Alabama state Rep. Phillip Ensler has announced he is running for lieutenant governor. He is the first Democrat to enter the lieutenant governor's race.

Come November 2026, Alabama voters could see two familiar names on the ballot for governor. On Dec. 13, former Democratic Sen. Doug Jones announced his candidacy, joining current GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who defeated him in his 2020 reelection bid by 20 points. (Both candidates have primary elections in May.)

IN 2017, DOUG JONES DID THE UNTHINKABLE. He won a special election in Alabama for the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Roy Moore by half a percentage point. At the time, it shocked the political system. Democrats were believed to be extinct in the Deep South.

A new report warns that if Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is struck down, Alabama Democrats could be reduced to just 15 seats, with Black lawmakers bearing the brunt of the losses.