MONTGOMERY, AL — Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, a Southern Arkansas University graduate and former college football coach, was elected governor of Alabama on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, defeating Democrat Doug Jones.
Tuberville received 872,076 votes, or 51.8 percent, compared with Jones’ 806,149 votes, or 47.9 percent, according to unofficial returns Wednesday.
Born in Camden in 1954, Tuberville grew up in Ouachita County and graduated from Harmony Grove High School. He earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1976 from Southern State College, now Southern Arkansas University, where he played football and golf…