The 2026 Alabama House of Representatives election will be held on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect members of the

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in all 105 of the

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's legislative districts to serve a four-year term. Prior to the elections, the Republican Party of Alabama held a wide majority over the

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, controlling 76 seats to their 29.

Background

''Stone v. Allen''

During the 2020 redistricting cycle, Alabama's congressional and state legislative maps faced legal challenges for alleged violations of Section 2 of the

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. 27% of Alabama's population is

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, but only 28 of Alabama's house districts, or 23%, were drawn with a black majority. The initial complaint challenged twelve of the senate districts and twenty-one of the state house districts, although the lawsuit was ultimately reduced to four of the senate districts in

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and Montgomery.

Special elections

Five special elections to the Alabama House of Representatives have been held since the 2022 elections due to vacancies created by early resignations.

District 10

On August 31, 2023, Republican David Cole resigned after being charged with voter fraud. Democrat

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, who had lost to Cole in 2022, based her campaign on

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, opposing Alabama's ban on abortion, as well as supporting

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(IVF) in the aftermath of '' LePage v. Center for Reproductive Medicine''. The decision in that case considered frozen embryos to be children, which many interpreted as a ban on IVF in light of the state's

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. The race drew national attention as a result, with many seeing it as an indicator of possible public backlash to the decision. Lands won the election by a wide margin.

Overview

Summary of results by Alabama House District

References

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Alabama House of Representatives elections

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