Alabama candidate qualifying ends; Dems have largest slate since 2018

By: Anna Barrett, Andrea Tinker

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: January 24, 2026

Words: 1,404

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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At least 94 Democrats and 153 Republicans were listed to run for the Alabama Legislature in state and federal elections later this year as candidate qualifying ended on Friday evening.

While lists were being finalized Friday, several notable developments emerged:

Alabama Democrats appeared to be fielding their most robust slate of candidates since 2018;
Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl entered the race for lieutenant governor late on Friday, after an unexpected …

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