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U.S. Senate · Alabama · 2026

General election · 10 on file, ballot not yet verified · Open seat (no incumbent)

VecR 67 · HeldTenR 99%Att7

Result

Called

Barry Moore (R) won this race with 54.7% of the vote, 9.4 points ahead.

  • Barry MooreRepublicanWinner54.7%917,338 votes
  • Everett WessDemocratic45.3%759,321 votes
Margin
158,017 votes (9.4 points)
Called
Called by Wikipedia editors, Nov 3, 10:16 PM ET (revision)
Last updated
Nov 11, 6:05 AM ET

Called it: hit Our locked call before polls closed was R; the winner is R. See every locked call

Unofficial until the state certifies the result.

Before the election

Polls, ratings and the Vugol Tensor below were published before votes were counted. They are not results.

CandidatesU.S. Senate · Alabama
Kyle Sweetser
D
DEM
Felix Barry Moore
R
REP
No verified poll yet · Vugol Vector: R Held

Model rating Leans Republican (Held) on the Vugol Vector model, a snapshot of today, not a probability.

6 polls on file, none verified yet (pollster not verified or no public source), shown below, not averaged. Model inputs: 3 of 7, updated yesterday. Page updated 2026-11-15. Sources · What is validated

ExperimentalNews attention 7/100, how much coverage the race gets, not who is winning. Updated yesterday. How it works

On the Alabama ballot, Nov 3, 2026 United States Senator, 2 names on the official list. Election Day has passed; see the ballot as it was.Voting in Alabama? Check your registration, get a mail ballot, find your polling place.

Candidates on file, ballot not yet verified (10)

From FEC filings and public records. Filing with the FEC does not put someone on the ballot; we are checking each state’s certified candidate list and will mark who is on the November ballot.

Latest verified field polling

Verified = published by the pollster that conducted it, with a public source we link to.

none yet

No verified poll has been published for this race. The Vugol Vector call from our model is below, it is not a poll.

Polling average

no verified inputs yet

6 polls on file for this race, none verified yet (pollster not verified or no public source), visible below, not averaged.

25456590d60d30dtodayRMG Research (quarantined) · 2026-09-25 · Barry Moore (R) 54.0%The Alabama Poll (quarantined) · 2026-10-16 · Barry Moore (R) 56.0%Cygnal (quarantined) · 2026-10-17 · Barry Moore (R) 50.0%Chism Strategies (quarantined) · 2026-10-24 · Barry Moore (R) 48.0%Blueprint Polling (quarantined) · 2026-10-24 · Barry Moore (R) 48.0%RMG Research (quarantined) · 2026-09-25 · Everett Wess (D) 33.0%The Alabama Poll (quarantined) · 2026-10-16 · Everett Wess (D) 35.0%Cygnal (quarantined) · 2026-10-17 · Everett Wess (D) 35.0%Chism Strategies (quarantined) · 2026-10-24 · Everett Wess (D) 40.0%Blueprint Polling (quarantined) · 2026-10-24 · Everett Wess (D) 40.0%
Barry Moore (R)Everett Wess (D)● verified poll · ○ quarantined poll · ◎ live average

Campaign money (FEC)

Candidate committee totals for the cycle from the Federal Election Commission (public domain), as of each committee's latest report.

CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handThrough
Dakarai Larriett Democratic$157,951$154,977$2,9742026-09-30
Everett W Wess Democratic$128,570$118,027$10,5432026-10-14
Felix Barry Moore Republican$4,635,926$4,293,858$467,1992026-10-14
Jared Hudson Republican$1,922,302$1,922,302$02026-10-15
Kyle Sweetser Democratic$166,364$166,003$3612026-09-30
Mark Shannon Wheeler II Democratic$17,374$16,808$5662026-04-29
Matthew Seth Burton Republican$74,362$74,362$02026-06-04
Morgan W. W. Murphy Republican$0$0$02026-11-14
Rodney Walker Republican$2,015,963$2,015,963$02026-06-30
Steven T Marshall Republican$1,298,351$1,298,351$02026-06-30

Ad spending (FEC)

What each campaign reported paying for ads, and what outside groups (super PACs, PACs and parties) reported spending for and against each candidate. Federal Election Commission filings, public domain.

