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Adamsville, Alabama sample ballot 2026

Adamsville voters (Jefferson County, Alabama) see U.S. Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General plus 18 Jefferson County races on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Your U.S. House district and any precinct-level races depend on your street address.

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On every Adamsville ballot

SheriffMark Levie Pettway (D) · Jacob Reach (R)

Mark Levie Pettway

DemocraticIncumbent

Mark Pettway is the incumbent Jefferson County sheriff, seeking re-election, per WBRC. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Jacob Reach

Republican

Jacob Reach appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Jefferson County Sheriff, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Tax AssessorGaynell Hendricks (D)

Gaynell Hendricks

DemocraticIncumbent

Gaynell Hendricks is the incumbent Jefferson County Tax Assessor, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Tax CollectorJ.T. Smallwood (D)

J.T. Smallwood

DemocraticIncumbent

J.T. Smallwood is the incumbent Jefferson County Tax Collector, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

By address

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Commission, District 1Lashunda Scales (D)

Lashunda Scales

DemocraticIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • public safety
  • economic growth and jobs
  • stronger schools
About Lashunda Scales

Lashunda Scales is the sitting Jefferson County Commissioner for District 1, per the campaign site. Scales' record includes sewer debt refinancing and economic development investment supporting job creation in the district, per the campaign site.

Commission, District 2Sheila Tyson (D)

Sheila Tyson

DemocraticIncumbent

Sheila Tyson is the incumbent Jefferson County Commissioner for District 2, per the county commission's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Commission, District 3Jimmie Stephens (R) · Camara Blue (D)

Jimmie Stephens

Republican

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Continuing collaborative work among commissioners, per BirminghamWatch
  • Setting aside partisanship to serve the county, per BirminghamWatch
About Jimmie Stephens

Jimmie Stephens is the incumbent Jefferson County Commissioner for District 3 and serves as commission president, per BirminghamWatch. He has said he wants to keep the current commission team working together and to set aside partisanship for the county's benefit, per BirminghamWatch.

Camara Blue

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Championing integrity, transparency and community progress for the district
  • Serving every constituent with transparency, accessibility and accountability
About Camara Blue

Blue is a former firefighter and business owner with a bachelor's degree in communication and a master of divinity, per the campaign site. Born and raised in Birmingham, Blue is running for Jefferson County Commission District 3, per the campaign site.

Commission, District 4Joe Knight (R)

Joe Knight

RepublicanIncumbent

Joe Knight is the incumbent Jefferson County Commissioner for District 4, per the county commission's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Commission, District 5Mike Bolin (R)

Mike Bolin

RepublicanIncumbent

Mike Bolin is the incumbent Jefferson County Commissioner for District 5, per the county commission's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer DivisionCharles R. Winston (D) · Delor Baumann (R)

Charles R. Winston

DemocraticIncumbent

Charles R. Winston is the incumbent Jefferson County Assistant Tax Assessor for the Bessemer division, per the county's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Delor Baumann

Republican

Delor Baumann appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Jefferson County Assistant Tax Assessor, Bessemer Division, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer DivisionMykeshia Myles Jones (D)

Mykeshia Myles Jones

Democratic

Mykeshia Myles Jones appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Jefferson County Assistant Tax Collector, Bessemer Division, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Board of Education, District 4Ronnie Dixon (R)

Ronnie Dixon

Republican

Ronnie Dixon is the incumbent Jefferson County Board of Education member for District 4, per BirminghamWatch. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 1Brian Huff (D)

Brian Huff

Democratic

Brian Huff appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 10Ruby Clark (D)

Ruby Clark

Democratic

Ruby Clark appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 10, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 3Kechia Davis (D)

Kechia Davis

DemocraticIncumbent

Kechia Davis appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 3, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 1Martha Reeves Cook (D)

Martha Reeves Cook

DemocraticIncumbent

Martha Reeves Cook appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 1, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 2Maria Fortune (D)

Maria Fortune

DemocraticIncumbent

Maria Fortune appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

District Judge, Jefferson County, Place 7Tiffany Jones (D)

Tiffany Jones

Democratic

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Upholding neutrality and objectivity in judicial decisions
  • Ensuring equal application of the law regardless of background
About Tiffany Jones

Jones is a solo practitioner attorney with more than 13 years of experience in civil and criminal courts across Alabama, per the campaign site. Jones is running for Jefferson County District Court Judge, Civil Division, Place 7, per the campaign site.

Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 2Shanta Craig Owens (D)

Shanta Craig Owens

Democratic

Shanta Craig Owens appears on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Circuit Judge, 10th Judicial Circuit, Place 2, per the county elections office's certified candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Jefferson County page.

Statewide races

U.S. SenateBarry Moore (R) · Everett Wess (D)
Barry Moore

Barry Moore

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Border security and immigration
  • Law and order
  • Protecting women's sports
About Barry Moore

Barry Moore grew up on a farm in Coffee County and is a small business owner who owns a waste removal and demolition company, per the campaign site. He earned a degree in agricultural science at Auburn University, where he served in the Alabama National Guard and joined ROTC, and now serves in Congress, per the campaign site.

Key voting record
  • Voted yes on a bill aimed at tightening federal improper-payment controls. Supported
  • Voted yes on extending Title VII surveillance authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Supported
  • Voted yes on a House resolution condemning government fraud and endorsing broader eligibility checks before federal payments. Supported
Everett Wess

Everett Wess

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Protect Alabama jobs
  • Protect Alabama healthcare
  • Tough, fair justice
About Everett Wess

Everett Wess is the managing partner of The Wess Law Firm, a position he has held since 2001, per the campaign site. He served eight years as Midfield municipal court judge, worked as a prosecutor for Midfield and a public defender for Irondale, and spent a decade in Huntsville in technology, engineering and education, including work supporting NASA mission operations, per the campaign site.

GovernorTommy Tuberville (R) · Doug Jones (D)

Tommy Tuberville

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Job creation and economic growth for Alabama
  • Border security
  • Improving Alabama's education system
About Tommy Tuberville

Tommy Tuberville is a sitting U.S. Senator from Alabama, elected in 2020, per his official Senate biography. He spent four decades in college football coaching, including 11 seasons at Auburn University where he led the team to five Western Division titles and the 2004 SEC Championship, before retiring in 2016 to work as an ESPN sports broadcaster.

Doug Jones

Doug Jones

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Expanding Medicaid, per Alabama Reflector
  • Support for housing and childcare programs, per Alabama Reflector
  • Protections for IVF and contraception access, per Alabama Reflector
About Doug Jones

Doug Jones is a former U.S. Senator from Alabama running for governor, per Alabama Reflector. He launched his campaign at an event in Birmingham framed around what he calls Alabamians' 'Three Real Opportunities': the chance to live a healthy life, to participate meaningfully in government, and to achieve economic prosperity, per abc3340.

Lieutenant GovernorJohn Wahl (R) · Phillip Ensler (D)

John Wahl

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Border security and election integrity
  • Limited government and constitutional rights
  • Parental rights and public safety
About John Wahl

Wahl launched a professional butterfly farm as a high schooler in Limestone County, Alabama, that now supplies tens of thousands of butterflies annually to exhibits across North America, per the campaign site. He has served as Chairman of the Alabama Republican Party since 2021 and was appointed by Governor Kay Ivey to the Alabama Public Library Service Board, per the campaign site.

Phillip Ensler

Phillip Ensler

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • A voter-approved state lottery, per Alabama Reflector
  • Expanding Medicaid and the state's First Class Pre-K program, per Alabama Reflector
  • Eliminating the state sales tax on groceries, per Alabama Reflector
About Phillip Ensler

Phillip Ensler is a state representative running for Alabama Lieutenant Governor, per News From The States. He kicked off his campaign in Montgomery in January 2026 and has pointed to Alabama's low national ranking in education and health care access as central to his campaign, per Alabama Reflector.

