2022 Alabama Elections

Candidates, On Your Marks

Candidates have lined up under the Republican and Democratic flags to run for their party nominations for a slate of offices, from U.S. Senate to governor to Jefferson County Commission.

Friday was the deadline for candidates to file papers to run in the primary election, which will be May 24, leading up to the Nov. 8 general election.

In Jefferson County alone, Democratic voters will have more than 80 candidates to choose from, and Republicans will have more than 60.

That doesn’t count candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives. That qualifying deadline has been extended while the courts determine whether the redrawn House districts approved after the 2020 census are constitutional.  A three-judge federal court panel ruled that they were not and told the state to redraw them, but the state has appealed that ruling to the U.S.

Find candidates running for each party’s nominations:

Democratic Primary Candidates

Republican Primary Candidates