Dozens of important Alabama elections this year will likely have just one candidate.
As of Jan. 21, 255 people have filed for 160 offices in Alabama on the November 2026 ballot. (That total doesn’t include some local city and county races).
There are some big names at the top of the ticket, including Tommy Tuberville and Doug Jones, who are among other candidates for governor. But many races in the statehouse remain uncontested and even fewer will be competitive…