2026 election · U.S. Senate
2026 Alabama Senate race
Incumbent: Tommy Tuberville (Republican) — see their approval score, record, and voting history on their page.
Declared candidates
Source: FEC candidate filingsStated positions (5) ▾
- Abortion: Strongly opposes abortion rights, supporting restrictions with limited exceptions and backing measures such as the Born-Alive Survivors legislation. [1]
- Energy & Environment: Supports expanding domestic energy production including petroleum, natural gas, nuclear, and hydropower, and opposes what he calls burdensome climate regulations on energy producers and farmers. [1]
- Government Spending & Fiscal Policy: Advocates cutting federal spending, reducing the national debt, and supports the DOGE Caucus effort to eliminate wasteful government spending. [1][2]
- Immigration & Border Security: Supports building a border wall, mass deportation of illegal immigrants, ending chain migration and the diversity visa lottery, and strict enforcement of existing immigration laws. [1][2][3]
- Taxation & Regulation: Supports cutting taxes and reducing federal regulations on businesses, citing Alabama's low-tax, low-regulation model as a national example. [1]
Stated positions (8) ▾
- Abortion / Reproductive Rights: Supports abortion rights and personal bodily autonomy, opposing government interference in reproductive healthcare decisions. [1]
- Civil Rights / LGBTQ Equality: Supports full equal rights for LGBTQ individuals, framing this as consistent with his faith-based values of love and inclusion. [1]
- Criminal Justice / Policing: Supports eliminating qualified immunity for police and broader criminal justice reform, citing his own experience with a false arrest. [1][2][3]
- Defense and Veterans: Supports investment in modern defense strategies while ensuring veterans receive adequate care, support, and respect upon returning home. [1]
Stated positions (4) ▾
- Civil Rights: Identifies as a civil rights advocate, emphasizing justice, opportunity, and dignity for all Alabamians. [1][2][3]
- Cost of Living / Minimum Wage: Expressed a desire to address cost of living concerns, including support for raising the minimum wage. [1]
- Economic Opportunity: Supports policies aimed at expanding economic opportunity for working families in Alabama. [1][2][3]
Stated positions (7) ▾
- Abortion: Opposes abortion rights, describes himself as pro-life, and has opposed Democratic legislation seeking to codify abortion access. [1][2][3]
- Border Security: Advocates for stronger border enforcement, criticizing what he calls the Biden administration's 'open border' policies as harmful and not compassionate. [1]
- Government Overreach/Federalism: Opposes federal mandates on states regarding issues like marriage, framing such laws as unnecessary political messaging rather than policy. [1]
- Immigration: Supports strict border security, opposes illegal immigration, and has introduced legislation to prioritize American workers and merit-based legal immigration over family-based or lottery systems. [1]
Stated positions (5) ▾
- Alignment with Trump Agenda: Pledges to support and defend President Trump's 'America First' agenda in the Senate, describing himself as a fighter against the 'Deep State' and career politicians. [1][2]
- Filibuster Reform: Supports keeping the Senate filibuster as a minority-party protection but wants to end the 'silent filibuster,' requiring senators to physically debate on the floor to sustain one. [1][2]
- Government Reform: Positions himself as a political outsider seeking to challenge entrenched Washington leadership, reduce federal spending, and end long-term incumbency ('career politicians'). [1][2]
Stated positions (7) ▾
- Abortion: Opposes tracking law-abiding citizens based on pregnancy status. [1]
- Economy & Affordability: Focuses campaign on addressing an affordability crisis, citing Alabama's high poverty and low income rankings, and advocates free-market policies combined with targeted affordability measures. [1][2][3]
- Immigration & Rhetoric: Criticizes Republican immigration rhetoric as xenophobic, racist, and sexist, and opposes anti-immigrant messaging. [1][2]
- Infrastructure:
Stated positions (5) ▾
- Civil Rights: Supports protecting women's sports by ensuring only biological women compete against biological women. [1]
- Defense & Veterans: Supports strengthening Redstone Arsenal, Maxwell AFB, and Fort Rucker, and improving VA services and benefits for Alabama veterans. [1][2]
- Economy & Regulation: Supports reducing government regulations to make Alabama's economy more competitive. [1]
- Energy: Supports achieving energy abundance as part of national security and economic strength. [1]
- Immigration & Border Security: Supports secure borders, opposes sanctuary cities in Alabama, and calls for rooting out foreign influence.
Stated positions (8) ▾
- DEI Policy: Opposes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, describing them as an ideology to be 'rooted out' of government and institutions. [1]
- Energy and Environment: Lists energy and environmental policy as a campaign priority, generally favoring expanded domestic energy production consistent with an America First approach. [1]
- Government Spending and Accountability: Calls for reducing federal bureaucracy and increasing government accountability over spending. [1][2]
- Gun Rights: Supports protecting citizens' gun ownership rights. [1]
- Immigration and Border Security:
Stated positions (8) ▾
- Agriculture & Farmland: Supports protecting family farms, repealing the estate ('death') tax, and ending foreign ownership of U.S. farmland. [1][2]
- Energy: Supports restoring U.S. energy independence through expanded coal, oil, and natural gas production and strengthening Alabama's energy grid. [1][2]
- Government Reform: Supports congressional term limits and a balanced federal budget to reduce national debt. [1][2][3]
- Immigration & Labor: Supports stronger border security while acknowledging labor shortages in industries like poultry processing tied to able-bodied Americans not working.
Stated positions (8) ▾
- Abortion: Opposes what he calls the Democrats' 'pro-abortion agenda' and supports enforcing pro-life policies. [1][2]
- Civil Rights / Social Issues: Opposes allowing biological males to compete in women's sports and calls for corporations to end Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies. [1]
- Crime & Law Enforcement: Emphasizes support for law enforcement, opposes attacks on police, and has pursued tough prosecutorial and crime-control policies. [1][2][3]
- Government Reform / Budget: Favors cutting government spending, slashing regulations, and eliminating the U.S. Department of Education. [1]
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