DeKalb County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
7 candidates are on the November 3, 2026 ballot across 5 DeKalb County races, led by the Alabama Senate District 8 contest.
Judges
District Judge, DeKalb County, Place 1Steve Whitmire (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Steve Whitmire
Steve Whitmire is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, DeKalb County, Place 1, per the Alabama Secretary of State's certified Republican Party nominee list. No campaign website was found as of September 23, 2026.
Steve Whitmire (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, DeKalb County, Place 1, per the Alabama Secretary of State's certified party nominee lists. Unopposed nominees still print. Alabama district judges are elected countywide.
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These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
DeKalb County is split across 4 Alabama Senate and House districts.
Find your districts by addressAlabama Senate: 2 districtsDistricts 8, 10
Alabama Senate District 8Steve Livingston (R) · Katie Kramer (D)
Steve Livingston
Steve Livingston is the incumbent Republican state senator for Alabama Senate District 8, per the Alabama Legislature's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Katie Kramer
Top priorities
- Bring practical, real-world experience to Montgomery
Per the campaign site.
About Katie Kramer
Katie Kramer is a seven-time national champion swimmer who began teaching swim lessons at 13 and now serves as vice president of operations at a metal manufacturing plant in northeast Alabama, per the campaign site. She has also led nonprofit work on child food security and family assistance and trains lifeguards in CPR, first aid and water safety, per the campaign site.
Steve Livingston (Republican), Katie Kramer (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Steve Livingston is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageAlabama Senate District 10Andrew Jones (R) · Jesse Battles (Independent)
Andrew Jones
Andrew Jones is founder and owner of Deep South Coffee Factory, a craft coffee roasting company, and is a fourth-generation cattle farmer, per the Alabama Senate Republican Caucus. He holds a master's in public policy from the College of William and Mary and an undergraduate degree from Berea College, and chairs the Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Safety Committee, per the Alabama Senate Republican Caucus. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Jesse Battles
Jesse Battles is the Independent candidate for Alabama Senate District 10 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the party nominee certification filed with the Alabama Secretary of State. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Andrew Jones (Republican), Jesse Battles (Independent) meet on the November 3 ballot; Andrew Jones is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. Andrew Jones won the Republican May 19 primary with 53.83 percent over Amy Dozier Minton (46.17 percent), per the Secretary of State's official results. Jesse Battles (Independent) qualified for the November ballot by petition, per the Secretary of State's independent-candidate certification. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageAlabama House: 2 districtsDistricts 24, 39
Alabama House District 24Nathaniel Ledbetter (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Nathaniel Ledbetter
Nathaniel Ledbetter is the Republican nominee for Alabama House District 24, representing part of DeKalb County. Ledbetter serves as Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives and works as a Key Accounts Manager at Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative, per Bama Politics. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Nathaniel Ledbetter (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Nathaniel Ledbetter is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageAlabama House District 39Ginny Shaver (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Ginny Shaver
Ginny Shaver is the Republican nominee for Alabama House District 39, representing Cherokee County. Shaver has worked as Town Clerk of Leesburg and as a City of Gadsden employee, and previously owned a tax and bookkeeping business, per Bama Politics. No campaign website was found as of September 21, 2026.
Ginny Shaver (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Ginny Shaver is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
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Alabama's May 19 party primaries required a majority, with a June 16 runoff where no candidate reached one; unopposed nominees still print, and independents who qualified by petition join the November 3 ballot. U.S. House districts 1, 2, 6 and 7 (new 2026 congressional map) and state Senate districts 25 and 26 (2021 map) chose nominees at an August 11 special primary with no runoff, per the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State.
Who is on the ballot in DeKalb County, Alabama on November 3, 2026?
DeKalb County sample ballot 2026: who is running for alabama senate and alabama house, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Alabama?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Alabama are listed on the Alabama election hub. Alabama election hub →
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