Governor · Alabama

Open seat (Gov. Kay Ivey is term-limited) · General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026
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The candidates

Tommy Tuberville

Republican · Auburn

U.S. Senator since Jan 2021; former college football coach (Auburn, Ole Miss, Texas Tech, Cincinnati).

Congress.gov · Campaign site · Alabama Reflector, May 27, 2025
Full profile & Position history timeline →

Doug Jones

Democrat · Birmingham

U.S. Senator, Jan 2018–Jan 2021; former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Lost the 2020 Senate race to Tuberville.

Congress.gov · Campaign site · Alabama Political Reporter, Jul 27, 2026
Full profile & Position history timeline →

Candidates as printed on the official Baldwin County sample ballot. Both have Senate records, shown below.

Where they stand, in their own words

Quotes are copied exactly from each campaign's website unless marked otherwise.

Taxes & cost of living
Tuberville
As your Governor, I will work to further reduce taxes, get rid of waste, and make life in Alabama more affordable.
Original: coachforgovernor.com/issues (accessed Oct 2026)
Jones

No verified quote found yet.

Original: dougjones.com/priorities (accessed Oct 2026)
Also reported: Alabama Political Reporter, Jul 27, 2026
Health care & Medicaid
Tuberville
Alabama will not expand Medicaid. We’ll run the program we have like it belongs to the taxpayers, because it does.
Original: coachforgovernor.com/playbook (accessed Oct 2026)
From his campaign policy plan, “The Golden Age Playbook,” released Oct 22, 2026. His campaign issues page has no Medicaid position.
Jones

No verified quote found yet.

Original: dougjones.com/priorities (accessed Oct 2026)
Also: dougjones.com/issues/medicaid-expansion; quoted in Alabama Political Reporter, Jul 27, 2026.
Education & school choice
Tuberville
As Governor, I will expand school choice and make sure that parents, not the government, are in charge of their child’s educational future.
Original: coachforgovernor.com/issues (accessed Oct 2026)
Jones

His priorities page lists free community college for adults without credentials and a lottery whose revenue could fund education (dougjones.com/priorities). Tuberville's campaign says Jones would end the CHOOSE Act (Tuberville press release); that is the opponent's description.

Those kids made a decision and their parents to change schools and benefited. They believe so, and the income caps were on, so we'll phase it out. But we'll let those kids graduate.
Original: Alabama Reflector, Oct 14, 2026 (accessed Oct 2026)
Montgomery town hall, Oct 13, 2026.
I want to see public education investments, not money going away.
Original: WVTM 13, Oct 20, 2026 (accessed Oct 2026)
WVTM 13 interview, Oct 20, 2026, on phasing out CHOOSE Act money for private school expenses.
Immigration
Tuberville
As Governor, I will back the blue, enforce the law, and work with President Trump to deport illegal alien criminals.
Original: coachforgovernor.com/issues (accessed Oct 2026)
JonesNo public position found
Guns
Tuberville
My message to radical liberals who want to take away our guns is simple: come and take it.
Original: coachforgovernor.com/issues (accessed Oct 2026)
Related Senate vote: S. 2938 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (Nay, 2022).
JonesNo position on campaign site
Abortion
Tuberville
Alabama is a pro-life state and believes, as I do, that every life is sacred and created by God.
Original: coachforgovernor.com/issues (accessed Oct 2026)
JonesNo position on campaign site
Related Senate vote: S. 2311 20-week abortion ban, cloture (Nay, Jan 29, 2018).
Data centers
Tuberville
Statements over time
  • Jul 13, 2026 (Alabama Sheriffs Association conference, Opelika): “We're going to do data centers. It will help you tremendously. The tax money that comes from those things is unbelievable for schools, for law enforcement, for anything that's done.” WSFA/WBRC, Jul 14, 2026
  • Jul 13, 2026 (same conference in Opelika): “It makes too much noise. It's going to ruin the climate — bull crap. They are listening to all this nonsense they see on social media that's coming from China because China does not want us to grow.” WSFA/WBRC, Jul 14, 2026
  • Sep 1, 2026 (his op-ed in Alabama Political Reporter): “If your community says no, my answer is no.” Alabama Political Reporter, Sep 1, 2026
  • Sep 1, 2026 (same op-ed): “Power companies stand to make a lot of money selling electricity to data centers. We must protect Alabama ratepayers while new facilities are built. Third, data centers must replace the power and water capacity they take.” Alabama Political Reporter, Sep 1, 2026
  • Oct 14, 2026 (to reporters before speaking to the Birmingham Rotary Club): “I am 100 percent for data centers because I've studied them for the last three or four years. I was watching TV this morning and the superintendent of Birmingham Schools basically said, 'We've got a data center here that's going to pay us $30 million a year.' We need money. We need money in this state.” Alabama Political Reporter, Oct 16, 2026
  • Oct 14, 2026 (same remarks before the Birmingham Rotary Club): “It uses as much water as two McDonald's. That's a fallacy when people say it uses too much water.” MAGA Report Cards, Oct 18, 2026
  • Oct 22, 2026 (his campaign policy plan, "The Golden Age Playbook"): “I’m changing how Alabama treats data centers. No more tax breaks. They go in the highest property tax class, pay the full cost of the power lines, substations, and water systems they need, and replace the power and water capacity they take.” Tuberville campaign playbook, Oct 22, 2026
No data-center position on his campaign issues page (coachforgovernor.com/issues, checked Oct 19, 2026). Quotes are as reported by each source.
Jones
As Governor, Doug will declare a one year moratorium on data centers until we ensure every community is informed and protected.
Original: dougjones.com/priorities (accessed Oct 2026)
Also reported: Alabama Political Reporter, Jul 27, 2026.
I want to make sure every community knows exactly what's going on in their community, and that they have the final say.
Original: WVTM 13, Oct 20, 2026 (accessed Oct 2026)
WVTM 13 interview, Oct 20, 2026.
Ethics & government
TubervilleNo ethics plan on campaign issues pageJones

