With Alabama's 2026 election cycle heating up, US President Donald Trump has thrown his full weight behind a complete Republican slate — from the US Senate race down to six congressional districts — urging Alabama voters to 'make a plan to vote' for each endorsed candidate.

Who Trump is backing — and what's at stake

The endorsement list spans every major statewide and federal contest on Alabama's 2026 ballot. At the top, Barry Moore — currently the US Representative for Alabama's 2nd congressional district — receives Trump's backing for the US Senate seat. Sitting US Senator Tommy Tuberville, who won his Senate seat in 2020 with Trump's support, is now being pushed up the ladder for Governor. John Wahl is endorsed for Lieutenant Governor and Katherine Robertson for Attorney General.

On the congressional side, Trump backs Jerry Carl (AL-01), Rhett Marques (AL-02), Mike Rogers (AL-03), Robert Aderholt (AL-04), Dale Strong (AL-05), and Gary Palmer (AL-06) — covering virtually every House seat in the state. Trump declared all of them 'Great Patriots' who have his 'Complete and Total Endorsement,' adding: 'They will never let you down.'

Tuberville's calculated move from Senate to Governor's mansion

Tommy Tuberville's trajectory is the most politically loaded element of the slate. The former Auburn football coach rode Trump's 2020 endorsement to defeat an incumbent senator and enter Washington as one of the president's most reliable allies. Now, rather than defending his Senate seat, Tuberville is pivoting to the Governor's race — a move that simultaneously opens a Senate vacancy and tests how transferable Trump's Alabama brand really is.

Trump has leaned on this dynamic before. His 2020 Alabama endorsement was decisive; his 2022 midterm interventions in congressional races kept the state's delegation firmly in the loyalist column. The pattern is consistent: endorse early, endorse loudly, and treat the endorsement as a binding contract of mutual loyalty.

Trump's endorsement machine and the 2026 map

This single post is a textbook example of how Trump shapes the Republican Party from the top down. By endorsing an entire state slate at once — Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and six House seats — he leaves no room for internal primary challengers to build momentum outside his orbit. The accompanying link to swampthevoteusa.com/alabama signals coordinated ground-level mobilisation, not just a social-media gesture.

For Alabama Republicans, a Trump endorsement remains the single most valuable asset in a primary. For the broader 2026 midterm picture, how well this slate performs will be an early read on whether Trump's endorsement power has held since his return to the White House — and whether the South remains as solid a foundation as Republicans need it to be.

Alabama's results will arrive as one of the first major data points of the 2026 election cycle. Watch them closely.