Alabama Stays Red, With Most Lawmakers Returning

TL;DR: Alabama stayed red Tuesday. Republicans swept all seven Statewide constitutional offices, and unofficial returns show 118 of 140 lawmakers keeping their seats. Democrats made gains, but most of the people running the Legislature will be back.

Alabama‘s seven Statewide constitutional offices went to Republicans Tuesday. Here’s who won:

• Governor: Tommy Tuberville.
• Lieutenant Governor: John Wahl.
• Secretary of State: Caroleene Dobson.
• Attorney General: Katherine Robertson.
• State Treasurer: Young Boozer.
• State Auditor: Andrew Sorrell.
• Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries: Corey Hill.

Boozer and Sorrell will stay in their current jobs. The other five winners will take on new posts, keeping all seven offices in Republican hands.

Republicans won both Public Service Commission races:

• PSC Place 1: Matt Gentry 
• PSC Place 2: Jim “Zig” Zeigler 

Republicans also won three of the four State Board of Education seats on the ballot:

• District 2: Republican Tracie West
• District 4: Democrat Yvette M. Richardson
• District 6: Republican Cathi Bradford
• District 8: Republican Emily Jones

And when lawmakers get back to work on Goat Hill, most of the faces around the State House will be the same, too.

A review of the Alabama Secretary of State’s unofficial returns shows 29 of 35 Senators and 89 of 105 House members on track to return. That’s 118 sitting lawmakers keeping their seats — 84.3% of the Legislature.

Democrats gained ground, and some races were close. However, Republicans kept a firm grip on State government. Overall, most lawmakers will head into the next term with many of the same colleagues they served alongside this year.

A comparison of the returns with the 2026 Alabama League of Municipalities legislative directory, checked for members who joined through special elections, shows just how many lawmakers are staying put:

Those numbers compare the new lineup with the members serving just before Tuesday’s election, and do not track every change since 2022. Also, the 22 different faces don’t mean 22 incumbents lost Tuesday. Some lost in the primaries; others chose to leave or run for another office.

One of those incoming Senators isn’t a new face, either. Rusty Glover, who will replace Jack Williams in District 34, has served in the Senate before.

The party balance changed, too; but Republicans still have large majorities in both chambers. If the posted leads hold, the makeup of the Legislature will be:

Democrats picked up ground through Rudolph Valentino Drake in Senate District 2 and Jared Sluss in District 7. In the House, Nell Brown led a Democratic pickup in District 15, while Allison T. Montgomery led another in District 25.

And, in Senate District 10, Independent Jesse Battles was just 52 votes ahead of Republican Sen. Andrew Jones in the updated returns. That race is being closely watched as the count becomes final.

Even after those losses, Republicans would hold 68.6% of Senate seats and 70.5% of House seats. Democrats will have more members, but the GOP will still have the votes to set the agenda.

Notably, timing matters: lawmakers’ terms begin the day after the election, according to the Alabama Legislature’s guide. They meet Jan. 12, 2027, to organize the chambers. The Statewide constitutional officers begin their terms in January.

The Republican’s margins got tighter. A few seats changed parties. But Alabama stayed red, and more than four out of five sitting lawmakers are set to come back. The next Legislature will look a lot like the one voters already know — for better or for worse.