2026 Alabama Senate election

The 2026 Alabama Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect members of the Alabama Senate in all 35 of the U.S. state of Alabama's legislative districts to serve a four-year term. The first round of the primary took place on May 19, 2026.

2026 Alabama Senate election

 2022
November 3, 2026
2030 

All 35 seats of the Alabama Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Garlan Gudger Bobby Singleton
Party Republican Democratic
Leader since December 3, 2024 January 8, 2019
Leader's seat 4th 24th
Current seats 27 8
Seats needed Steady Increase 10

Map of the incumbents:
     Republican incumbent      Republican incumbent retiring or lost primary
     Democratic incumbent

Incumbent President pro tempore of the Senate

Garlan Gudger
Republican



Prior to the election, the Republican Party of Alabama held a wide majority over the Democratic Party of Alabama, controlling 27 seats to their eight seats.

This election will take place alongside races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, governor, state house, and numerous other state and local offices.

Background

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Stone v. Allen

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During the 2020 redistricting cycle, Alabama's congressional and state legislative maps faced legal challenges for alleged violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 27% of Alabama's population is African American, but only eight of Alabama's senate districts, or 23%, were drawn with a black majority. The initial complaint challenged twelve of the senate districts and twenty-one of the state house districts, although the lawsuit was ultimately reduced to four of the senate districts in Huntsville and Montgomery.[1][2]

On 29 May 2026, a federal appeals court allowed the legislature to use the state senate maps drawn in 2021 after a previous ruling had forced the redrawing of two senate districts in Montgomery.[3] On the same day, Governor Kay Ivey voided the results of the primaries in newly-drawn senate districts 25 and 26, calling a new special primary for the two districts to take place on August 11.[4]

Special elections since 2022

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The following races took place after the 2022 general election:

DistrictCounty(ies)[5]Contest Incumbent Winner Result Cause
5th Fayette
Jefferson (p)
Lamar
Tuscaloosa (p)
Walker
Jun. 24, 2025 Greg Reed (R) Matt Woods (R) Rep hold. Incumbent senator resigned January 1, 2025 to serve as an advisor for Governor Kay Ivey's administration.
9th Blount (p)
Marshall
Madison (p)
Apr. 23, 2024
Jan. 9, 2024
Clay Scofield (R) Wes Kitchens (R) Rep hold. Incumbent senator resigned October 30, 2023 to join the private sector. General election cancelled after the Republican primary, as no other candidates remained.

Retirements

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Incumbents defeated

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In primary elections

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Republicans

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  1. District 15: Dan Roberts lost renomination to Scott Ortis.[8]
  2. District 22: Greg Albritton lost renomination to Terry Waters.[8]

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] Safe R January 22, 2026

Overview

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Party Candidates Votes Seats
No. % Before After +/–
Republican 27
Democratic 8
Total

Summary of results by Alabama Senate district

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DistrictIncumbentPartyElected senatorOutcome
1st Tim Melson Rep Tim Melson Rep
2nd Tom Butler Rep TBD
3rd Arthur Orr Rep TBD
4th Garlan Gudger Rep TBD Rep
5th Matt Woods[a] Rep Matt Woods Rep
6th Larry Stutts Rep TBD
7th Sam Givhan Rep TBD
8th Steve Livingston Rep TBD
9th Wes Kitchens[b] Rep Wes Kitchens Rep
10th Andrew Jones Rep TBD Rep
11th Lance Bell Rep TBD
12th Keith Kelley Rep Keith Kelley Rep
13th Randy Price Rep TBD
14th April Weaver Rep TBD
15th Dan Roberts Rep TBD Rep
16th J. T. Waggoner Rep TBD
17th Shay Shelnutt Rep Shay Shelnutt Rep
18th Rodger Smitherman Dem Rodger Smitherman Dem
19th Merika Coleman Dem Merika Coleman Dem
20th Linda Coleman-Madison Dem Linda Coleman-Madison Dem
21st Gerald Allen Rep Gerald Allen Rep
22nd Greg Albritton Rep TBD
23rd Robert Stewart Dem TBD
24th Bobby Singleton Dem TBD
25th Will Barfoot Rep TBD
26th Kirk Hatcher Dem TBD
27th Jay Hovey Rep Jay Hovey Rep
28th Billy Beasley Dem TBD
29th Donnie Chesteen Rep TBD
30th Clyde Chambliss Rep Clyde Chambliss Rep
31st Josh Carnley Rep Josh Carnley Rep
32nd Chris Elliott Rep TBD
33rd Vivian Davis Figures Dem Vivian Davis Figures Dem
34th Jack W. Williams Rep TBD Rep
35th David Sessions Rep David Sessions Rep

List of districts

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District 1

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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District 2

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Rudolph Valentino Drake[18]
Eliminated in primary
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  • Alex House, academic advisor[18]
Eliminated in primary
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Results

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Democratic primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rudolph Valentino Drake 4,561 36.57
Democratic Alex House 4,221 33.85
Democratic Guy Sotomayor 3,689 29.58
Total votes 12,471 100.00

Runoff

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Results
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Democratic primary runoff[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rudolph Valentino Drake 3,146 53.49
Democratic Alex House 2,736 46.51
Total votes 5,882 100.00

District 3

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • John Dickey, educator[24]

District 4

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • JR Bowling, candidate for state house in 2018[26]
Declined
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Endorsements

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Polling

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Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered
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size[c]
Margin
of error
Garlan
Gudger
Cindy
Myrex
Kerry
Watson
Bradley
Williams
Undecided
Cullman Daily[34] August 13, 2025 355 (V) ± 5% 30% 29% N/a N/a 41%
31% N/a 22% N/a 47%
33% N/a N/a 23% 44%

