Everett Wess will appear on Alabama’s statewide ballot for U.S. Senate in the 2026 Midterm Elections after winning the Democratic nomination. He beat Dakarai Larriett, Kyle Sweetser and Mark Wheeler, setting up a general-election race against Barry Moore.
Wess has served as Managing Partner of the Wess Law Firm, P.C., in Birmingham since 2001. Alabama voters will choose between him and Moore on Tuesday, Nov. 3, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central Time.
Barry Moore and Everett Wess
Moore is the Republican candidate after defeating Seth Burton, Dale Shelton Deas Jr., Jared Hudson, Steve Marshall and Rodney Walker. He currently serves in the U.S. House of Representatives for Alabama’s first congressional district, so the Senate race pairs two candidates with very different public résumés.
That matchup matters because the winner will take one of Alabama’s Senate seats now held by Tommy Tuberville. Tuberville has served since 2021 and is running to be the state’s next governor, leaving the seat open for a new officeholder.
Polls in Alabama
The voting calendar already gives Alabama voters a short runway. The last day to register to vote was Monday, Oct. 19, and the 2026 Midterm Elections are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 3.
For voters, the practical step now is simple: check the ballot, show up during the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central Time voting window, and choose between Moore and Wess for the Senate seat. Wess’s candidacy puts a Birmingham lawyer on the statewide ballot after a nomination race that narrowed the field to one Democrat and one Republican.
WSFA News in Montgomery
Both candidates were given the opportunity for a sit-down interview held at WSFA News in Montgomery from Sept. 29 to Oct. 21, giving voters a direct way to compare them before Election Day. What Wess is offering beyond his résumé is not laid out here, so the matchup now rests on the records and positions each man brings into the final stretch.
