Alabama legislative candidates from both parties were not surprised Democrats were able to flip three seats in north Alabama on Tuesday. During their campaigning, several told AL.com they saw it coming. “People are hungry for change,” said Democrat Jared Sluss, who defeated Republican incumbent Sam Givhan in the Senate District 7 race. “This is my story and so many others’: We were tired of ...

According to the Secretary of State’s Office, 1,194,435 ballots in Tuesday’s midterm election were cast as Republican or Democratic straight tickets. That’s 70.5% of the 1,693,621 ballots cast. Republicans accounted for 54% of straight-ticket ballots,

Alabama Democratic Rep. Shomari Figures discusses how redistricting and newly drawn district lines played a role in voter turnout and his victory.

Allison Montgomery, a Democrat who just flipped a Republican-held legislative seat in north Alabama, will become the state’s first openly transgender lawmaker. Montgomery campaigned in her district in north Alabama on protecting public education, improving Huntsville healthcare and ending local data center projects. The District 25 seat had been held by Republicans for at least 20 years, and ...

Election night is over, and Alabama remained red. Not many other states can say that. Most Alabama Republicans held on in the face of a national blue wave that saw Democrats win many surprising races, including in some neighboring states. Georgia elected a Democratic governor, the first Black woman in U.S. history to hold that title, and as of Wednesday morning, a Mississippi Senate race was ...

Democrat Andrew Sneed conceded to U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, R-Monrovia, in the 5th Congressional District race on Wednesday. Strong defeated Sneed 53.19% to 46.7% on Tuesday night in unofficial results to win a third term in the north Alabama race. “The people of North Alabama have spoken,” Sneed said. “Obviously, this is not the outcome we were hoping for, but we respect the integrity of the ...

Texas, Florida, Ohio and Alabama redistricting efforts all backfired as Democrats swept battleground and safe GOP seats in the midterm elections.

Tommy Tuberville faces Doug Jones. FOX54 News' Caleb Aguayo tells us the state of the race.

A ballot measure that would amend the Alabama Constitution to essentially require the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools in addition to allowing “student-initiated and student-led prayer” is projected to be approved by voters, according to Decision Desk HQ. Voters in the Cotton State passed the constitutional amendment, known as Alabama Statewide Amendment 3, which…

The U.S. Department of Justice is deploying about 1,000 election monitors and observers nationwide, including teams assigned to three Alabama counties, as part of its largest election monitoring operation in history.