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Garlan Gudger (incumbent) 15,422 64.65
Republican J.R. Bowling 8,432 35.35
Total votes 23,854 100.00

District 5

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Republican primary

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District 6

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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District 7

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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District 8

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Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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District 9

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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District 10

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Disqualified
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  • Jesse Battles, business owner[42]

Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Andrew Jones (incumbent) 8,308 53.83
Republican Amy Dozier Minton 7,127 46.17
Total votes 15,435 100.00

Independent candidates

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Declared

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  • Jesse Battles, business owner and disqualified candidate in the primary election[44]

District 11

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Donald Mottern, journalist[45]

Endorsements

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Donald Mottern

District 12

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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District 13

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Republican primary

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Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Randy Price (incumbent) 11,457 62.15
Republican Gerald Dial 6,976 37.85
Total votes 18,433 100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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District 14

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Republican primary

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Mandie Ledkins, community advocate[51]

Endorsements

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Mandie Ledkins

District 15

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Scott Ortis, home infusion and enteral care business owner[53]
Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Ortis 8,300 52.06
Republican Dan Roberts (incumbent) 47.94 7,643
Total votes 15,943 100.00

District 16

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Republican primary

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Jabo Waggoner

U.S. representatives

Local officials

Organizations

Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J.T. "Jabo" Waggoner (incumbent) 7,695 54.13
Republican Nate Carlson 6,522 45.87
Total votes 14,217 100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Spencer Stone, educator[59]

District 17

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Republican primary

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District 18

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District 19

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Democratic primary

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District 20

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Democratic primary

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Linda Coleman-Madison

District 21

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District 22

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Terry Waters, farmer and small business owner[63]
Eliminated in primary
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Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Terry L. Waters 9,084 52.11
Republican Greg Albritton (incumbent) 8,349 47.89
Total votes 17,433 100.00

Democratic primary

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District 23

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Democratic primary

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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District 24

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Democratic primary

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Nominee
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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Disqualified
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  • Richard Benderson[65]

District 25

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Republican primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Russell "Ty" Taylor[25]
Declined
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Democratic primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Phadra Carson Foster[60]
  • KK Middleton[60]

Endorsements

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Kirk Hatcher

Results

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Democratic primary (voided)[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kirk Hatcher (incumbent) 12,250 55.40
Democratic Phadra Carson Foster 5,312 24.02
Democratic KK Middleton 4,549 20.57
Total votes 22,111 100.00

Special Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared
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  • Will Barfoot, incumbent state senator (previously ran in this district, then in the 26th district)[67]

Special Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Presumptive nominee
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  • Phadra Carson Foster, candidate for this district in the regular primary[68]

District 26

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Democratic primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Declined
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Republican primary (voided)

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Candidates

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Nominee
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  • Will Barfoot, incumbent state senator for the 25th district (previously ran in the 25th district)[66]

Endorsements

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Special Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Presumptive nominee
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  • Kirk Hatcher, incumbent state senator (previously ran in this district, then in the 25th district)[67]

District 27

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Doug Cannon, member of the Lee County Commisison from district 1 (2021–present)[70]

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay Hovey (incumbent) 10,933 68.90
Republican Doug Cannon 4,936 31.10
Total votes 15,869 100.00

District 28

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Democratic primary

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Billy Beasley

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District 29

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Val Paul[25]
  • Zachary Hurst, law enforcement officer[73]

Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donnie Chesteen (incumbent) 14,068 85.00
Republican Zachary J. Hurst 1,952 11.79
Republican Val Glasgow Paul 530 3.20
Total votes 16,550 100.00

Democratic primary

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Nominee
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District 30

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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District 31

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Republican primary

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District 32

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Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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  • Mike Van, car salesman[78]

Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chris Elliott (incumbent) 14,561 72.78
Republican Mike Vandenheuvel 5,445 27.22
Total votes 20,006 100.00

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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District 33

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Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Endorsements

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Vivian Davis Figures

District 34

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Republican primary

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Nominee
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Did not file
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Declined
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Endorsements

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Results

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Republican primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rusty Glover 7,187 54.55
Republican Doug Harwell 5,987 45.45
Total votes 13,174 100.00

District 35

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Republican primary

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Notes

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  1. Succeeded Republican senator Greg Reed, who resigned in 2025 to join governor Kay Ivey's administration, after a June 2025 special election.
  2. Kitchens took office in a special election following the resignation of Clay Scofield.
  3. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

See also

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References

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  2. "Fourth Amended Complaint in Stone v. Allen" (PDF). December 6, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
  3. Barrett, Anna (May 29, 2026). "Federal appeals court allows Alabama to use 2021 state Senate map". Retrieved May 30, 2026.
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  5. "McLendon Senate Plan 1 (enacted)" (PDF). Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
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  10. Shipley, Austen (October 17, 2025). "'More work to do': State Sen. Tim Melson announces re-election bid for District 1". 1819 News. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
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  27. Taylor, Caleb (January 5, 2026). "Justin Pruett declines primary challenge against Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger days after announcing bid". 1819 News. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
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  41. Taylor, Caleb. "Amy Dozier Minton announces State Senate District 10 run". 1819 News. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
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  63. "Terry Waters announces candidacy for Alabama Senate District 22". Alabama Political Reporter. February 12, 2026. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
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  76. "Alabama Farmers Federation endorses Sen. Josh Carnley for Senate District 31". Alabama Political Reporter. July 29, 2025. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
  77. Everett, Grayson (October 29, 2025). "Chris Elliott announces 2026 campaign for Alabama Senate, vows to continue being 'a concerned taxpayer, not a politician'". Yellowhammer News. Retrieved October 29, 2025.
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