2026 Alabama Primary Election

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2026 Alabama Primary Runoff

Chad "Chig" Martin, Democrat, Governor - BirminghamWatch

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Chad "Chig" Martin lives in Enterprise, Alabama. He earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He has one child. 

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Chad previously ran for governor of the State of Alabama in 2022 and 2018, but did not win. 

Chad owns Honeysuckle Hemp Company, Thunder Industrial, and Martin Mobile Homes. 

Supports creating jobs with livable wages and strong benefits.

Advocates for economic diversification through agriculture and ecotourism.

Supports workforce development and job training programs.

Supports establishing an education lottery to fund schools and scholarships.

Prioritizes the development of entertainment and gaming districts to boost tourism and revenue.

Promotes public-private partnerships for community development.

Advocates for addressing poverty and economic disparities, particularly in underserved regions.

Supports improving access to affordable housing and addressing structural barriers.

Calls for increased funding and resources for animal shelters.

- Supports creating jobs with livable wages and strong benefits.
- Advocates for economic diversification through agriculture and ecotourism.
- Supports workforce development and job training programs.
- Supports establishing an education lottery to fund schools and scholarships.
- Prioritizes the development of entertainment and gaming districts to boost tourism and revenue.
- Promotes public-private partnerships for community development.
- Advocates for addressing poverty and economic disparities, particularly in underserved regions.
- Supports improving access to affordable housing and addressing structural barriers.
- Calls for increased funding and resources for animal shelters.

Economy

Support decriminalizing drug possession and shifting focus to treatment and public health.

Advocates for stronger animal welfare laws and enforcement.

Supports prison reform focused on rehabilitation and workforce training.

- Support decriminalizing drug possession and shifting focus to treatment and public health.
- Advocates for stronger animal welfare laws and enforcement.
- Supports prison reform focused on rehabilitation and workforce training.

Public Safety

Supports expanding Medicaid and protecting Medicare to improve healthcare access.

Advocates for prioritizing preventative care and expanding telehealth services.

Promotes natural medicinal alternatives as part of healthcare and economic development.

Emphasizes mental health care through community-based and non-policing approaches.

Supports improving access to healthcare in rural and underserved communities.

- Supports expanding Medicaid and protecting Medicare to improve healthcare access.
- Advocates for prioritizing preventative care and expanding telehealth services.
- Supports abortion access.
- Promotes natural medicinal alternatives as part of healthcare and economic development.
- Emphasizes mental health care through community-based and non-policing approaches.
- Supports improving access to healthcare in rural and underserved communities.

Healthcare

Prioritizes investment in early childhood education and child development programs.

Supports investing in education and workforce training in underserved areas.

- Prioritizes investment in early childhood education and child development programs.
- Supports investing in education and workforce training in underserved areas.

Education

Advocates for infrastructure investment in underserved areas, including broadband and wastewater systems.

Calls for increased investment in environmental protection and conservation.

Supports increased funding for environmental agencies to protect natural resources.

- Advocates for infrastructure investment in underserved areas, including broadband and wastewater systems.
- Calls for increased investment in environmental protection and conservation.
- Supports increased funding for environmental agencies to protect natural resources.

Energy & the Environment

As of March 27, 2026, Chad "Chig" Martin’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Chad "Chig" Martin

- Supports expanding Medicated and protecting Medicare to improve healthcare access.
- Advocates for prioritizing preventative care and expanding telehealth services.
- Supports abortion access.
- Promotes natural medicinal alternatives as part of healthcare and economic development.
- Emphasizes mental health care through community-based and non-policing approaches.
- Supports improving access to healthcare in rural and underserved communities.

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Doug is from Fairfield, Alabama. He attended Fairfield High School. He has a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Alabama and a law degree from Cumberland School of Law. He lives with his wife, Louise, in Alabama.

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Doug Jones is from Fairfield, Alabama. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from The University of Alabama and his law degree from the Samford University Cumberland School of Law. He lives with his wife, Louise, their two children, and two grandchildren in Birmingham, Alabama.

Doug is a candidate for Governor of Alabama. He works on his campaign. He previously worked on the assembly line at a steel mill as a union laborer; served as staff counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee for Senator Howell Heflin; was an Assistant United States Attorney in Birmingham; and served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama beginning in 1997.

