Alabama House Republicans voted Wednesday to retain their leadership team, nominating Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter and Speaker Pro Tem Chris Pringle for second terms and reelected Rep. Paul Lee as majority leader. The caucus made its selections during a meeting in Auburn, one day after Republicans retained their legislative supermajority despite Democratic gains in several House districts. ...

Alabama legislative candidates from both parties were not surprised Democrats were able to flip three seats in north Alabama on Tuesday. During their campaigning, several told AL.com they saw it coming. “People are hungry for change,” said Democrat Jared Sluss, who defeated Republican incumbent Sam Givhan in the Senate District 7 race. “This is my story and so many others’: We were tired of ...

Democrat Andrew Sneed conceded to U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, R-Monrovia, in the 5th Congressional District race on Wednesday. Strong defeated Sneed 53.19% to 46.7% on Tuesday night in unofficial results to win a third term in the north Alabama race. “The people of North Alabama have spoken,” Sneed said. “Obviously, this is not the outcome we were hoping for, but we respect the integrity of the ...

A turbulent year in Alabama politics came to a head with Tuesday’s general election. In 2027, the state will have a new governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and junior U.S. Senator. The state will still have two Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling led to a special legislative session and an exceedingly rare special primary election. It ...

Alabama Democrats flipped at least four Republican legislative seats Tuesday, while making substantial gains in districts where Republican incumbents survived. Two Senate seats and two House seats changed hands, with Democrats defeating three Republican incumbents and capturing a third seat held by a retiring Republican. Another Republican incumbent, Sen. Andrew Jones of Centre, trailed ...

A ballot measure that would amend the Alabama Constitution to essentially require the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in addition to allowing “student-initiated and student-led prayer” is projected to be approved by voters, according to Decision Desk HQ. Voters in the Cotton State passed the constitutional amendment, known as Alabama Statewide Amendment 3, which…

Allison Montgomery, a Democrat who just flipped a Republican-held legislative seat in north Alabama, will become the state’s first openly transgender lawmaker. Montgomery campaigned in her district in north Alabama on protecting public education, improving Huntsville healthcare and ending local data center projects. The District 25 seat had been held by Republicans for at least 20 years, and ...

Election night is over, and Alabama remained red. Not many other states can say that. Most Alabama Republicans held on in the face of a national blue wave that saw Democrats win many surprising races, including in some neighboring states. Georgia elected a Democratic governor, the first Black woman in U.S. history to hold that title, and as of Wednesday morning, a Mississippi Senate race was ...

Alabama Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures discusses how redistricting and newly drawn district lines played a role in voter turnout and his victory.

Republicans tried to upend Democratic election odds by redrawing congressional districts across the country, but even that wasn’t enough to dam the Blue Wave. Despite making new maps to boost Republican candidates in Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Alabama, and Utah, voters in those states by and large still chose Democrats to represent them. For more than a year, local legislators in the Lone Star State were explicitly pushed by Donald...