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Dallas County, AL

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U.S. Senate
2 candidates
Federal ▾
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Barry Moore
REP
Biography
Barry Moore is a sitting U.S. Representative for Alabama's 1st Congressional District, per his official House biography. He grew up on a family farm in Coffee County and earned an agricultural science degree at Auburn University while serving in the Alabama National Guard and Reserves, later founding Hopper-Moore Inc., an industrial waste hauling and contracting company. He served eight years in the Alabama House of Representatives, chairing its Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, before his election to Congress. No campaign website was found as of September 8, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Backing full funding for law enforcement
  • Applying downward pressure on federal spending, targeting roughly $1.5 trillion in cuts over a decade
  • Expanding I-65 to six lanes
Per the Alabama Reflector.
Key voting record
Voted no on a bill aimed at tightening federal improper-payment controls. Opposed
Voted no on extending Title VII surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Opposed
Voted no on a House resolution condemning government fraud and endorsing broader eligibility checks before federal payments. Opposed
Full profile
Everett Wess portrait
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Everett Wess
DEM
Biography
Everett Wess is an attorney and managing partner of the Wess Law Firm in Birmingham since 2001, per his campaign site. He previously served eight years as Midfield Municipal Court judge and has worked as a prosecutor and public defender, and spent over a decade in technology and engineering in Huntsville, including work supporting NASA missions.
Top Priorities
  • Funding medical providers and supporting hospitals in rural and underserved areas
  • Quality public education
  • Fair courts and clean government
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Tommy Tuberville
REP
Biography
Tommy Tuberville is a sitting U.S. Senator from Alabama, elected in 2020, per his official Senate biography. He spent four decades in college football coaching, including 11 seasons at Auburn University where he led the team to five Western Division titles and the 2004 SEC Championship, before retiring in 2016 to work as an ESPN sports broadcaster.
Top Priorities
  • Job creation and economic growth for Alabama
  • Border security
  • Improving Alabama's education system
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Doug Jones portrait
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Doug Jones
DEM
Biography
Doug Jones is a former U.S. Senator from Alabama running for governor, per Alabama Reflector. He launched his campaign at an event in Birmingham framed around what he calls Alabamians' 'Three Real Opportunities': the chance to live a healthy life, to participate meaningfully in government, and to achieve economic prosperity, per abc3340.
Top Priorities
  • Expanding Medicaid
  • Support for housing and childcare programs
  • Protections for IVF and contraception access
Per the Alabama Reflector.
Campaign siteFull profile
Lieutenant Governor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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John Wahl
REP
Biography
Wahl launched a professional butterfly farm as a high schooler in Limestone County, Alabama, that now supplies tens of thousands of butterflies annually to exhibits across North America, per the campaign site. He has served as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party since 2021 and was appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to the Alabama Public Library Service Board, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Border security and election integrity
  • Limited government and constitutional rights
  • Parental rights and public safety
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Phillip Ensler
DEM
Biography
Phillip Ensler is a state representative running for Alabama Lieutenant Governor, per News From The States. He kicked off his campaign in Montgomery in January 2026 and has pointed to Alabama's low national ranking in education and health care access as central to his campaign, per Alabama Reflector.
Top Priorities
  • A voter-approved state lottery
  • Expanding Medicaid and the state's First Class Pre-K program
  • Eliminating the state sales tax on groceries
Per the Alabama Reflector.
Key voting record
Helped champion Alabama legislation banning devices that convert semiautomatic firearms into automatic weapons. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Attorney General
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Katherine Robertson portrait
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Katherine Robertson
REP
Biography
Katherine Robertson has served as Chief Counsel to Attorney General Steve Marshall for nearly a decade, per her campaign site. An eighth-generation Dallas County resident, she is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of Alabama School of Law.
Top Priorities
  • Opposing what she calls federal overreach
  • Law-and-order enforcement priorities
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Jeff McLaughlin
DEM
Biography
Jeff McLaughlin is the Democratic nominee for Alabama Attorney General. He was a schoolteacher before practicing law in Guntersville for more than thirty years and representing Marshall County in the Alabama House of Representatives for a decade, per his campaign site. He is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College and Harvard Law School, per his campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Increase transparency and accountability in public office
  • Use legal experience to serve Alabama families
  • Offer a Democratic alternative for attorney general
Key voting record
Introduced legislation as a state representative to ban PAC-to-PAC transfers used to obscure campaign-money flows. Supported
Campaign siteFull profile
Secretary of State
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
Caroleene Dobson portrait
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Caroleene Dobson
REP
Biography
Dobson is an attorney and shareholder at the Maynard Nexsen law firm in Montgomery, Alabama, practicing commercial real estate, natural resource and energy law, per the campaign site. She graduated from Harvard College and Baylor Law School magna cum laude, was raised on her family's fifth-generation cattle farm in Monroe County, and serves as a commissioner on the Alabama Forestry Commission, per the campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Reducing fees on Alabama businesses
  • Streamlining government services
  • Election security
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Wayne Rogers
DEM
Biography
Wayne Rogers is an attorney who has practiced law in Alabama since graduating from Samford University's law school in 1988, per the Trussville Tribune. He has served since 2019 as executive assistant to Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway and is a former chair of the Jefferson County Democratic Party.