Doug currently works as an attorney at Doug Jones Law LLC and as a distinguished senior fellow at The Center for American Progress. He previously worked as counsel at ArentFox Schiff, a shareholder at Jones and Hawley, PC, a member at Haskell Slaughter Young and Rediker, LLCm and Whatley Drake, LLC, a U.S. attorney and an assistant U.S. attorney for Alabama's Northern District, a partner at a private law firm, and a staff counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee. 

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Doug previously served as a member of the U.S. Senate representing the State of Alabama. He served a partial term from 2018 to 2021. He ran for re-election in 2020, but did not win. 

Advocates for the creation of a state lottery in Alabama.

Supports better opportunities for young Alabamians so they do not have to "leave the communities they love."

Opposes Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers that "jack up our electricity bills."

Promises to expand rural broadband access.

- Advocates for the creation of a state lottery in Alabama.
- Supports better opportunities for young Alabamians so they do not have to "leave the communities they love."
- Opposes Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centers that "jack up our electricity bills."
- Promises to expand rural broadband access.

As of March 27, 2026, Doug Jones’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Opposes restrictions on IVF and contraception, linking them to broader attacks on reproductive rights.

Opposes restrictions on In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and contraception, linking them to broader attacks on reproductive rights.

Supports expanding Medicaid to reduce high rates of diabetes and heart disease and prevent rural hospital closures.

Plans to expand access to "high-quality, affordable health care."

- Opposes restrictions on In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and contraception, linking them to broader attacks on reproductive rights.
- Supports expanding Medicaid to reduce high rates of diabetes and heart disease and prevent rural hospital closures.
- Plans to expand access to "high-quality, affordable health care."

Believes that "every child in Alabama deserves access to quality education."

Sponsored the FUTURE Act, which supports Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by "reauthorizing funding for all minority-serving higher education institutions."

- Believes that "every child in Alabama deserves access to quality education."
- Sponsored the FUTURE Act, which supports Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) by "reauthorizing funding for all minority-serving higher education institutions."

Worked to expand funding to improve the "sanitation crisis in the Black Belt."

- Worked to expand funding to improve the "sanitation crisis in the Black Belt."

Believes that "Veterans deserve the best medical care and benefits possible when returning to civilian life."

- Believes that "Veterans deserve the best medical care and benefits possible when returning to civilian life."

Supports early voting, advocating for it like 47 other states that trust their citizens.

Opposes straight-ticket voting, viewing it as a system that maintains the power of the elite while failing the public.

- Supports early voting, advocating for it like 47 other states that trust their citizens.
- Opposes straight-ticket voting, viewing it as a system that maintains the power of the elite while failing the public.

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Jamel is a pastor. He works in his ministry, where he has been pastoring souls and spirits online and offline since he was 15 years old.

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Jamel J. Brown previously ran for mayor of Montgomery at age 18 but did not win. He also ran four unsuccessful campaigns for Montgomery City Council.

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JaMel previously ran for mayor of Montgomery at age 18 but did not win. He also ran four times for Montgomery City Council.

Supports ending the state sales tax on groceries.

Supports the legalization of recreational marijuana, a lottery, and casino gambling.

Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, with some positions like manufacturing having a $20 an hour minimum wage.

- Supports ending the state sales tax on groceries.
- Supports the legalization of recreational marijuana, a lottery, and casino gambling.
- Supports a 32-hour work week.
- Supports raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, with some positions like manufacturing having a $20 an hour minimum wage.

Supports releasing non-violent offenders from prison.

- Opposes the death penalty.
- Opposes defunding the police.
- Supports releasing non-violent offenders from prison.

Opposes cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) but supports reforming the program so it does not pay for "sodas and junk food."

- Opposes cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) but supports reforming the program so it does not pay for "sodas and junk food."

Supports abolishing the Department of Education at both the federal and state levels.

Supports school choice, saying "wherever that child decides to go, that education dollars should go there."

Supports legislation that would require the Ten Commandments be placed in schools.

- Supports abolishing the Department of Education at both the federal and state levels.
- Supports school choice, saying "wherever that child decides to go, that education dollars should go there."
- Supports legislation that would require the Ten Commandments be placed in schools.

