Barry Moore Wins Alabama’s U.S. Senate Seat
Republican Moore defeats Democrat Everett Wess with 54.68% of the unofficial vote, keeping Tommy Tuberville’s open seat in GOP hands
TL;DR: Barry Moore won Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat, defeating Democrat Everett Wess. Unofficial returns show Moore ahead by 158,947 votes.
Republican Barry Moore won election to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, defeating Democrat Everett Wess and keeping Alabama’s open Senate seat in Republican hands.
The Associated Press reported Moore’s victory. He will succeed Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who chose to run for Governor rather than seek another Senate term.
Unofficial tallies from the Alabama Secretary of State’s website, shown in the supplied results image, give Moore 917,344 votes, or 54.68%. Wess received 758,397 votes, or 45.20%. Write-in candidates drew 2,047 votes, or 0.12%.
Moore heads to the Senate after three terms in Congress. He first won a House seat in 2020 and took office in January 2021. He represented the 2nd Congressional District before winning the 1st District seat in 2024.
His path included a challenging 2024 GOP primary against fellow Rep. Jerry Carl after court-ordered changes to Alabama’s congressional map. Moore won that contest and went on to secure another House term.
President Donald Trump backed Moore’s Senate bid. Moore then defeated Jared Hudson in the June 16 Republican runoff, clearing the way for him in Tuesday’s general election.
Moore brings a record shaped by his ties to the House Freedom Caucus and support for tighter border security, gun rights and greater domestic energy production.
His roots are in the Wiregrass. Raised on a Coffee County farm, Moore served six years in the National Guard and Reserves and earned an agricultural science degree from Auburn University. He later returned to Enterprise to start an industrial waste hauling business with his wife, Heather.
Before Congress, Moore served in the Alabama House from 2010 to 2018. He chaired its Military and Veterans Affairs Committee.
Wess, a Birmingham lawyer and former judge, won the Democratic nomination but fell short in the Statewide contest.
Moore’s victory also gives Enterprise a rare distinction: both of Alabama’s U.S. senators will share ties to the city. He will join Republican Sen. Katie Britt, a fellow Enterprise native.
Moore’s victory speech may be seen on his campaign Facebook page at THIS LINK.
