Former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones has launched a campaign for governor of Alabama in 2026, giving Democrats a high-profile candidate in a state where they have not won statewide office in years and setting up a possible rematch with Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville.
The two last faced off in the 2020 U.S. Senate race, when Tuberville defeated Jones by about 20 percentage points.
Jones announced his decision in a video posted online, calling it “the worst-kept secret in the state of Alabama.”
“I am running for governor of Alabama,” he said. “Over the last few weeks and months, [my wife] Louise and I have listened to you. We have heard you, and we so much appreciate everything that people have said to us, all the encouragement that we’ve got. It’s because of you. It’s why we decided to do this.”…
Former Sen. Doug Jones to Run for Alabama Governor in 2026
