2020 United States Senate election in Alabama
The 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alabama, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Doug Jones, first elected in a 2017 special election, will run for a full term. Jones is one of two Democratic U.S. senators facing reelection in 2020 in a state President Donald Trump carried in 2016, the other being Gary Peters from Michigan.Democratic primary
The candidate filing deadline was November 8, 2019. Jones ran unopposed.Candidates
Nominee
- Doug Jones, incumbent U.S. senator
Declined
- John Rogers, state representative
- Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham
Endorsements
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Tommy Tuberville, former Auburn Tigers football head coach
Eliminated in runoff
- Jeff Sessions, former United States attorney general and former U.S. senator from Alabama
Eliminated in primary
- Stanley Adair, businessman
- Bradley Byrne, incumbent U.S. representative for Alabama's 1st congressional district
- Arnold Mooney, state representative
- Roy Moore, former Chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, former candidate for Governor of Alabama in 2006 and 2010 and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2017
- Ruth Page Nelson, community activist
Withdrew
- Marty Preston Hatley
- John Merrill, Secretary of State of Alabama
- Chase Anderson Romagnano, Republican candidate for Alabama's 1st congressional district and Florida's 1st congressional district in 2020
- John Paul Serbin
Declined
- Robert Aderholt, incumbent U.S. representative for Alabama's 4th congressional district
- Will Ainsworth, Alabama lieutenant governor
- Mo Brooks, incumbent U.S. representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2017
- Will Dismukes, state representative
- Matt Gaetz, incumbent U.S. representative for Florida's 1st congressional district
- Del Marsh, president pro tempore of the Alabama Senate
- Arthur Orr, state senator
- Martha Roby, incumbent U.S. representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district
- Heather Whitestone, former Miss America
Endorsements
First round
Polling
;with Mo Brooks, Tim James, Del Marsh and Gary Palmer
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Mo
Brooks | Bradley
Byrne | Tim
James | Del
Marsh | Roy
Moore | Gary
Palmer | Other | Undecided |
| April 9–11, 2019 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 18% | 13% | 2% | 4% | 27% | 11% | – | 25% |
;with Mo Brooks, Del Marsh and Gary Palmer
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Mo
Brooks | Bradley
Byrne | Del
Marsh | Roy
Moore | Gary
Palmer | Other | Undecided |
| Released in
February 2019 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 30% | 17% | 7% | – | 12% | 6% | 27% |
Primary results
Runoff
The runoff for the Republican Senate nomination was planned for March 31, 2020, but it was delayed until July 14 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.Polling
;with Bradley Byrne and Gary Palmer
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Bradley
Byrne | Gary
Palmer | Undecided |
| February 10–12, 2019 | 500 | ± 4.4% | 27% | 27% | 46% |
;with Bradley Byrne and Jeff Sessions
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Bradley
Byrne | Jeff
Sessions | Undecided |
| February 4–6, 2020 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 35% | 48% | 17% |
;with Mo Brooks and Bradley Byrne
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Mo
Brooks | Bradley
Byrne | Undecided |
| March 10–12, 2019 | 501 | ± 4.4% | 43% | 32% | 25% |
;with Mo Brooks and Roy Moore
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Mo
Brooks | Roy
Moore | Undecided |
| March 10–12, 2019 | 501 | ± 4.4% | 52% | 32% | 16% |
Results
Independents
Candidates
Declared
- Mike Parrish
- Jarmal Sanders, reverend
Withdrawn
- Marcus Jejaun Williams
General election
Predictions
Endorsements
Polling
;With Jeff Sessions
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Doug
Jones | Jeff
Sessions | Other | Undecided |
| July 2–9, 2020 | 567 | ± 5.1% | 43% | 49% | 7% | 1% |
| June 18–22, 2020 | 600 | ± 4.0% | 43% | 45% | 3% | 9% |
| June 13–16, 2020 | 530 | ± 4.3% | 35% | 45% | 3% | 18% |
| February 4–6, 2020 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 41% | 54% | – | 5% |
| December 16–18, 2019 | 525 | ± 4.3% | 41% | 46% | – | 13% |
;With Bradley Byrne
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Doug
Jones | Bradley
Byrne | Undecided |
| February 4–6, 2020 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 42% | 51% | 7% |
| December 16–18, 2019 | 525 | ± 4.3% | 40% | 44% | 16% |
;With Arnold Mooney
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Doug
Jones | Arnold
Mooney | Undecided |
| December 16–18, 2019 | 525 | ± 4.3% | 40% | 34% | 25% |
;With Roy Moore
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Doug
Jones | Roy
Moore | Undecided |
| December 16–18, 2019 | 525 | ± 4.3% | 47% | 33% | 20% |
;With Generic Republican
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Doug
Jones | Generic
Republican | Undecided |
| Apr 9–11, 2019 | 625 | ± 4.0% | 40% | 50% | 10% |
;With Generic Opponent
| Poll source | Date
administered | Sample
size | Margin
of error | Doug
Jones | Generic
Opponent | Undecided |
| December 16–18, 2019 | 525 | ± 4.3% | 34% | 48% | 18% |
Results
