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These candidates have qualified to run for office in the Democratic Party 2026 primary for Jefferson County.

JEFFERSON COUNTY RACES

Jefferson County Commission, District 1

• Lashunda Scales (i)
• Clinton Woods

Jefferson County Commission, District 2

• Shelia Tyson (i)

Jefferson County Commission, District 3

• Camara Blue
• Dock Louis Scott

Jefferson County Sheriff

• Chris Anderson
• Mark L. Pettway (i)
• Jude Washington

Jefferson County Tax Assessor

• Gaynnell Hendricks (i)

Jefferson County Tax Collector

• J.T. Smallwood (i)

JeffCo Assistant Tax Assessor (Bessemer Division)

• Charles R. Winston (i)

JeffCo Assistant Tax Collector (Bessemer Division)

• Mykeshia Myles Jones
• Ron Marshall (i)
• Danielle Lewis Matthews

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STATE RACES

U.S. Senate

• Dakarai Larriett
• Lamont Lavender
• Kyle Sweetser
• Everett Wess
• Mark S. Wheeler II

U.S. House of Representatives, 6th District

• Keith Pilkington

U.S. House of Representatives, 7th District

• Terri A. Sewell

Governor

• Will Boyd
• Jamel J. Brown
• Yolanda Rochelle Flowers
• Doug Jones
• Chad Chig Martin
• Nathan “Nate” Mathis

Lieutenant Governor

• Phillip Ensler
• Darryl D. Perryman

Attorney General

• Jeff McLaughlin

Secretary of State

• Wayne Rogers

State Treasurer

• Rosilyn Houston

State Auditor

• Violet Edwards

Commissioner of Agriculture & Industries

• Ron Sparks

Public Service Commissioner, Place 1

• James O. Gordon
• John Northrop
• Jeff Ramsey

Public Service Commissioner, Place 2

• Sheila D. McNeil

State Senate, District 16

• Spencer Stone

State Senate, District 18

• Rodger M. Smitherman

State Senate, District 19

• Merika Coleman

State Senate, District 20

• Linda Coleman-Madison

Alabama House of Representatives, District 15

• Nell Brown

Alabama House of Representatives, District 16

• Christian Martin

Alabama House of Representatives, District 45

• Toni Kornegay Vaughn

Alabama House of Representatives, District 47

• Jim Toomey

Alabama House of Representatives, District 54

• Joseph J. Holt
• Neil Rafferty

Alabama House of Representatives, District 55

• Jennifer “Jenny” Craig
• Eric Major
• Travis Hendrix

Alabama House of Representatives, District 56

• Ontario J Tillman

Alabama House of Representatives, District 57

• Shamyia Atkins
• Mara Ruffin Blackmon
• Patrick Sellers

Alabama House of Representatives, District 58

• Rolanda Hollis

Alabama House of Representatives, District 59

• Mary Moore

Alabama House of Representatives, District  60

• Juandalynn Givan
• Alicia Escott Lumpkin
• Nina Taylor

Supreme Court Justice, Place 8

• Ashleigh Meyer Dunham

10^th Circuit Judge, Place 1

• Brian Huff

10^th Circuit Judge, Place 2

• Shanta Craig Owens

10^th Circuit Judge, Place 3

• Kechia Davis

10^th Circuit Judge, Place 10

• Ruby Clark

District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 1

• Martha Reeves Cook

District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 2

• Maria Fortune

District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 7

• Jimmy Ray Earley, Jr.
• Tiffany Jones
• Hope Marshall

State Board of Education, District 4

• Yvette M. Richardson

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