Top Priorities
  • Expanding voter access, including easier absentee voting
  • Supporting small businesses
Per the Trussville Tribune.
Campaign siteFull profile
Treasurer
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Young Boozer
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Young Boozer has served as Alabama State Treasurer since January 2011, per the Treasurer's official biography. He holds an economics degree from Stanford University and a master's in finance from the Wharton School, and spent decades in banking, including as an executive at Colonial BancGroup, before serving as Deputy State Finance Director under Governor Bob Riley.
Top Priorities
  • Continuing to grow the PACT college savings program
  • Returning unclaimed property to Alabama residents
  • Growing the Alabama Trust Fund through professional financial stewardship
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Rosilyn Houston
DEM
Biography
Rosilyn Houston is a senior banking executive with more than 30 years in financial services leadership, per her campaign site. She previously served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief People and Culture Officer at Santander US and held senior roles at BBVA USA, and has chaired the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute board.
Top Priorities
  • Financial responsibility in managing state funds
  • Transparency in the Treasurer's office
  • Expanding opportunity for Alabamians
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Auditor
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Andrew Sorrell
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Andrew Sorrell has served as Alabama State Auditor since January 2023, per the Auditor's official biography. A former State Representative for House District 3 in Colbert County, he is an entrepreneur who owns stakes in four Alabama businesses and graduated from the University of North Alabama with a business management degree.
Top Priorities
  • Appointing county registrars to oversee elections
  • Reducing government spending, including declining a state vehicle and leaving positions unfilled
  • Tracking state property to identify further savings
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Violet Edwards portrait
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Violet Edwards
DEM
Biography
Violet Edwards is a member of the Madison County Commission, first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024, per her campaign site. Her commission work has included overseeing county departments and investments in workforce development, senior services, food access and community infrastructure.
Top Priorities
  • Improving transparency in how taxpayer dollars and state property are tracked
  • Ensuring integrity in the Auditor's oversight of county voter registrars
  • Service-focused leadership for all Alabamians
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Agriculture Commissioner
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Corey Hill
REP
Biography
Corey Hill is a fourth-generation farmer from Douglas in Marshall County who operates cattle and poultry farms and runs a local grocery store, per his campaign site. He serves as mayor of Douglas and is a graduate of Douglas High School and Snead State College.
Top Priorities
  • Reviving a rural crime task force focused on agricultural theft
  • Lowering taxes and reducing regulations on farmers
  • Expanding the Sweet Grown Alabama farm-to-cafeteria program
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
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Ron Sparks
DEM
Biography
Ron Sparks is a former two-term Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, per his campaign site. He has also served as senior advisor to former U.S. Senator Doug Jones, director of the Alabama Rural Development Agency, and president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.
Top Priorities
  • Restoring gasoline pump inspection programs discontinued in 2015
  • Country-of-origin labeling and dock inspections for imported food products
  • Eliminating the state sales tax on farm equipment
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Public Service Commission, Place 1
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Matt Gentry
REP
Biography
Matt Gentry is a United States Marine Corps veteran who began his law enforcement career as a deputy sheriff, according to his campaign site. He was elected Sheriff of Cullman County in 2014, the youngest sheriff in the state at the time, and has held the position for 10 years, per the site.
Top Priorities
  • Bringing transparency and accountability to the Public Service Commission
  • Protecting the jobs of utility, railroad and transportation workers
Per the 1819News.
Campaign siteFull profile
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James O. Gordon
DEM
Biography
James O. Gordon is a licensed chiropractor who has practiced in Mobile for more than 30 years at the Alabama Injury and Pain Clinic, according to his campaign site. He previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives representing District 98 from 2006 to 2010, where he introduced legislation to ban synthetic marijuana, per the site.
Top Priorities
  • Keeping Alabama utility service reliable and rates fair for consumers, per campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
Public Service Commission, Place 2
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Jim Zig Zeigler
REP
Biography
Jim Zeigler is a former Alabama State Auditor running for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2, per Alabama Reflector. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
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Sheila D. McNeil
DEM
Biography
Sheila McNeil chairs the Madison County Democratic Executive Committee and previously served on the San Antonio City Council, per her campaign site. She holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a bachelor's degree in social work from Oakwood University, and has worked as a public policy consultant since 2008.
