Longtime U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer faces first-time candidate in August special primary

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: July 29, 2026

Words: 1,058

Last Updated: 5 days, 10 hours ago

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Republican voters in central Alabama will choose between a 12-year incumbent congressman and a 26-year-old physical therapist assistant in an August special primary.

U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Hoover, who is seeking his seventh term in the U.S. House, faces Case Dixon in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District – which covers the eastern part of Jefferson County, a portion of southern Talladega county, northern Elmore county and all of Shelby, Bibb, Chilton and Autauga counties.

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