Dozens of important Alabama elections this year will likely have just one candidate. As of Jan. 21, 255 people have filed for 160 offices in Alabama on the November 2026 ballot. (That total doesn’t include some local city and county races).

Democrats are seeking a major upset in a reliably red state House district in Alabama on Tuesday night. Democrat Judith Taylor is challenging Republican Norman Crow in the 63rd district special election.

Former Congressman Mo Brooks is officially throwing his hat back into Alabama’s political arena. Brooks has been included on the Alabama GOP’s list of qualified Republican candidates for the 2026 election as today marks the last day of candidate qualifying for the upcoming election cycle.

At least 94 Democrats and 153 Republicans were listed to run for the Alabama Legislature in state and federal elections later this year as candidate qualifying ended on Friday evening. While lists were being finalized Friday,

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Alabama Republican Party Vice Chairman Joan Reynolds will become Chairman effective immediately after John Wahl stepped aside, the party announced Friday.

Qualifying for the 2026 election cycle officially closed on Friday evening for candidates with the Alabama Republican Party.

Republican Norman Crow is projected to defeat Democrat Judith Taylor in the special election for Alabama State House District 63, according to Decision Desk HQ. Crow, a Tuscaloosa City Council member,

Qualifying for the 2026 election cycle officially closed on Friday evening for candidates with the Alabama Democratic Party.