Everett Wess

Everett Wess earned a J.D. from the Birmingham School of Law, an MBA and a B.S. in computer science (minor in mathematics) from Alabama A&M University, and an associate degree in music education from Selma University, according to his campaign website.[2] The site says he worked for more than a decade in Huntsville in technology, engineering and education, including supporting NASA mission operations, military and national security systems, telecommunications and financial processing platforms, and served as an adjunct instructor at Faulkner University.[2]

Wess has been Managing Partner of The Wess Law Firm, P.C. since 2001, practicing primarily estate planning and criminal defense, and for ten years served on the federal Criminal Justice Act panel representing indigent defendants.[2] He served as a prosecutor for the City of Midfield and a public defender for the City of Irondale, and has been a Midfield Municipal Court judge in Jefferson County for eight years, according to his campaign website.[2] His campaign website lists past roles as president of the Birmingham Bar Association's Criminal Justice Section, president of the Greater Birmingham Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and chair of the Birmingham Bar Association's Law Day Program; he is State President of the Alabama New South Coalition and a member of Avondale Church of Christ in Birmingham.[2]

Wess ran in the Democratic primary for Alabama's 10th Judicial Circuit Court in 2014, losing with 42.2% of the vote, and in 2016 finished first in the Place 26 primary before losing the runoff to Michael Streety.[3] In 2026 he won the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. Senate on June 16, defeating Dakarai Larriett 54.6% to 45.4%.[3] During the campaign, his website said he was running on voting rights, equal justice, affordable health care, public education and economic opportunity.[2][3] He received 45.3% of the vote to Barry Moore's 54.7%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]