Alabama runoff – Alabama voters returned to the polls Tuesday, June 16, settling three runoff elections for U.S. House and Senate seats after none of the candidates reached 50% in the May 19 primary.
Beneath the headline numbers, Alabama’s runoff elections on Tuesday, June 16, were really about one thing: whether voters would break the logjam from the May 19 primary, when multiple candidates fell short of the 50% threshold and pushed decisions to a second round.
The results are now set for three runoffs—two for U.S. Senate seats and one for a U.S. House seat—after the state sent several races back to the ballot box.
Alabama’s Senate race: Tuberville’s seat goes to a runoff winner
Alabama is looking to replace Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for governor.
In the Republican Senate runoff, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore and Jared Hudson faced off after neither candidate earned over 50% in the May 19 primary. Moore, who has Trump’s endorsement, has served in Congress since 2025. Hudson is a former U.S. Navy SEAL.
With an estimated 99% of votes counted, Moore won the Republican runoff with 55.8% of the vote, defeating Hudson, who received 44.2%.
The Democratic Senate runoff followed a similar path. Everett Wess and Dakarai Larriett were headed to a runoff after neither reached the 50% threshold in the May 19 primary.
With an estimated 99% of votes counted, Wess won the Democratic runoff with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Larriett, who received 45.4%.
Alabama’s House race: a runoff in the 5th District
One more runoff was on the ballot for Alabama’s U.S. House elections.
In the 5th District, Democrats Andrew Sneed and Candice Duvieilh went to a runoff after the May 19 primary failed to produce a winner. The winner from this runoff will face incumbent Republican Rep. Dale Strong, who won the May 19 race uncontested.
With an estimated 99% of votes counted, Sneed defeated Duvieilh in the Democratic runoff, winning with 78.4% of the vote to Duvieilh’s 21.6%.
The sequence of Tuesday’s results brings an end to the uncertainty that started with May 19’s partial outcomes. In both Senate races and the 5th District House contest, voters returned with the specific job of deciding who would move forward after the 50% threshold was missed.
Now, Alabama’s general election landscape takes clearer shape: Tuberville’s seat will be shaped by the runoff winners Moore on the Republican side and Wess on the Democratic side, while the 5th District House matchup will be determined by Sneed’s victory as he prepares to face Rep. Dale Strong.
Alabama runoff election U.S. Senate runoff Barry Moore Jared Hudson Everett Wess Dakarai Larriett Tommy Tuberville U.S. House runoff 5th District Andrew Sneed Candice Duvieilh Dale Strong
So Tuberville’s seat is basically already decided now right? The runoffs just sound like a waste of time.
Barry Moore winning bc he has Trump’s endorsement is kinda predictable. Also isn’t Jared Hudson the one who got arrested or something? I might be mixing him up.
Wait 55.8% vs 44.2% and they still had to do a runoff?? Like why not just let whoever wins the most in May. This whole 50% thing feels like they keep moving the goalposts.
Everett Wess got 54.6%… sure, fine, but does that mean anything for the governor race too? Feels like Alabama elections are always bouncing between Senate and House like a pinball machine.