Healthcare
Supports Medicaid expansion and stronger rural health services.
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THE 2026 CANDIDATE FILE
DOUG JONES
Candidate for Governor · Alabama
THE PERSON
Background
Doug Jones is an attorney and former U.S. senator from Alabama, serving from 2018 to 2021. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001. As a federal prosecutor, he secured convictions in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing case.
Roots
- Birthplace: Fairfield, Alabama
- Career: Federal prosecutor; private-practice attorney; U.S. senator
Education
- University of Alabama · B.S.
- Samford University, Cumberland School of Law · J.D.
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THE POLICIES
Where they stand
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Taxes
Supports eliminating grocery taxes, ending overtime taxes and suspending gas taxes during price spikes.
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Proposes a state earned-income tax credit, more childcare, free community college for adults without credentials and apprenticeship incentives.
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Supports a stock-trading ban for elected officials, citizen ballot initiatives and expanded early voting.
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Proposes a one-year data-center moratorium, no company tax breaks and no secret agreements.
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Ballot & sources
Governor · November 3, 2026
Candidate listing checked October 25, 2026.
Alabama Secretary of State · Baldwin County November 3, 2026 official sample ballot ↗The candidate’s name and party follow the official ballot source. Backgrounds and issue positions are checked separately. A candidate is not an officeholder-elect unless a verified result establishes that status.