Alabama voters today will elect a new governor, U.S. Senator, decide one of the nation’s most closely watched U.S. House races and fill a host of statewide and local offices. It has been an unusually hard fought general election season and today will be a transformative day in state politics. Alabama Democrats hope to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s growing unpopularity and score rare ...

Get live 2026 election results as midterm voters decide who will be chosen to represent Alabama's House District 5 for the next two years.

The U.S. Department of Justice could have election monitors at Alabama polling places on Tuesday, but at least one county’s election official says they won’t be allowed inside. Mobile County Probate Judge Mark Erwin said Monday that his office was notified the department would have monitors in the county on Election Day. He said he isn’t sure exactly what role they will play. Erwin said it’s ...

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the qualifications of a former aide to Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin to run for the statehouse. The ruling from Jefferson County District Judge Chuck Price for now clears the path for political newcomer Alicia Escott Lumpkin to claim a seat after defeating longtime State Rep. Juandalynn Givan in the Democratic primary. There is no Republican ...

Democrat Shomari Figures of Alabama is one of several Black members of Congress who've had their House districts redrawn by Republicans in the wake of the Supreme Court decision weakening the Voting Rights Act.

As shootings following one of Birmingham’s biggest events left a teen dead and eight people wounded, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville promised to be tough on crime across Alabama if elected governor. Tuberville and several other elected officials offered comments after shootings Oct. 31 outside of Legion Field after the Magic City Classic. Tuberville will face former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones in ...

Madison County, Limestone County and Morgan County residents will have several contested races to vote on in the Nov. 3 general election. The highest profile race is the 5th Congressional District race between two term U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, R-Monrovia, and his Democratic challenger, businessman and plumber Andrew Sneed of Huntsville. Strong has about a $1 million advantage over Sneed in ...

The central part of the US, and the South, including southeastern Texas, Louisiana and Alabama, could see a wet Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3.