No verified quote found yet.

Original: dougjones.com/priorities (accessed Oct 2026)

Tommy Tuberville's Senate voting record (selected)

From the U.S. Senate's official roll-call records. Click a roll number for the official tally.

DateMeasureVoteSource
July 1H.R. 1
One Big Beautiful Bill Act
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
YeaRoll 372 (119th, 1)
January 24PN11-7
Pete Hegseth, Secretary of Defense
On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed
YeaRoll 15 (119th, 1)
January 20S. 5
Laken Riley Act
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
YeaRoll 7 (119th, 1)
April 23H.R. 815
Israel/Ukraine/Taiwan aid package (final)
On the Motion · Motion Agreed to
Not VotingRoll 154 (118th, 2)
February 13H.R. 815
National security supplemental (Senate version)
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
NayRoll 48 (118th, 2)
June 1H.R. 3746
Fiscal Responsibility Act (debt-limit deal)
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
NayRoll 146 (118th, 1)
November 29H.R. 8404
Respect for Marriage Act
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
NayRoll 362 (117th, 2)
August 7H.R. 5376
Inflation Reduction Act
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
NayRoll 325 (117th, 2)
July 27H.R. 4346
CHIPS and Science Act
On the Motion · Motion Agreed to
NayRoll 271 (117th, 2)
June 23S. 2938
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act
On the Motion · Motion Agreed to
NayRoll 242 (117th, 2)
April 7PN1783
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Supreme Court
On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed
NayRoll 134 (117th, 2)
August 10H.R. 3684
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
NayRoll 314 (117th, 1)
March 6H.R. 1319
American Rescue Plan Act
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
NayRoll 110 (117th, 1)

Doug Jones's Senate voting record (selected)

Jones served Jan 2018–Jan 2021, so his votes come from different years than Tuberville's.

DateMeasureVoteSource
December 21H.R. 133
COVID relief + government funding (Dec 2020)
On the Motion · Motion Agreed to
YeaRoll 289 (116th, 2)
October 26PN2252
Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Court
On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed
NayRoll 224 (116th, 2)
March 25H.R. 748
CARES Act
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
YeaRoll 80 (116th, 2)
February 5H.Res. 755
Impeachment of President Trump, Article II (obstruction)
Guilty or Not Guilty · Not Guilty
GuiltyRoll 34 (116th, 2)
February 5H.Res. 755
Impeachment of President Trump, Article I (abuse of power)
Guilty or Not Guilty · Not Guilty
GuiltyRoll 33 (116th, 2)
December 19H.R. 1865
Final FY2020 spending package
On the Motion · Motion Agreed to
YeaRoll 415 (116th, 1)
October 6PN2259
Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court
On the Nomination · Nomination Confirmed
NayRoll 223 (115th, 2)
March 21H.R. 1865
FOSTA (online sex-trafficking bill)
On Passage of the Bill · Bill Passed
YeaRoll 60 (115th, 2)
January 29S. 2311
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (20-week ban), cloture
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
NayRoll 25 (115th, 2)

Full records: Senate.gov roll-call votes

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