That’s not likely to happen in 2026. Leaders of the Alabama Legislature say they do not expect any bills for a lottery, sports betting, and casinos to get serious consideration in next year’s session, which starts Jan. 13.

Alabama state Rep. Phillip Ensler has announced he is running for lieutenant governor. He is the first Democrat to enter the lieutenant governor's race.

IN 2017, DOUG JONES DID THE UNTHINKABLE. He won a special election in Alabama for the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican Roy Moore by half a percentage point. At the time, it shocked the political system. Democrats were believed to be extinct in the Deep South.