Wants to address energy, housing, and poverty issues.

- Wants to address energy, housing, and poverty issues.

As of March 27, 2026, JaMel J. Brown did not have a website or any information online.

JaMel J. Brown

As of March 27, 2026, Jamel J. Brown’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Jamel J. Brown

Jamel Brown is from Montgomery, Alabama. He is a pastor. He is single and has no kids.

Jamel is a pastor at The House of Chosen. He is also the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of The Ja'Mel J. Brown Foundation and the CEO of The Ja'Mel Brown Show. 

Jamel previously ran for Montgomery mayor.

Jamel Brown is from Montgomery, Alabama. He has a high school diploma from Carver Senior High School. He is a pastor.

Jamel is a pastor and community activist. He has been preaching since he was seven years old and has been pastoring since he was 15. He has previously run for mayor of Montgomery.

Ja'Mel previously ran for Montgomery mayor.

Jamel is from Montgomery, Alabama. He attended Carver Senior High School.

Jamel is a pastor. He works at The House of Chosen, where he has been delivering sermons and guiding souls and spirits online and offline since he was 15 years old. He previously worked at The Ja’Mel J. Brown Foundation and as the chief executive officer at The Ja’Mel Brown Show.

Ja'Mel Brown is from Montgomery, Alabama. He has a high school diploma from Carver Senior High School. He is a pastor. He is single and has no children.

Jamel is a pastor at The House of Chosen. He is also the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of The Ja'Mel J. Brown Foundation and the CEO of The Ja'Mel Brown Show. He previously ran for mayor of Montgomery at 18 years old and has run four unsuccessful campaigns for Montgomery City Council.

Ja'Mel previously ran for Montgomery mayor and Montgomery city council, but his efforts were unsuccessful.

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Supports releasing nonviolent offenders from prison.

Said, "I think gangs is a problem... It's a lot of stuff that people in their minds and it be hate, and jealous and envy."

Supports releasing many nonviolent offenders from prison.

Nate is a peanut farmer. He works at his family farm, where he has grown peanuts, cotton, and corn and run cattle for many years. He previously founded Mathis Farm Service, a business selling farming supplies, and owned Nate’s Oyster Bar, a restaurant in Slocomb.

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Nathan "Nate" Mathis is a peanut farmer. He works at his family farm, where he has grown peanuts, cotton, and corn and run cattle for many years. He previously founded Mathis Farm Service, a business selling farming supplies, and owned Nate’s Oyster Bar, a restaurant in Slocomb.

As of March 27, 2026, Nathan "Nate" Mathis did not have a website or any information online.

Outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ+ community across the South.

- Outspoken advocate for the LGBTQ+ community across the South.

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Expresses regret over past actions regarding his daughter's sexuality and emphasizes the importance of sending the right representatives to Washington.

Advocates for protecting and expanding the missions at Fort Rucker (now Fort Novosel) and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base to support veterans, bolster national defense, and create local jobs.

- Expresses regret over past actions regarding his daughter's sexuality and emphasizes the importance of sending the right representatives to Washington.
- Advocates for protecting and expanding the missions at Fort Rucker (now Fort Novosel) and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base to support veterans, bolster national defense, and create local jobs.

Nathan "Nate" Mathis

As of March 27, 2026, Nathan "Nate" Mathis’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Nathan is a peanut farmer and the owner of a farming supplies business and a restaurant. He works on his farm, where he grows peanuts, cotton, and corn and runs cattle. He also owns Mathis Farm Service, a farming supplies store, and Nate’s Oyster Bar, a restaurant in Slocomb.

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Will Boyd is from Florence, South Carolina. He has a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of South Carolina, a master's degree in business administration from Regis University, a doctorate in religion from Christian Bible College, a doctorate in organization and management from Capella University, and a doctorate in Christian clinical psychology from St. James the Elder Theological Seminary. He is married to his wife, Vida, and they have three children. He attends Dr. Mark Missionary Baptist Church in Florence.

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Dr. Boyd is a minister and bishop. He also serves as a manufacturing executive, college professor, and higher education administrator. 

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Willl is a minister and bishop. He also serves as a manufacturing executive, college professor, and higher education administrator. 