Attorney GeneralKatherine Robertson (R) · Jeff McLaughlin (D)
Katherine Robertson

Katherine Robertson

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Opposing what she calls federal overreach
  • Law-and-order enforcement priorities
About Katherine Robertson

Katherine Robertson has served as Chief Counsel to Attorney General Steve Marshall for nearly a decade, per her campaign site. An eighth-generation Dallas County resident, she is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of Alabama School of Law.

Jeff McLaughlin

Jeff McLaughlin

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Increase transparency and accountability in public office
  • Use legal experience to serve Alabama families
  • Offer a Democratic alternative for attorney general
About Jeff McLaughlin

Jeff McLaughlin is the Democratic nominee for Alabama Attorney General. He was a schoolteacher before practicing law in Guntersville for more than thirty years and representing Marshall County in the Alabama House of Representatives for a decade, per his campaign site. He is a graduate of Birmingham-Southern College and Harvard Law School, per his campaign site.

Secretary of StateCaroleene Dobson (R) · Wayne Rogers (D)
Caroleene Dobson

Caroleene Dobson

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Reducing fees on Alabama businesses
  • Streamlining government services
  • Election security
About Caroleene Dobson

Dobson is an attorney and shareholder at the Maynard Nexsen law firm in Montgomery, Alabama, practicing commercial real estate, natural resource and energy law, per the campaign site. She graduated from Harvard College and Baylor Law School magna cum laude, was raised on her family's fifth-generation cattle farm in Monroe County, and serves as a commissioner on the Alabama Forestry Commission, per the campaign site.

Wayne Rogers

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Expanding voter access, including easier absentee voting, per Trussville Tribune
  • Supporting small businesses, per Trussville Tribune
About Wayne Rogers

Wayne Rogers is an attorney who has practiced law in Alabama since graduating from Samford University's law school in 1988, per the Trussville Tribune. He has served since 2019 as executive assistant to Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway and is a former chair of the Jefferson County Democratic Party.

TreasurerYoung Boozer (R) · Rosilyn Houston (D)
Young Boozer

Young Boozer

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Continuing to grow the PACT college savings program
  • Returning unclaimed property to Alabama residents
  • Growing the Alabama Trust Fund through professional financial stewardship
About Young Boozer

Young Boozer has served as Alabama State Treasurer since January 2011, per the Treasurer's official biography. He holds an economics degree from Stanford University and a master's in finance from the Wharton School, and spent decades in banking, including as an executive at Colonial BancGroup, before serving as Deputy State Finance Director under Governor Bob Riley.

Rosilyn Houston

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Financial responsibility in managing state funds
  • Transparency in the Treasurer's office
  • Expanding opportunity for Alabamians
About Rosilyn Houston

Rosilyn Houston is a senior banking executive with more than 30 years in financial services leadership, per her campaign site. She previously served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief People and Culture Officer at Santander US and held senior roles at BBVA USA, and has chaired the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute board.

AuditorAndrew Sorrell (R) · Violet Edwards (D)
Andrew Sorrell

Andrew Sorrell

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Appointing county registrars to oversee elections
  • Reducing government spending, including declining a state vehicle and leaving positions unfilled
  • Tracking state property to identify further savings
About Andrew Sorrell

Andrew Sorrell has served as Alabama State Auditor since January 2023, per the Auditor's official biography. A former State Representative for House District 3 in Colbert County, he is an entrepreneur who owns stakes in four Alabama businesses and graduated from the University of North Alabama with a business management degree.

Violet Edwards

Violet Edwards

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Improving transparency in how taxpayer dollars and state property are tracked
  • Ensuring integrity in the Auditor's oversight of county voter registrars
  • Service-focused leadership for all Alabamians
About Violet Edwards

Violet Edwards is a member of the Madison County Commission, first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2024, per her campaign site. Her commission work has included overseeing county departments and investments in workforce development, senior services, food access and community infrastructure.

