Alabama general election: November 3, 2026
Who is running for Governor (Alabama) in 2026?
Here are the candidates for Governor (Alabama) on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This race is on the ballot for every voter in Alabama.
Positions come only from each candidate's own votes, official actions, statements and questionnaire answers, never from party labels. Every item links to its source.
Side by side
Each candidate's position on the issues this office handles, from their own record. Details and sources are in each profile below.
| Issue | Tommy TubervilleRepublican | Doug JonesDemocrat |
|---|---|---|
| Safety net programs | Keep them, but add work requirements for able-bodied adultsVoted · medium | No public position |
| Healthcare | No single answer fits; see evidence | Keep the Affordable Care Act and fix what is brokenSaid · medium |
| Abortion | Illegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestOfficial action · low | Legal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)Said · low |
| Guns | Remove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightSaid · medium | No public position |
| Immigration | Secure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadySaid · medium | No public position |
| School choice | Yes, universal school choice for every familySaid · medium | No, keep public money in traditional public schoolsSaid · medium |
| Politicians trading stocks | No public position | No, ban it for members and their spousesSaid · medium |
| Term limits | Yes, strict limits, such as three House terms and two Senate termsOfficial action · medium | No public position |
| Campaign finance | No public position | Overturn Citizens United by amendment and add public financing of campaignsOfficial action · medium |
| Qualified immunity | No public position | No, end it for police so officers or departments can be sued for rights violationsOfficial action · medium |
| Mandatory minimums | No public position | Cut them back, especially for drug crimes, and give judges more discretionOfficial action · medium |
| Childcare and pre-K | Help through tax credits, employer incentives, and parent choiceOfficial action · medium | No public position |
| Kids online | Also require safe-by-default design and a legal duty of careOfficial action · medium | No public position |
| Nuclear power | No public position | Back new reactors with public funds, tax credits, and streamlined approvalsOfficial action · medium |
| E-Verify mandate | Require it for all employersOfficial action · medium | No public position |
| Transgender athletes | No, and Congress should set a biological sex rule nationwideOfficial action · medium | No public position |
| DEI programs | Ban them and cut federal funds to schools and contractors that keep themOfficial action · medium | No public position |
| China policy | Get tougher: broad tariffs, state bans on land purchases, and forced app salesOfficial action · medium | No public position |
Tommy Tuberville
RepublicanU.S. Senator from Alabama
Tommy Tuberville is a Republican U.S. senator from Alabama, in office since 2021, who is running for governor instead of seeking a second Senate term2. Before politics he was head football coach at Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati and worked as an ESPN analyst2. He won the May 19, 2026 Republican primary for governor with 85.5 percent2.
Where they stand 15 issues · tap any issue for the evidence
Transgender athletesNo, and Congress should set a biological sex rule nationwidemedium
Official action · medium confidence- Sponsored the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, a federal rule basing girls' and women's school sports teams on sex at birth. (2025-01-07) source
- Voted to begin debate on his sports bill; the procedural motion failed 51 to 45 because it needed 60 votes. (2025-03-03) source
- His campaign site says allowing men to compete in women's sports is wrong. (2026) source
DEI programsBan them and cut federal funds to schools and contractors that keep themmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Original cosponsor of the Dismantle DEI Act of 2025, which would close federal DEI offices, end federal DEI training, and add anti-DEI terms to federal contracts and grants. (2025-02-04) source
- His campaign site says DEI should have no place in government or schools. (2026) source
- In a Senate floor speech he called DEI a racist and anti-American ideology. (2025-03-13) source
School choiceYes, universal school choice for every familymedium
Said · medium confidence- His campaign site says that as governor he will expand school choice and support charter, magnet, private, public and home schools so parents are in charge of their children's education. (2026) source
- He supports the CHOOSE Act, which lets households claim tax credits to pay for private school tuition, homeschooling and other non-public school costs, according to the Alabama Reflector voter guide. (2026-09) source
GunsRemove most restrictions; bearing arms is a rightmedium
ImmigrationSecure the border first; deport those with criminal records; keep legal immigration steadymedium
Said · medium confidence- His campaign site says that as governor he will enforce the law and work with President Trump to deport illegal alien criminals. (2026) source
Safety net programsKeep them, but add work requirements for able-bodied adultsmedium
Voted · medium confidence- Voted for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which added work requirements for able-bodied adults in Medicaid and expanded SNAP work requirements; it passed 51 to 50 after a 50 to 50 tie was broken by the vice president. (2025-07-01) source
E-Verify mandateRequire it for all employersmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Original cosponsor of the Mandatory E-Verify Act of 2026, which would require all employers to use E-Verify. (2026-05-21) source
Term limitsYes, strict limits, such as three House terms and two Senate termsmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Original cosponsor of a constitutional amendment (S.J.Res. 2) that would limit House members to three terms and senators to two terms. (2023-01-23) source
