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Jefferson County, Alabama

2026 election results. Doug Jones (D) got 68% of the vote for governor in Jefferson County. The margin is 26.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Jefferson County is split between 2 U.S. House districts.

2026 results in Jefferson County

U.S. Senate

Everett Wess
65.5%161,139
Barry Moore
34.5%84,815
100% counted

Statewide: Barry Moore wins. Called.

Governor

Doug Jones
68.3%168,633
Tommy Tuberville
31.7%78,321
100% counted

Statewide: Tommy Tuberville wins. Called.

U.S. House: Alabama 6th District

Maurice Mercer
51.0%58,262
Gary Palmer
49.0%55,876
100% counted

Only part of Jefferson County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Gary Palmer wins. Called.

U.S. House: Alabama 7th District

Terri Sewell
77.6%102,467
Ammie Akin
22.4%29,583
100% counted

Only part of Jefferson County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Terri Sewell wins. Called.

The leader in Jefferson 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 3, 11:53 PM.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
AL SenateD +31.0D +10.6D +20.5
AL GovernorD +36.6D +10.6D +26.0
AL-06 part of the countyD +2.1R +17.3D +19.4
AL-07 part of the countyD +55.2D +36.9D +18.3

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 Jefferson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris54.3%Donald Trump43.9%D +10.4298,704
2020Joe Biden55.8%Donald Trump42.6%D +13.1325,855
2016Hillary Clinton51.6%Donald Trump44.3%D +7.3304,191
2012Barack Obama52.6%Mitt Romney46.6%D +6.0303,918
2008Barack Obama52.2%John McCain47.1%D +5.1318,524
2004John Kerry45.2%George W. Bush54.2%R +9.0292,967
2000Al Gore47.4%George W. Bush50.6%R +3.1273,763

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 D +13.5.

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.