CandidateCampaign's own adsOutside groups forOutside groups against
Felix Barry Moore Republicanno processed FEC reports yet$16.8M$14.1M ads · 9 groups$3,019$0 ads · 1 group
Jared Hudson Republican$260K+ $148K mail · through 2026-06-30$1.9M$1.8M ads · 2 groups$3M$3M ads · 2 groups
Steven T Marshall Republican$123K+ $495 mail · through 2026-06-30$1M$985K ads · 2 groups$17K$17K ads · 1 group
Rodney Walker Republican$169K+ $44K mail · through 2026-06-30none reportednone reported
Everett W Wess Democratic$62K+ $6,519 mail · through 2026-09-30none reportednone reported
Morgan W. W. Murphy Republican$42K+ $8,586 mail · through 2026-07-22none reportednone reported

Biggest outside spenders

  • Felix Barry Moore. For: DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS $12.2M, Alabama Freedom Fund $3.1M, SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUND $478K. Against: ALABAMA CONSERVATIVES $3,019
  • Jared Hudson. For: ALABAMA CONSERVATIVES $1.9M, Gun Rights America $12K. Against: Alabama Freedom Fund $2.4M, American Values First $646K
  • Steven T Marshall. For: American Values First $646K, ALABAMA STRONG PAC $391K. Against: Alabama Freedom Fund $17K

Outside groups: 24- and 48-hour independent expenditure reports for the 2026 primary and general, through 2026-10-27, each expenditure counted once after amendments; "ads" is TV, radio, digital and other media, and the rest is mail, phones, canvassing and similar. Campaign's own ads: TV, radio, digital, other media and ad production in the campaign committee's itemized payments, as the campaign described them, from the reports the FEC has processed (latest through 2026-09-30); newer reports appear as the FEC processes them. These are amounts committees reported paying, not airtime tracked by ad-monitoring firms, so very recent buys and future reservations may not show yet. Parser fec-ad-spend-1.0.0.

Key dates

Official federal election dates for this state from the FEC. Registration deadlines and early voting: see the state election office.

  • 2026-05-19, Primary election: U.S. Senate
  • 2026-06-16, Runoff: U.S. Senate
  • 2026-11-03, General election: U.S. Senate

Source: FEC election dates (public domain).

Primary and hypothetical polls (19)

Kept on file, never averaged into this race. Polls listed on the Wikipedia election article (CC BY-SA 4.0), each linked to that article revision and, where we know it, to the pollster's own site.

