Governor of Alabama
Doug Jones
Former U.S. Senator from Alabama (2018–2021)D
- Race
- Governor of Alabama
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponent
- Tommy Tuberville (R)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did2 statements · 0 votes
Medicaid expansion is not a handout, it's a hand up.
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2026-11-03
| Tommy Tuberville R | challenger |
| Doug Jones D | challenger |
Won the Democratic primary with about 78% of the vote in unofficial results.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
Medicaid expansion is not a handout, it's a hand up.
Says Alabama should expand Medicaid, calling it 'not a handout, it's a hand up.'[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Doug Jones is a lawyer and the Democratic nominee for governor of Alabama, and a former U.S. senator who served from 2018 to 2021 after winning a 2017 special election. Earlier he was U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama from 1997 to 2001. He is running on expanding Medicaid, eliminating the state grocery tax and taxes on tips and overtime, raising the minimum wage, a one-year moratorium on data centers, and a citizen ballot-initiative process.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Jones was born in Fairfield, Alabama, graduated from the University of Alabama in 1976, and earned his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1979.[2]
He began as staff counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, worked as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1980 to 1984, and then spent years in private practice before being appointed U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama in 1997. In that office he prosecuted two Ku Klux Klan members for the 1963 Birmingham church bombing and indicted Eric Rudolph.[2]
Jones won a 2017 special election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions and lost re-election to Tommy Tuberville in 2020. He won the Democratic nomination for governor in May 2026, setting up a rematch with Tuberville.[2][6]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- vote2020-02-05 · Voted guilty on Article I of the Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump, which failed 48–52 in the Senate.[7]
- vote2020-05-07 · Voted yea on overriding the President's veto of S.J. Res. 68, a joint resolution directing removal of U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran not authorized by Congress; the veto was sustained.[8]
In their own words
Priorities
- Expanding Medicaid 'one way or another,' protecting rural hospitals and improving maternal, infant and mental health care.[4][5]
- Eliminating the state grocery tax and state taxes on tips and overtime; raising the minimum wage; making child care and housing more affordable.[4][5]
- A one-year moratorium on data centers, a citizen-led ballot initiative process, a statewide vote on a lottery, and constitutional protections for IVF and contraception.[4][5]
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/doug-jones-al
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Alabama Governor's Race 2026, Jones Vs. Tuberville Takes Shape · Tuscaloosa Thread · 2026-07-27 News report
- 2.Doug Jones (politician) · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 3.Doug Jones calls for affordability measures, government reforms in policy speech · Alabama Reflector · 2026-07-27 News report
- 4.Doug Jones calls for affordability measures, government reforms in policy speech · Alabama Reflector · 2026-07-27 News report
- 5.Alabama Governor's Race 2026, Jones Vs. Tuberville Takes Shape · Tuscaloosa Thread · 2026-07-27 News report
- 6.Doug Jones, Tommy Tuberville win gubernatorial nominations, setting up 2020 rematch · Alabama Reflector · 2026-05-19 News report
- 7.Roll Call Vote 116th Congress, 2nd Session: Impeachment Article I, Feb. 5, 2020 · U.S. Senate · 2020-02-05 Official record
- 8.Roll Call Vote 116th Congress, 2nd Session: S.J. Res. 68 veto override, May 7, 2020 · U.S. Senate · 2020-05-07 Official record