden's seat
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Benjamin M. Bowden (Incumbent)
Matt Fridy's seat
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Matt Fridy (Incumbent)
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
Mary Becker Windom's seat
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Mary Becker Windom (Incumbent)
J. Elizabeth Kellum's seat
Republican primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- J. Elizabeth Kellum (Incumbent)
- Riggs Walker
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Alabama
Context of the 2026 elections
Alabama Party Control: 1992-2026
Six years of Democratic trifectas • Sixteen 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 | 26 |
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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 | 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 | 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 | R |
State party overview
Republican Party of Alabama
- See also: Republican Party of Alabama
Alabama has a Republican state government trifecta. A trifecta exists when one political party simultaneously holds the governor’s office and majorities in both state legislative chambers. As of February 28, 2026, there are 23 Republican trifectas, 14 Democratic trifectas, and 13 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.
In the 2020 election, Republicans had a net gain of two trifectas and two states under divided government became trifectas. Prior to that election, Alabama had a Republican trifecta. There were 21 Republican trifectas, 15 Democratic trifectas, and 14 divided governments.
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.
In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
