Lauderdale County Sample Ballot & Voter Guide 2026
Who is running for Alabama Senate and Alabama House and more, with bios, priorities and campaign sites.
By address
These seats are elected by district; only the district covering your address is on your ballot.
Lauderdale County is split across 3 Alabama House districts.
Find your districts by addressAlabama House: 3 districtsDistricts 1, 2, 3
Alabama House District 1Maurice McCaney (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Maurice McCaney
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- election transparency
- property rights protections
- fiscal responsibility and opposing tax increases
About Maurice McCaney
Maurice McCaney is a candidate for Alabama House District 1, representing Lauderdale County. He is an attorney at Woodruff & McCaney, LLC, and earned a Juris Doctorate at Cumberland School of Law after bachelor's degrees from Samford University, per his campaign site.
Maurice McCaney (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot. The seat is open: Rep. Phillip Pettus (Republican), the sitting member per the Legislature's roster, is not on the November ballot. Maurice McCaney won the Republican May 19 primary with 59.26 percent over Phillip Pettus (40.74 percent), per the Secretary of State's official results. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageAlabama House District 2Ben Harrison (R) · Rick Pressnell (D)
Ben Harrison
Ben Harrison is the incumbent Republican state representative for Alabama House District 2, per the Alabama Legislature's official roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Rick Pressnell
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Support Medicaid expansion to improve health care access and help keep rural hospitals open, per 256today.com
- Establish an Alabama state lottery, per 256today.com
- Strengthen water quality monitoring for the Tennessee River as the region grows, per 256today.com
About Rick Pressnell
Pressnell is a retired Army colonel who served over 38 years in military service, including a deployment to Afghanistan in 2005, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he was a Huntsville police officer, investigator and sergeant, and holds degrees from Athens State University and Auburn University-Montgomery and a master's in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College.
Ben Harrison (Republican), Rick Pressnell (Democratic) meet on the November 3 ballot; Ben Harrison is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageAlabama House District 3Kerry Bubba Underwood (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Kerry Bubba Underwood
Kerry Bubba Underwood is the Republican candidate for Alabama House District 3 on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the party nominee certification filed with the Alabama Secretary of State. Kerry Bubba Underwood is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Kerry Bubba Underwood (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Kerry Bubba Underwood is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageAlabama Senate District 1Tim Melson (R)
Unopposed: still on your ballot.
Tim Melson
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Capitalize on Space Command's arrival in north Alabama for regional economic development, per Alabama Gazette
- Expand job training and employment opportunities, per Alabama Gazette
About Tim Melson
Tim Melson is the incumbent Republican state senator for Alabama Senate District 1, covering Lauderdale and Limestone counties. He is an anesthesiologist who founded Shoals Medical Trials and also operates a crop farm, per the Alabama Gazette. No campaign website was found as of September 7, 2026.
Tim Melson (Republican) is the only candidate on the November 3 ballot; Tim Melson is the sitting member, per the Legislature's roster. Alabama primaries require a majority (June 16 runoffs); unopposed nominees still print. The field is the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State (Republican amended list of September 2, Democratic amended list of August 24) and the Secretary of State's August 26 independent-candidate certification. This seat is elected by district; only the district covering your address appears on your ballot.
Full race pageAlready decided at the primary
Already decided at the primary1 seat settled at the 2026 primary; not on the November 3 ballot
These seats were settled at the 2026 primary and will not appear on the November 3 ballot. Full fields and profiles stay on each race page.
Coroner: Kim Jones won the seat.
May 19 Republican primary result: Kim Jones won outright with 61.76 percent (4,701 votes) over Bridget Burbank (38.24 percent), no runoff needed, per Decision Desk HQ's reported results. Kim Edgil Jones, as her name is printed, is the only candidate for Coroner on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the county's general election sample ballot posted by the Alabama Secretary of State.
Voting info and more
Voting info and more
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Cross-check every race and candidate with the official election office. Official sources are the final word.
Alabama's May 19 party primaries required a majority, with a June 16 runoff where no candidate reached one; unopposed nominees still print, and independents who qualified by petition join the November 3 ballot. U.S. House districts 1, 2, 6 and 7 (new 2026 congressional map) and state Senate districts 25 and 26 (2021 map) chose nominees at an August 11 special primary with no runoff, per the party nominee certifications filed with the Secretary of State.
Who is on the ballot in Lauderdale County, Alabama on November 3, 2026?
Lauderdale County sample ballot 2026: who is running for alabama house and alabama senate, with bios, priorities and campaign sites. Every candidate profile on this page names the official filing or campaign source it came from.
When is the 2026 general election in Alabama?
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Registration deadlines, early voting dates and mail ballot rules for Alabama are listed on the Alabama election hub. Alabama election hub →
Which Lauderdale County races were already decided at the primary?
1 race was settled at the 2026 primary and will not appear on the November 3 ballot. The results and full candidate fields stay on each race page in the section above.
How do I see my exact Lauderdale County ballot?
Enter your ZIP code in the lookup for the statewide and congressional races on every ballot in the county, or a full street address to add the county, city and district contests for that location. Look up your ballot →
Sample ballot by ZIP code in Lauderdale County9 ZIP codes
Candidate roster last updated Oct 6, 2026 from official election sources.