Alabama General Election

Republican · Incumbent since 2021

Tommy Tuberville has represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate since 2021. Before entering politics he was a college football coach for 40 years, including 10 seasons as head coach at Auburn University. He made national headlines for holding up hundreds of military promotions for nearly 10 months in 2023 and 2024 over his opposition to a Department of Defense policy reimbursing service members for travel to obtain abortions. He chose not to seek Senate re-election in 2026, instead running for Governor of Alabama.

Republican

Tommy Tuberville is the 2026 Republican nominee for Governor of Alabama after winning the May primary. He has served in the U.S. Senate since 2021, having defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Doug Jones in 2020. Before entering politics he was a college football coach for 40 years, including 10 seasons as head coach at Auburn University. He ran for governor to succeed term-limited Governor Kay Ivey.

Democratic

Doug Jones is the 2026 Democratic nominee for Governor of Alabama. He served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 2018 to 2021, winning a special election over Roy Moore in a historic upset before losing his re-election bid to Tommy Tuberville in 2020. Before his Senate career he was a federal prosecutor who successfully prosecuted two Ku Klux Klan members responsible for the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham. The 2026 governor's race is a rematch of sorts against Tuberville in a state that heavily favors Republicans.