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Tommy Tuberville defeats Doug Jones in Alabama gubernatorial election

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Knox, B. (2026, November 4). Tommy Tuberville defeats Doug Jones in Alabama gubernatorial election. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/state/4775900/tommy-tuberville-doug-jones-rematch-alabama-election-result/

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Tommy Tuberville defeated Doug Jones in Alabama's gubernatorial election with 52.1% of the vote compared to Jones’s 47.9%, marking a continuation of Republican dominance in the state. The race was unexpectedly close despite polls showing Tuberville ahead by double digits, and it featured a rematch from their previous contest for Senate in 2020 where Tuberville won more decisively at 60.1% to 39.7%.
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Tommy Tuberville defeated Doug Jones in Alabama's gubernatorial election on November 7, 2026, securing 52.1% of the vote compared to Jones’s 47.9%. Despite trailing by double digits in polls leading up to the election, this result was narrower than expected. The race marked a rematch between Tuberville and Jones from their previous contest for Senate in 2020, which Tuberville also won with 60.1% of the vote. Republicans maintained their strong hold on Alabama, where Trump had previously won by 30 points in 2024.

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📰 Tommy Tuberville Wins Alabama Gubernatorial Election
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Tuberville PERSON · 11× Jones PERSON · 8× Alabama GPE · 4× Democrats NORP · 4× Republicans NORP · 3× Democratic NORP · 2× Senate ORG · 2× Doug Jones PERSON · 1× Tommy Tuberville PERSON · 1× Trump PERSON · 1×

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In parallel to the gubernatorial race, Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) and Democratic attorney Everett Wess ran to occupy Tuberville’s Senate seat, another race heavily predicted to be won by the Republicans.
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🔮 Though he was losing to Tuberville by double digits in every poll, Jones was still projected to do better than most other Democrats.
2026-11-04 · Washington Examiner
Tommy Tuberville defeats Doug Jones in Alabama gubernatorial election · assertive framing

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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) won Alabama’s gubernatorial race against Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones, continuing Republicans’ stranglehold on the state. asserted
Tuberville → win → state
Tuberville won 52.1% of the vote compared to Jones’s 47.9%. asserted
Tuberville → win → %
The result was narrower than expected, as Tuberville was leading Jones by double digits in every poll before the election. asserted
Tuberville → expect → election
Trump won Alabama by 30 points in 2024, his third victory in the state. asserted
Trump → win → state
Tuberville defeated Jones in the 2020 race for the latter’s Senate seat in a 60.1% to 39.7% vote. asserted
Tuberville → defeat → vote
As a former senator, Democrats hoped that Jones had the best chance of winning in the deeply conservative state. asserted
Jones → hop → state
Though he was losing to Tuberville by double digits in every poll, Jones was still projected to do better than most other Democrats. asserted
Jones → lose → Democrats
Both candidates won their primaries in landslides, but Tuberville’s involved some contention. asserted
Tuberville → win → contention
Insurance agent Ken McFeeters filed a lawsuit challenging the senator’s eligibility based on residency requirements, but the lawsuit was dismissed. asserted
lawsuit → file → requirements
Tuberville outraised Jones several times, but Democrats still invested a substantial amount. asserted
Democrats → outraise → amount
Jones even outraised Tuberville in June and July. asserted
Jones → outraise → June
The Alabama Republican was so confident in victory that no debate was held — Tuberville simply stated that “there’s really no debate.” asserted
Tuberville → hold → victory
Democrats haven’t won an Alabama gubernatorial election since 1998. asserted
Democrats → win → 1998
The margin was so wide that issues that afflicted Republicans’ electoral chances elsewhere in the country, including high gas prices and the Iran war, didn’t substantially harm Tuberville. asserted
that → afflict → Tuberville
In parallel to the gubernatorial race, Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) and Democratic attorney Everett Wess ran to occupy Tuberville’s Senate seat, another race heavily predicted to be won by the Republicans. asserted
Moore → run → Republicans
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