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2026 Alabama Governor Election: Candidates, Polls & Voting

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2026 · Governor

Alabama governor election

Election Day: November 3, 2026. Meet the published candidates, compare reported surveys and make your voting plan.

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Alabama

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Who is on the November ballot?

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November write-in information

Write-in rules and filing deadlines vary by office and state. Check the current official list; the printed roster alone does not establish whether write-ins are eligible. Official write-in information ↗

Dates for November 3

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Partial coverage: only the dated entries below have been checked. Confirm other deadlines and exceptions with your election office.

Alabama · Sourced election dates
Action	Date	Details and source
Register online	Oct 19, 2026 Passed	Registration deadline for the November general election. Official source ↗
Register by mail	Oct 19, 2026 Passed	Registration deadline; follow official mailing instructions. Official source ↗
Register in person	Oct 19, 2026 Passed	Registration deadline for the November general election. Official source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16. Confirm local details and exceptions with your election office.

POLLING · SURVEYS, NOT PREDICTIONS

What do the polls say?

3 survey records

Individual surveys of 2026 contests, including earlier cycle history from 2025. Matchups and populations stay separate; older or hypothetical matchups do not establish who is on the current ballot.

Simple average, not a forecast

Each pollster’s latest general-election survey ending within the last 30 days, with equal weight. Reviewed candidate identities join spelling variants; different matchups and voter populations stay separate. Percentages describe reported support, not a chance of winning.

Newest fieldwork appears first. When dates tie, the default favors more pollsters not marked internal or partisan in this 30-day window. Source labels remain visible; this is not a pollster-quality rating.

Registered voters · 1 poll · partisan sponsor (REP)

Sep 21, 2026–Sep 25, 2026 · Lead between the two highest answers: 13.0 percentage points

Reported answer	Average support
Tommy Tuberville	50.0%
Doug Jones	37.0%

Included surveys & calculation

RMG Research · fieldwork ended Sep 25, 2026 ↗ · Internal or partisan survey

Add each answer’s reported support across these 1 surveys and divide by 1. No house effects, sample weights, undecided allocation or error band is applied. Incomplete numeric matchups are excluded from this calculation but remain in the survey history. Full methodology →

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Doug JonesTommy Tuberville

Party colors: Republican red, Democratic blue, Independent purple. Other or unmatched affiliations are gray. Dash patterns distinguish candidates sharing a color.

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Individual survey reports (1)

Latest surveys · selected matchup

Individual reports. Original sources and methodology below.

Reported support

Doug JonesDemocratic37%
Tommy TubervilleRepublican50%

0–100% scale · Listed alphabetically

Sample: 800 people surveyed
Population: Registered voters

Survey details & methodology

Reported margin of error: Not supplied in this feed
Method: Not supplied in this feed
Sponsors: Alabama Policy Action
Pollster/sponsor partisan label: REP
Internal poll: Not marked internal by provider
Added by provider: Oct 1, 2026
Provider ID: gov202rmg75bbe7fe
Party color sources: Tommy Tuberville: Republican; Doug Jones: Democratic

Labels and figures are supplied by VoteHub. A listed matchup does not establish ballot qualification or primary/general-election status unless the source explicitly says so. Unlisted responses may include undecided voters or other choices; the displayed figures are not rescaled to total 100%.

Polling compilation: VoteHub · CC BY 4.0. Electionpedia normalizes dates, matches races, and visualizes reported results; it does not estimate outcomes. Original survey links are attached to each report.

Saved polling snapshot in use (captured 10/16/2026, 9:21:35 PM UTC). Automatic refresh has not completed for every feed; check each survey’s field dates.

Last successful feed updates

Senate: 10/16/2026, 9:21:35 PM UTC · 474 survey records
House: 10/16/2026, 9:21:35 PM UTC · 133 survey records
Governor: 10/16/2026, 9:21:35 PM UTC · 349 survey records
National preference: 10/16/2026, 9:21:35 PM UTC · 546 survey records

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Follow campaign money

Governor campaigns file with their state’s campaign-finance authorities. Federal candidate totals do not describe this race.

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No verified prediction-market match is connected for this race yet. See national House and Senate market prices →

Election inventory: National Governors Association ↗ · checked 2026-10-11. Ballot status comes from the separate state certification when present.