Who is running for Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 5 in 2026?
Here are the candidates for Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 5 on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for all voters in Alabama.
Judges may not promise how they would rule, so we show experience and record instead of issue positions.
Matt Fridy
Republican · IncumbentJudge, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (Place 5)
Matt Fridy has served on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals since January 2021 after winning election in November 202012. He was a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives for District 73 from 2014 to 2020 and practiced appellate and business litigation at a Birmingham firm12. He is the Republican nominee for Place 5 and is unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot3.
- Judge, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, since January 202112
- Member, Alabama House of Representatives, District 73, 2014 to 2020; chaired the Committee on the Constitution, Campaigns and Elections12
- Attorney at a Birmingham law firm with a practice in appellate litigation, constitutional law, campaign finance, business litigation and agricultural law; former staff attorney at the Court of Civil Appeals and the Supreme Court of Alabama; law clerk to U.S. District Judge Edwin Nelson1
- University of Montevallo; J.D., Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 2001 (magna cum laude)12
- Elected to the Court of Civil Appeals in the November 2020 general election and took office January 18, 2021; he resigned his House seat on his election12.
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