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Tuberville Wins GOP Governor Primary, Setting Up Fight for Open Senate Seat

His win refocuses Alabama politics toward a crowded Senate race under a disrupted primary schedule.

FILE - Rep. Barry Moore, left, and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas during a House Judiciary Committee Field Hearing, April 17, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., at the Capitol on March 3, 2026.
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Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones speaks during the Tide Against Trump rally at Snow Hinton Park in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Thursday May 1, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s visit to the University of Alabama campus.

Overview

  • NBC News projected that Sen. Tommy Tuberville won the Republican primary for governor, clearing the way for him to leave the Senate seat he captured in 2020.
  • The open Senate seat has drawn seven Republicans, including Rep. Barry Moore and Attorney General Steve Marshall, and Trump has endorsed Moore.
  • The large field raises the chance that no candidate will win a majority, which would send the race to a June 16 runoff.
  • Gov. Kay Ivey set Aug. 11 special primaries in the 1st, 2nd, 6th and 7th House districts after a court allowed a new map, and Secretary of State Wes Allen said May 19 votes in those districts will be counted in totals but will not pick party nominees.
  • The map fight, challenged by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, has confused many voters and could reshape one House seat in a state where GOP primaries often decide November outcomes.