Will previously ran for lieutenant governor in 2018 but did not win.

Supports the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would make it easier for employees to form unions.

Supports Fair Share legislation, which would require developers to build affordable housing in their communities.

Supports expanding unemployment insurance.

Opposes efforts to remove workers from the 40-hour workweek standard and to deny workers overtime pay.

Opposes excluding certain forms of compensation from the calculation of overtime pay.

Opposes any legislation that seeks to weaken or repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, which mandates prevailing wage rates for workers on federal construction projects.

Supports the Little Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federal contractors to pay prevailing wages to workers on public works projects.

Opposes any legislation that would weaken or repeal the issuance of wages under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act of 1965.

Opposes limiting circumstances for unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.

Supports expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to include workers in companies with fewer than fifty employees, provided employees can retain medical/dental benefits by contributing the same amount as before leave, with exceptions agreed upon by employer and employee at hire.

Supports paid time off and sick leave for employees.

Supports strengthening whistleblower protections for workers who report job concerns.

Supports stricter penalties for employer negligence regarding employee safety and machine safeguarding.

Supports new OSHA ergonomic standards to protect workers from musculoskeletal disorders.

Supports extending The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) coverage to public workers in government, municipal, and education sectors.

Supports efforts to ensure that all truckers are treated with dignity and respect as they move goods across the state.

Supports better compensation for truck drivers.

Supports regulations for crew vans to reduce impairment-related accidents.

Supports legislation mandating railroad companies to maintain safety equipment like whistle posts.

Supports the rights of railroad workers and wants to provide support under federal laws such as the Railway Labor Act, Railroad Retirement Act, and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.

Supports raising the minimum wage to $20 by 2028.

Supports creating jobs for disadvantaged youth by investing in a youth jobs program aimed at first-generation college students.

- Supports the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, which would make it easier for employees to form unions.
- Supports Fair Share legislation, which would require developers to build affordable housing in their communities.
- Supports expanding unemployment insurance.
- Opposes worker misclassification.
- Opposes efforts to remove workers from the 40-hour workweek standard and to deny workers overtime pay.
- Opposes excluding certain forms of compensation from the calculation of overtime pay.
- Opposes any legislation that seeks to weaken or repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, which mandates prevailing wage rates for workers on federal construction projects.
- Supports the Little Davis-Bacon Act, which requires federal contractors to pay prevailing wages to workers on public works projects.
- Opposes any legislation that would weaken or repeal the issuance of wages under the McNamara-O'Hara Service Contract Act of 1965.
- Opposes limiting circumstances for unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
- Supports expanding the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) to include workers in companies with fewer than fifty employees, provided employees can retain medical/dental benefits by contributing the same amount as before leave, with exceptions agreed upon by employer and employee at hire.
- Supports paid time off and sick leave for employees.
- Supports strengthening whistleblower protections for workers who report job concerns.
- Supports stricter penalties for employer negligence regarding employee safety and machine safeguarding.
- Supports new OSHA ergonomic standards to protect workers from musculoskeletal disorders.
- Supports extending The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) coverage to public workers in government, municipal, and education sectors.
- Supports efforts to ensure that all truckers are treated with dignity and respect as they move goods across the state.
- Supports better compensation for truck drivers.
- Supports regulations for crew vans to reduce impairment-related accidents.
- Supports legislation mandating railroad companies to maintain safety equipment like whistle posts.
- Supports the rights of railroad workers and wants to provide support under federal laws such as the Railway Labor Act, Railroad Retirement Act, and the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.
- Supports raising the minimum wage to $20 by 2028.
- Supports creating jobs for disadvantaged youth by investing in a youth jobs program aimed at first-generation college students.

Plans to "seek to end discrepancies between minimum sentences for illegal substances (crack, powder cocaine), and;".

Supports the Equality Act, which would add LGBTQIA+ individuals to the Civil Rights Act of 1965 as a protected class.

Supports hiring more highway patrols in Alabama.

Supports legislation that requires railroad companies to properly maintain safety equipment such as whistle posts.

Supports the rights of railroad workers under federal laws like the Railway Labor Act, Railroad Retirement Act, and Federal Employers’ Liability Act.

