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The 2026 United States Senate election in Alabama will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Alabama. Incumbent Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville is eligible to run for reelection, having first been elected in 2020 with 60.1% of the vote [1] and is running for re-election to a second full term.
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Inside Elections [3] | Solid R | January 17, 2025 |
270toWin [4] | Solid R | January 9, 2025 |
Thomas Hawley Tuberville is an American politician and retired college football coach who is the senior United States senator from Alabama, a seat he has held since 2021. Before entering politics, Tuberville was the head football coach at Auburn University from 1999 to 2008. He was also the head football coach at the University of Mississippi from 1995 to 1998, Texas Tech University from 2010 to 2012, and the University of Cincinnati from 2013 to 2016.
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