Agriculture CommissionerCorey Hill (R) · Ron Sparks (D)

Corey Hill

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Reviving a rural crime task force focused on agricultural theft
  • Lowering taxes and reducing regulations on farmers
  • Expanding the Sweet Grown Alabama farm-to-cafeteria program
About Corey Hill

Corey Hill is a fourth-generation farmer from Douglas in Marshall County who operates cattle and poultry farms and runs a local grocery store, per his campaign site. He serves as mayor of Douglas and is a graduate of Douglas High School and Snead State College.

Ron Sparks

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Restoring gasoline pump inspection programs discontinued in 2015
  • Country-of-origin labeling and dock inspections for imported food products
  • Eliminating the state sales tax on farm equipment
About Ron Sparks

Ron Sparks is a former two-term Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries, per his campaign site. He has also served as senior advisor to former U.S. Senator Doug Jones, director of the Alabama Rural Development Agency, and president of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture.

Public Service Commission, Place 1Matt Gentry (R) · James O. Gordon (D)

Matt Gentry

Republican

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Bringing transparency and accountability to the Public Service Commission, per 1819News
  • Protecting the jobs of utility, railroad and transportation workers, per 1819News
About Matt Gentry

Matt Gentry is a United States Marine Corps veteran who began his law enforcement career as a deputy sheriff, according to his campaign site. He was elected Sheriff of Cullman County in 2014, the youngest sheriff in the state at the time, and has held the position for 10 years, per the site.

James O. Gordon

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Keeping Alabama utility service reliable and rates fair for consumers
About James O. Gordon

James O. Gordon is a licensed chiropractor who has practiced in Mobile for more than 30 years at the Alabama Injury and Pain Clinic, according to his campaign site. He previously served in the Alabama House of Representatives representing District 98 from 2006 to 2010, where he introduced legislation to ban synthetic marijuana, per the site.

Public Service Commission, Place 2Jim Zig Zeigler (R) · Sheila D. McNeil (D)

Jim Zig Zeigler

Republican

Jim Zeigler is a former Alabama State Auditor running for Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2, per Alabama Reflector. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Sheila D. McNeil

Democrat

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Fair utility rates for Alabama consumers
  • Transparent decision-making in utility regulation
  • Reliable utility service
About Sheila D. McNeil

Sheila McNeil chairs the Madison County Democratic Executive Committee and previously served on the San Antonio City Council, per her campaign site. She holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a bachelor's degree in social work from Oakwood University, and has worked as a public policy consultant since 2008.

Supreme Court Associate Justice, Place 7Brad Mendheim (R)

Brad Mendheim

RepublicanIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Emphasizes his experience presiding over more than 300 jury trials and being called on by chief justices to hear cases statewide, per Alabama Political Reporter
About Brad Mendheim

Brad Mendheim has served as an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court since being appointed by Governor Kay Ivey in January 2018, per the Governor's official appointment announcement. He earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law after a bachelor's degree from Auburn University, and served more than six years as an assistant district attorney in Houston County before becoming a Houston County circuit judge. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Supreme Court Associate Justice, Place 8Greg Shaw (R) · Ashleigh Meyer Dunham (D)

Greg Shaw

RepublicanIncumbent

Greg Shaw has served as an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court since 2009, per the Alabama Judicial System's biography. He earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law and a master of laws from the University of Virginia School of Law, and previously served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals from 2001 to 2009 after 15 years as a senior staff attorney for a Supreme Court justice. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Ashleigh Meyer Dunham

Democrat

Ashleigh Meyer Dunham serves as a Referee in Jefferson County's Juvenile Court and practices as a fertility attorney at Magic City Fertility Law, per her campaign site. She holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, per her campaign site.

Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 4Benjamin M. Bowden (R)

Benjamin M. Bowden

RepublicanIncumbent

Ben Bowden has served as a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals since 2025, per the Alabama Judicial System's biography. He earned his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992 and served as Covington County's probate judge and later circuit judge, while also working as a municipal prosecutor and assistant district attorney. He entered active duty with the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps after law school and retired from the Air Force Reserves in 2023 with the rank of colonel. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Court of Civil Appeals Judge, Place 5Matt Fridy (R)

Matt Fridy

RepublicanIncumbent

Matt Fridy has served as a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals since 2021, per the Alabama Judicial System's roster. He earned his law degree magna cum laude from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and served as a federal law clerk before practicing constitutional and appellate law. He represented Alabama House District 73 from 2014 to 2020 before his election to the Court of Civil Appeals. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 4Mary Windom (R)

Mary Windom

RepublicanIncumbent

Mary Windom is the presiding judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, first elected to the court in 2008 and chosen by her fellow judges as presiding judge in 2012, per the Alabama Judicial System's biography. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of South Alabama and her law degree from the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University, and previously worked as an assistant U.S. attorney and deputy attorney general. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Court of Criminal Appeals Judge, Place 5Riggs Walker (R)

Riggs Walker

Republican

Riggs Walker is an Assistant Attorney General who has represented the State of Alabama before the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Alabama Supreme Court and federal courts for the past six years, per 1819News. A lifelong resident of Shorter, Alabama, he earned a bachelor's degree in speech communication from Auburn University in 1991 and a law degree from Jones School of Law in 1998, and spent two decades as a deputy district attorney in Jefferson County. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

State Board of Education District 2Tracie West (R) · Jamie McCurry (D)

Tracie West

RepublicanIncumbent

Tracie West is the incumbent Alabama State Board of Education member for District 2, first elected in November 2018, per Alabama Daily News and the State Department of Education's official board roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

Jamie McCurry

Democrat

Jamie McCurry is the Democratic candidate for Alabama State Board of Education District 2 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the party's nominee certification filed with the Alabama Secretary of State. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.

State Board of Education District 4Yvette M. Richardson (D)

Yvette M. Richardson

DemocratIncumbent

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Continuing her advocacy on anti-bullying initiatives in Alabama schools, per BirminghamWatch
About Yvette M. Richardson

Yvette Richardson has served on the Alabama State Board of Education representing District 4 since 2010, per the State Department of Education's official roster and her campaign site. She holds a doctorate in education from the University of Alabama and spent more than 30 years in the Fairfield city school system as a teacher, principal and superintendent, and currently serves as Dean of General Education at Miles College.

State Board of Education District 6Cathi Bradford (R) · Angela Morgan (D)

Cathi Bradford

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Focusing classroom instruction on core academic subjects
About Cathi Bradford

Cathi Bradford has taught for more than 26 years, first as an elementary school teacher and, for the last 19 years, as a middle school teacher of history, English and reading, according to her campaign site. Before becoming a teacher she served more than 23 years in the United States Air Force and Air Force Reserves, per the site.

Angela Morgan

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Improving communication between the board and school communities, per Calhoun County Democrats candidate announcement
  • Supporting student well-being, per Calhoun County Democrats candidate announcement
  • Making school environments welcoming for everyone, per Calhoun County Democrats candidate announcement
About Angela Morgan

Angela Morgan is a retired Alabama educator who spent her career working in Alabama public schools, according to her campaign site.

State Board of Education District 8Emily Jones (R) · Shatika Armstrong (D)

Emily Jones

Republican

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • Increasing transparency and parental access to school curriculum
About Emily Jones

Emily Jones has nearly 20 years of experience in financial management, including more than a decade with the Department of Defense, according to her campaign site. She was born and raised in Jackson County, Alabama, and is a graduate of Pisgah High School and Jacksonville State University, per the site.

Shatika Armstrong

Democrat

Top priorities

From other published sources

  • Providing equitable education for every child in Alabama, per SPLC Action Fund candidate profile
  • Improving resources and opportunities for students in rural and underserved communities, per SPLC Action Fund candidate profile
About Shatika Armstrong

Shatika Armstrong earned her degrees at Alabama A&M University and has spent her career mentoring young people, according to her campaign site.

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