Doug Jones told reporters after 11 p.m. Tuesday that he would not concede the 2026 race for Governor of Alabama to U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn), who led by more than 90,000 votes with all 67 counties reporting. “So I think the victory speech was a little premature,” Jones said.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) won Alabama’s gubernatorial race against Democratic former Sen. Doug Jones, continuing Republicans’ stranglehold on the state. Tuberville won 52.1% of the vote compared to Jones’s 47.9%.
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Nov. 3, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Republican U.S. Senator and former Auburn Tigers head football coach Tommy Tuberville defeats democratic candidate Doug Jones in the race for Alabama governor. Tuberville won a close race, 52.06% to 47.
Tommy Tuberville is set to become Alabama’s next governor after defeating Doug Jones again, while Barry Moore captured Tuberville’s Senate seat and Republicans retained several House districts across the state.
Tommy Tuberville will be Alabama's next Governor, but proved to be less popular among Republican voters than many other people on the statewide ballot.
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) won the governor’s race Tuesday by 66,308 votes, 51.8% to 47.9%, according to unofficial returns from the Secretary of State. It was Alabama’s closest governor’s race since 2002, when Bob Riley beat Don Siegelman by 3,120 votes.
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