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Cherokee County, Alabama

2026 election results. Tommy Tuberville (R) got 79% of the vote for governor in Cherokee County. The margin is 17.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Cherokee County

U.S. Senate

Barry Moore
83.2%7,025
Everett Wess
16.8%1,418
100% counted

Statewide: Barry Moore wins. Called.

Governor

Tommy Tuberville
79.1%6,701
Doug Jones
20.9%1,772
100% counted

Statewide: Tommy Tuberville wins. Called.

The leader in Cherokee County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 4, 10:18 AM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
AL SenateR +66.4R +75.9D +9.5
AL GovernorR +58.2R +75.9D +17.8
AL-03R +67.4R +75.9D +8.5

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Cherokee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris11.9%Donald Trump87.3%R +75.413,006
2020Joe Biden13.2%Donald Trump86.0%R +72.812,303
2016Hillary Clinton14.4%Donald Trump83.4%R +69.010,733
2012Barack Obama21.8%Mitt Romney76.8%R +55.09,779
2008Barack Obama23.7%John McCain74.9%R +51.29,745
2004John Kerry33.6%George W. Bush65.5%R +31.99,049
2000Al Gore44.7%George W. Bush53.1%R +8.47,823

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +67.0.

Other counties in Alabama

Alabama results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Alabama certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Alabama's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.