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These are the candidates who will appear on the May 19, 2026, Democratic Party ballot, with links to information about candidates in races local to Jefferson County. Uncontested races, those with only one candidate running for the party’s nomination, do not appear on primary ballots but will be on the ballot in November.

JEFFERSON COUNTY RACES

Jefferson County Commission, District 1

• Lashunda Scales
• Clinton Woods

Jefferson County Commission, District 3

• Camara Blue
• Dock Scott

Jefferson County Sheriff

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

JeffCo Assistant Tax Collector (Bessemer Division)

• Mykeshia Myles Jones
• Ron Marshall
• Danielle Lewis Matthews

District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 7

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

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STATE RACES

U.S. Senate

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

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

Alabama House of Representatives, District 52

• Kelvin Datcher
• Gigi Hayes
• LaTanya Millhouse

Alabama House of Representatives, District 54

• Joseph J. Holt
• Neil Rafferty

Alabama House of Representatives, District 55

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

Alabama House of Representatives, District 57

• Shamyia Atkins
• Mara Ruffin Blackmon
• Patrick Sellers

Alabama House of Representatives, District  60

• Juandalynn Givan
• Alicia Escott Lumpkin
• Nina Taylor

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