- Plans to "seek to end discrepancies between minimum sentences for illegal substances (crack, powder cocaine), and;".
- Supports the Equality Act, which would add LGBTQIA+ individuals to the Civil Rights Act of 1965 as a protected class.
- Supports hiring more highway patrols in Alabama.
- Supports legislation that requires railroad companies to properly maintain safety equipment such as whistle posts.
- Supports the rights of railroad workers under federal laws like the Railway Labor Act, Railroad Retirement Act, and Federal Employers’ Liability Act.

Supports securing funding for organizations that provide healthcare for women.

- Supports securing funding for organizations that provide healthcare for women.

Supports legislation that provides psychological counseling to students who disrupt the learning experience or do not engage in the classroom.

Supports connecting college students to community resources to enhance job acquisition opportunities.

Supports legislation to address the gap between living costs and education expenses, noting college tuition has increased nearly three times faster than median family income.

Supports protecting national endowments for the arts and humanities.

Supports providing psychological counseling to students who disrupt the learning experience or do not engage in the classroom.

Supports legislation to address the increasing disparity between the rising costs of education and the stagnating growth of family income.

- Supports legislation that provides psychological counseling to students who disrupt the learning experience or do not engage in the classroom.
- Supports connecting college students to community resources to enhance job acquisition opportunities.
- Supports legislation to address the gap between living costs and education expenses, noting college tuition has increased nearly three times faster than median family income.
- Supports protecting national endowments for the arts and humanities.
- Supports protecting research funding.
- Supports providing psychological counseling to students who disrupt the learning experience or do not engage in the classroom.
- Supports connecting college students to community resources to enhance job acquisition opportunities.
- Supports legislation to address the increasing disparity between the rising costs of education and the stagnating growth of family income.

Supports investing in the green jobs sector.

Supports assisting blue-collar workers in transitioning to jobs in a "greener economy."

Supports legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.

Supports modernizing ports and waterways.

Supports an "all inclusive approach to energy (which includes coal)" while also investing in renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and geothermal.

Supports installing more electric vehicle charging stations statewide.

- Supports investing in the green jobs sector.
- Supports assisting blue-collar workers in transitioning to jobs in a "greener economy."
- Supports legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050.
- Supports modernizing ports and waterways.
- Supports replacing lead pipes.
- Supports an "all inclusive approach to energy (which includes coal)" while also investing in renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and geothermal.
- Supports installing more electric vehicle charging stations statewide.

Opposes the World Trade Organization (WTO)

- Opposes the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Supports all efforts to end voter suppression.

Opposes "any efforts to silence the voice of voters."

Opposes efforts to undermine the Voting Rights Act, particularly regarding gerrymandering of minority representation.

- Supports all efforts to end voter suppression.
- Opposes "any efforts to silence the voice of voters."
- Opposes efforts to undermine the Voting Rights Act, particularly regarding gerrymandering of minority representation.

Will Boyd

Yolanda Flowers is from Birmingham, Alabama. She has an associate's degree in speech therapy, a bachelor's degree in audiology, and a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Tennessee. She has three children, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. She is a member of the NAACP and serves as a youth director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).

Yolanda Rochelle Flowers lives in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned associate's degree in speech therapy, bachelor's degree in audiology, and a master's degree in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Tennessee of Knoxville. She volunteers with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). She has three children, twelve grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. 

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- The governor of Alabama is the chief executive of the state and is responsible for enforcing state laws and overseeing the executive branch of government.

- The governor manages state government operations by directing agencies and departments that handle areas such as public safety, healthcare, education, and transportation.

- The governor serves as the state’s chief budget officer and proposes a state budget, which determines how public funds are allocated across programs and services.

- The governor signs or vetoes bills passed by the state legislature. A veto can be overridden by the legislature, but this process allows the governor to influence which laws take effect.

- The governor appoints officials to lead state agencies and fill vacancies in certain public offices, shaping how policies are carried out across the state.

- The governor serves as commander-in-chief of the state’s military forces, including the Alabama National Guard, and can respond to emergencies such as natural disasters.

- In Alabama, the governor is elected in a statewide, partisan election to a four-year term and may serve up to two consecutive terms.

- Candidates must be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for at least ten years, and a resident of Alabama for at least seven years.

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