Kids onlineAlso require safe-by-default design and a legal duty of caremedium
Official action · medium confidence- Cosponsored the Kids Online Safety Act, which would place a duty of care on online platforms and require safer default settings for minors. (2025-10-09) source
Childcare and pre-KHelp through tax credits, employer incentives, and parent choicemedium
Official action · medium confidence- Cosponsored the Child Care Availability and Affordability Act, which would expand the employer-provided child care tax credit. (2025-05-07) source
China policyGet tougher: broad tariffs, state bans on land purchases, and forced app salesmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Sponsored the Protecting America's Agricultural Land from Foreign Harm Act of 2025, which targets purchases of U.S. farmland by people tied to foreign adversaries such as China. (2025-02-18) source
AbortionIllegal, except to save the mother's life or in cases of rape or incestlow
Official action · low confidence- Original cosponsor of the Life at Conception Act of 2026, which would protect life from fertilization and lists no exceptions. (2026-01-15) source
- His campaign site says every life is sacred and cites his 11-month hold on military promotions over the Defense Department's abortion travel policy. (2026) source
HealthcareNo single answer fitsmedium
Said · medium confidence- The Alabama Reflector voter guide reports that he opposes the Affordable Care Act and has supported individual health savings accounts. (2026-09) source
Business regulationNo single answer fitsmedium
Said · medium confidence- His campaign site says he will work with President Trump to cut red tape. (2026) source
No public position found on: Minimum wage, Energy and climate, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Election rules, Judges, Politicians trading stocks, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Redistricting, Campaign finance, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Qualified immunity, Mandatory minimums, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, School vaccines, Nuclear power, Religion in schools.
Doug Jones
DemocratFormer U.S. Senator from Alabama
Doug Jones is a Democrat and former U.S. senator who won a 2017 special election and served from 2018 to 2021, losing re-election in 2020 to Tommy Tuberville12. He was U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001 and was lead prosecutor in the reopened 1963 Birmingham church bombing case1. He won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary for governor with 78.6 percent1.
Where they stand 10 issues · tap any issue for the evidence
School choiceNo, keep public money in traditional public schoolsmedium
Said · medium confidence- He said he wants to stop the CHOOSE Act education savings account program in its tracks, take no new students and phase it out or change it, saying he does not like taxpayer dollars going to private schools. (2026-08) source
- He said new education spending should go to public schools. (2026-08) source
HealthcareKeep the Affordable Care Act and fix what is brokenmedium
Said · medium confidence- His campaign plan would expand Medicaid to cover more than 154,000 working Alabamians and accept the federal funding the state now turns down. (2026) source
Politicians trading stocksNo, ban it for members and their spousesmedium
Said · medium confidence- His campaign plan would ban elected officials from trading individual stocks while in office. (2026) source
Qualified immunityNo, end it for police so officers or departments can be sued for rights violationsmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Original cosponsor of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, which would end qualified immunity for police officers. (2020-06-08) source
Mandatory minimumsCut them back, especially for drug crimes, and give judges more discretionmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Cosponsored the Smarter Sentencing Act of 2017, which would reduce mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offenses. (2018-06-11) source
Campaign financeOverturn Citizens United by amendment and add public financing of campaignsmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Original cosponsor of a constitutional amendment (S.J.Res. 51) letting Congress and the states set limits on campaign spending and treat corporations differently from people. (2019-07-30) source
Nuclear powerBack new reactors with public funds, tax credits, and streamlined approvalsmedium
Official action · medium confidence- Cosponsored the Nuclear Energy Leadership Act, which directs the Energy Department to support advanced reactor development, fuel supply and long-term nuclear power purchase agreements. (2019-04-10) source
AbortionLegal in most cases up to viability (about 24 weeks)low
Said · low confidence- Marking Women's Equality Day, he said we have to protect women's freedom to make their own decisions about their reproductive health, IVF and contraception. (2026-08-27) source
- In a policy speech he criticized politicians who decide they know better than women about their own body, family and life, and pledged to protect access to contraception. (2026-07-27) source
- As a senator he called Alabama's 2019 abortion ban, which has no exceptions for rape or incest, shameful and said it used rape and incest victims as political pawns. (2019-05-16) source
- Voted against a procedural motion to begin debate on a federal ban on abortion after 20 weeks; the motion failed 51 to 46 because it needed 60 votes. (2018-01-29) source
Election rulesNo single answer fitsmedium
No public position found on: Safety net programs, Business regulation, Guns, Immigration, Energy and climate, Curriculum and books, Housing and growth, Policing and crime, Judges, Marijuana, Gender care for minors, Redistricting, Term limits, Electoral College, Ranked-choice voting, Death penalty, Drug prices, Childcare and pre-K, Paid leave, Student loans, AI regulation, Kids online, School vaccines, E-Verify mandate, Transgender athletes, DEI programs, Religion in schools, China policy.
Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Spotted something wrong? Every claim links to its source so you can check it yourself.