  • Republican primary runoff · co/efficient (partisan) · 2026-06-03–2026-06-04 · n=600 · Barry Moore (R) 46%,Jared Hudson (R) 37% · pollster's site · release
  • Republican primary runoff · Strategy Management · 2026-05-29–2026-06-04 · n=1,300 · Jared Hudson (R) 42%,Barry Moore (R) 37% · release
  • Republican primary runoff · The Alabama Poll · 2026-05-28–2026-05-28 · n=600 · Jared Hudson (R) 49%,Barry Moore (R) 39% · release
  • Republican primary runoff · Remington Research Group (partisan) · 2026-05-21–2026-05-22 · n=722 · Jared Hudson (R) 41%,Barry Moore (R) 40% · release
  • Republican primary runoff · Pulse Decision Science (partisan) · 2026-05-17–2026-05-18 · n=518 · Barry Moore (R) 53%,Jared Hudson (R) 36% · release
  • Republican primary · Remington Research Group (partisan) · 2026-05-05–2026-05-07 · n=589 · Barry Moore (R) 23%,Jared Hudson (R) 20%,Steve Marshall (R) 16%,Rodney Walker (R) 1%,Morgan Murphy (R) 1% · release
  • Republican primary · Cygnal (partisan) · 2026-04-29–2026-04-30 · n=500 · Barry Moore (R) 23%,Jared Hudson (R) 19%,Steve Marshall (R) 14% · pollster's site · release
  • Republican primary · Tarrance Group (partisan) · 2026-04-11–2026-04-14 · n=500 · Barry Moore (R) 28%,Steve Marshall (R) 27%,Jared Hudson (R) 24% · release
  • Republican primary · Peak Insights (partisan) · 2026-04-11–2026-04-13 · n=500 · Barry Moore (R) 34%,Steve Marshall (R) 16%,Jared Hudson (R) 12%,Rodney Walker (R) 2% · release
  • Republican primary · American Pulse Research (partisan) · 2026-03-30–2026-04-01 · n=505 · Barry Moore (R) 26%,Steve Marshall (R) 21%,Jared Hudson (R) 14% · release
  • Republican primary · The Alabama Poll · 2026-03-22–2026-03-24 · n=600 · Barry Moore (R) 23%,Steve Marshall (R) 21%,Jared Hudson (R) 19%,Rodney Walker (R) 3% · release
  • Republican primary · Remington Research Group (partisan) · 2026-03-02–2026-03-04 · n=692 · Barry Moore (R) 22%,Steve Marshall (R) 16%,Jared Hudson (R) 12%,Rodney Walker (R) 1%,Morgan Murphy (R) 1% · release
  • Republican primary · The Alabama Poll · 2026-02-01–2026-02-04 · n=500 · Steve Marshall (R) 26%,Barry Moore (R) 17%,Jared Hudson (R) 8%,Rodney Walker (R) 4%,Morgan Murphy (R) 1% · release
  • Republican primary · Remington Research Group (partisan) · 2026-01-16–2026-01-19 · n=775 · Steve Marshall (R) 26%,Barry Moore (R) 13%,Jared Hudson (R) 10%,Rodney Walker (R) 2%,Morgan Murphy (R) 1% · release
  • Republican primary · The Alabama Poll · 2025-12-15–2025-12-15 · n=600 · Steve Marshall (R) 30%,Barry Moore (R) 12%,Jared Hudson (R) 8%,Rodney Walker (R) 3%,Morgan Murphy (R) 1% · release
  • Republican primary · Quantus Insights (partisan) · 2025-10-13–2025-10-14 · n=1,050 · Jared Hudson (R) 27%,Steve Marshall (R) 24%,Barry Moore (R) 9%,Rodney Walker (R) 2%,Morgan Murphy (R) 2% · pollster's site · release
  • Republican primary · The Alabama Poll · 2025-08-24–2025-08-26 · n=600 · Steve Marshall (R) 37%,Barry Moore (R) 16%,Jared Hudson (R) 7%,Rodney Walker (R) 1% · release
  • Republican primary · McLaughlin & Associates (partisan) · 2025-07-14–2025-07-17 · n=600 · Steve Marshall (R) 35%,Barry Moore (R) 12%,Jared Hudson (R) 9% · pollster's site · release
  • Republican primary · Remington Research Group (partisan) · 2025-05-12–2025-05-13 · n=505 · Steve Marshall (R) 28%,Caroleene Dobson 13%,Barry Moore (R) 10% · release

In the news

Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · All election news

Lab

Vugol Vector & Vugol Attention

Vugol Attention 7 Vugol Vector R · Held

Vugol Me model signals, not polls. Verified polling is in the Polls section above.

Vugol Me Attention (attention intensity)

Vugol Attention intensity index 0–100 · not a poll · normalized nightly

attention-1.0.0
7OUT OF 100Low attention
Vugol Attention percentile0th
7-day momentum24 / 100
Source breadth0% of tracked

Vugol Vector

Proprietary ensemble model · a call, not a probability · model confidence: medium

vector-1.1.0
Democratic leanOpen centerRepublican lean
AnchoredHeldTiltingOpenTiltingHeldAnchored
Completeness3 of 7 inputs (national, pres, money) · missing: prior, incumbent, pulse, poll
Evidenceno audit release · fundamentals only
Freshnessoldest input 2026-11-14 (yesterday)

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Vugol Tensor

How far this call can miss · a range, not a prediction · no verified poll here, so the range is wider and untested

tensor-1.0.0

Centre R+16.8. Four times in five the result lands between R+7.4 and R+26.2; nine in ten between R+4.7 and R+28.8. Chance the Democrat finishes ahead: 1%.

Polls have missed by about four points in a typical race and they miss together. How Tensor works →

Desk data: daily telemetry

Per-source daily series, CSV export and the Vugol Vector breakdown · paid plans

Sources

Vugol Vector band: R · Held. Have a say in the Vugol race poll; it is open to signed-in voters and never feeds these numbers.

The four Vugol signals, side by side

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Our call for every race if today’s polls hold. A snapshot, not a win probability or a vote share.
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How sure we are: ranges and chamber-control odds around the Vector, built from past polling error. An experiment about uncertainty, not a better guess.
Vugol Attention
How much news and online noise a race gets, 0 to 100. It measures noise, not support: a high score says nothing about who is ahead.
Vugol Pulse
Our daily thumbs-up or thumbs-down question for readers. Anyone can answer, so it describes our readers, not the public. It is not a vote and never enters a poll average or any other signal.