Alabama House of Representatives elections, 2026

2026 Alabama House Elections
Primary	Pending
General	November 3, 2026

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Elections for the Alabama House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.

The Alabama House of Representatives is one of 88 state legislative chambers with elections in 2026. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas

Party	As of March 2025
	Democratic Party	29
	Republican Party	76
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total	105

Candidates

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

• Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
• Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

This list will be updated after the candidate filing deadline has passed and the official list of candidates becomes available. Please contact us if you notice an official candidate missing from the list or the inclusion of a candidate who withdrew.

Primary

General election

Voting information

See also: Voting in Alabama

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Competitiveness

This section will be updated with information about the competitiveness of state legislative elections in Alabama. For more information about Ballotpedia's Competitiveness Analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Alabama

See statutes: Title 17 of the Code of Alabama

There are four methods by which a candidate can gain ballot access: with an officially recognized political party, with a minor party seeking political party status, as an independent, or as a write-in. Every candidate for state-level office must submit a statement of economic interests when he or she first files for office. Within five days of filing this document, every candidate must organize a campaign finance committee and file an appointment of principal campaign committee form with the Alabama Secretary of State. Only the candidates of officially recognized political parties can participate in the state primary election. All other candidates run in the general election.^[1][2][3][4]

Political party candidates

All candidates seeking a party nomination for a non-county office (such as a federal, state, or state legislative office) must file a declaration of candidacy with the state party chair by 5:00 p.m. 116 days before the date of the primary. The state party chair must then certify the names of primary election candidates with the Alabama Secretary of State no later than 5 p.m. 82 days before the primary election. Candidates seeking a party nomination for a county office must file a declaration with the county party chair no later than 5:00 p.m. 116 days before the primary.^[5][6][7]

A party candidate must pay a party filing fee. These fees are established by the parties.^[8]

Minor party candidates

A minor party candidate is nominated at party meetings or conventions. Such meetings must be held before the primary election. The minor party must file certificates of nomination for each nominated candidate seeking a state or federal office with the Alabama Secretary of State. For county candidates, the certificate of nomination must be filed with the local Judge of Probate. These certificates are due on the day of the primary election.^[9][10][11]

Independent candidates

An independent candidate must file a petition with the Alabama Secretary of State. The petition must contain the signatures of registered voters equal to at least 3 percent of the total vote cast for governor in the applicable electoral district in the last general election.^[12][11]

This petition must be filed by 5 p.m. on the day of the primary election. A candidate cannot run as an independent if he or she ran in the primary election in the same year.^[11][12]

Write-in candidates

There are no filing requirements for write-in candidates in Alabama.^[13]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Members of the House must be 21 at the time of their election, must be citizens and residents of the State of Alabama for at least 3 years and residents of their district at least one year prior to election.^[14]

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries

State legislative salaries, 2024[15]
Salary	Per diem
$59,674.08/year	No per diem is paid to legislators whose permanent residence is less than six hours away. Legislators who are 6-12 hrs from their permanent residence receive $12.75/day. Legislators who are over 12 hours away and have no overnight stay receive $34/day.

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Alabama legislators assume office the day following their election.^[16]

Alabama political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Alabama Party Control: 1992-2025
Six years of Democratic trifectas  •  Fifteen years of Republican trifectas
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Presidential politics in Alabama

2024

See also: Presidential election, 2024

2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020

2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016

Alabama presidential election results (1900-2024)

• 16 Democratic wins
• 14 Republican wins
• 2 other wins

Redistricting following the 2020 census

Alabama enacted state legislative maps for the state Senate and House of Representatives on Nov. 4, 2021, after Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed the proposals into law.^[20] Senators approved the Senate map on Nov. 1 with a 25-7 vote.^[21] Representatives approved the Senate map on Nov. 3 with a 76-26 vote.^[20] For the House proposal, representatives voted 68-35 in favor on Nov. 1 and senators followed on Nov. 3 with a 22-7 vote.^[22] These maps took effect for Alabama's 2022 legislative elections.

See also

Alabama	State Legislative Elections	News and Analysis
Alabama State Executive Offices Alabama State Legislature Alabama Courts	2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 • 2014 Alabama elections: 2023 • 2022 • 2021 • 2020 • 2019 • 2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015	Party control of state government State government trifectas Partisan composition of state legislatures Partisan composition of state senates Partisan composition of state houses

External links

• Alabama House of Representatives

Footnotes