Top Priorities
  • Fair utility rates for Alabama consumers
  • Transparent decision-making in utility regulation
  • Reliable utility service
Per the campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Supreme Court Associate Justice, Place 7
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Brad Mendheim
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Brad Mendheim has served as an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court since being appointed by Governor Kay Ivey in January 2018, per the Governor's official appointment announcement. He earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law after a bachelor's degree from Auburn University, and served more than six years as an assistant district attorney in Houston County before becoming a Houston County circuit judge. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Top Priorities
  • Emphasizes his experience presiding over more than 300 jury trials and being called on by chief justices to hear cases statewide, per Alabama Political Reporter
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Supreme Court Associate Justice, Place 8
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Greg Shaw
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Greg Shaw has served as an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court since 2009, per the Alabama Judicial System's biography. He earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law and a master of laws from the University of Virginia School of Law, and previously served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals from 2001 to 2009 after 15 years as a senior staff attorney for a Supreme Court justice. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
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Ashleigh Meyer Dunham
DEM
Biography
Ashleigh Meyer Dunham serves as a Referee in Jefferson County's Juvenile Court and practices as a fertility attorney at Magic City Fertility Law, per her campaign site. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, per her campaign site.
Campaign siteFull profile
Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 4
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Benjamin M. Bowden
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Ben Bowden has served as a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals since 2025, per the Alabama Judicial System's biography. He earned his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992 and served as Covington County's probate judge and later circuit judge, while also working as a municipal prosecutor and assistant district attorney. He entered active duty with the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps after law school and retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2023 with the rank of colonel. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 5
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Matt Fridy
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Matt Fridy has served as a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals since 2021, per the Alabama Judicial System's roster. He earned his law degree magna cum laude from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and served as a federal law clerk before practicing constitutional and appellate law. He represented Alabama House District 73 from 2014 to 2020 before his election to the Court of Civil Appeals. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 4
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Mary Windom
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Mary Windom is the presiding judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, first elected to the court in 2008 and chosen by her fellow judges as presiding judge in 2012, per the Alabama Judicial System's biography. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of South Alabama and her law degree from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University, and previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney and deputy attorney general. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 5
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Riggs Walker
REP
Biography
Riggs Walker is an Assistant Attorney General who has represented the State of Alabama before the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Alabama Supreme Court and federal courts for the past six years, per 1819News. A lifelong resident of Shorter, Alabama, he earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from Auburn University in 1991 and a law degree from Jones School of Law in 1998, and spent two decades as a deputy district attorney in Jefferson County. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
State Board of Education District 2
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Tracie West
REP INCUMBENT
Biography
Tracie West is the incumbent Alabama State Board of Education member for District 2, first elected in November 2018, per Alabama Daily News and the State Department of Education's official board roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
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Jamie McCurry
DEM
Biography
Jamie McCurry is the Democratic candidate for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the party's nominee certification filed with the Alabama Secretary of State. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Full profile
State Board of Education District 4
1 candidate
Statewide ▾
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Yvette M. Richardson
DEM INCUMBENT
Biography
Yvette Richardson has served on the Alabama State Board of Education representing District 4 since 2010, per the State Department of Education's official roster and her campaign site. She holds a doctorate in education from the University of Alabama and spent more than 30 years in the Fairfield city school system as a teacher, principal and superintendent, and currently serves as Dean of General Education at Miles College.
Top Priorities
  • Continuing her advocacy on anti-bullying initiatives in Alabama schools, per BirminghamWatch
Campaign siteFull profile
Why only one name?
Only one name is on the ballot for this office: no other candidate qualified. An unopposed candidate is elected unless a write-in outpolls them where write-ins are allowed, so this line still counts as a vote.
State Board of Education District 6
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Cathi Bradford
REP
Biography
Cathi Bradford has taught for more than 26 years, first as an elementary school teacher and, for the last 19 years, as a middle school teacher of history, English and reading, according to her campaign site. Before becoming a teacher she served more than 23 years in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserves, per the site.
Top Priorities
  • Focusing classroom instruction on core academic subjects, per campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
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Angela Morgan
DEM
Biography
Angela Morgan is a retired Alabama educator who spent her career working in Alabama public schools, according to her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Improving communication between the board and school communities
  • Supporting student well-being
  • Making school environments welcoming for everyone
Per the Calhoun County Democrats candidate announcement.
Campaign siteFull profile
State Board of Education District 8
2 candidates
Statewide ▾
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Emily Jones
REP
Biography
Emily Jones has nearly 20 years of experience in financial management, including more than a decade with the Department of Defense, according to her campaign site. She was born and raised in Jackson County, Alabama, and is a graduate of Pisgah High School and Jacksonville State University, per the site.
Top Priorities
  • Increasing transparency and parental access to school curriculum, per campaign site
Campaign siteFull profile
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Shatika Armstrong
DEM
Biography
Shatika Armstrong earned her degrees at Alabama A&M University and has spent her career mentoring young people, according to her campaign site.
Top Priorities
  • Providing equitable education for every child in Alabama
  • Improving resources and opportunities for students in rural and underserved communities
Per the SPLC Action Fund candidate profile.
Campaign siteFull profile

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