Republican Barry Moore has won Alabama’s open Senate seat, defeating Democrat Everett Wess and succeeding Tommy Tuberville, who ran for governor instead of seeking a second Senate term. The Associated Press called the race for Moore, with NBC News and Fox News also projecting his win on election night.
A Republican hold in a solid red state
Moore, a congressman representing Alabama’s 1st Congressional District in the south of the state, took around 55 to 56 percent of the vote to Wess’s 44 percent in early counts, with most precincts reporting. He had won the Republican nomination with Donald Trump’s endorsement, defeating former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson in a primary runoff after no candidate cleared 50 percent in the May primary.
What the seat means
The seat became open when Tuberville, a Republican who won it in 2020, decided to run for governor rather than seek re-election. Moore will serve a six-year term beginning in January 2027, joining Republican Senator Katie Britt in representing Alabama in the Senate. His win kept Alabama in Republican hands on a night when Democrats flipped Senate seats elsewhere, and it showed that, even in a Democratic year nationally, Alabama’s statewide map remained firmly Republican.