Tuberville wins Ala. gov race
Republican Tommy Tuberville has won the Alabama gubernatorial race, defeating Democrat opponent Doug Jones.
Tuberville (R-Ala.) secured the Alabama’s governor’s seat on Tuesday, receiving 872,445 votes or 52%, while Jones (D-Ala.) garnered 803,468 votes or 47%, according to the Associated Press when 98% of the total votes were counted.
Tuberville is a former collegiate football head coach, educator and sports analyst serving as a United States Senator representing Alabama.
Across a 40-year career in college athletics, he led major programs at the University of Mississippi, Texas Tech University, the University of Cincinnati, and most notably Auburn University — where he guided the 2004 Tigers to an undefeated 13–0 season and earned national Coach of the Year honors — before transitioning to sports broadcasting with ESPN.
First elected to the U.S. Senate in 2020 after defeating Democrat incumbent Jones, Tuberville’s legislative platform focuses on stronger border security and immigration enforcement, expanding school choice and parental rights, defending domestic energy production, reducing regulatory burdens to stimulate rural economic development and supporting veterans and military readiness.
The Republican was endorsed by President Donald Trump, who noted on Truth Social that he was “proud to endorse ‘Coach’ when he ran for the Senate in 2020, and am honored to do so again,” offering his “complete and total endorsement” for his gubernatorial run.

Jones is an attorney, self-proclaimed civil rights advocate and former federal prosecutor who served as a United States Senator representing Alabama.
He previously served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, where he gained national prominence for leading the successful prosecution of two Ku Klux Klan members responsible for the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing.
Entering statewide politics after decades in private legal practice, Jones centered his legislative platform on “expanding access to healthcare, investing in public education, promoting bipartisan job growth and advocating for civil rights and equal justice under the law.”

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