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Elections · U.S. House · Alabama

2026 Alabama House race, District 7

Terri Sewell (Democrat) and Ammie Akin (Republican) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Alabama District 7, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Alabama Secretary of State.

The November ballot

Sewell
$2.0M
Akin
$151K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Republican certification; Democratic certification. Not a prediction.

The seat

Terri Sewell

Democrat · Holds the seat now

First took office 2011 · Age 61

4
Trades disclosed
$57K
Estimated volume
1
Committee overlap
Has not cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Alabama

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

Register 15 days before the election.

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The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.4M
Outside money
$75K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Sewell$75K
Opposing Sewell-
Supporting Akin-
Opposing Akin-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

4%$68KSmall donors$522<1%
15%$302KLarge donors$50K33%
81%$1.6MPACs--
--Self-funding$100K67%
<1%$2.2KOther--

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The largest group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

1 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

How this seat voted last time

D+27 in 2024

  • Terri Sewell Won: 63.7%
  • Robin Litaker: 36.3%

293,220 votes for candidates. The district's lines have changed since this result. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

The district

Census context
People
721K
Median household income
$52K
Unemployment
6.2%
Living below the poverty line
21.3%
Without health insurance
9.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate. These figures describe the district as drawn before its lines changed for 2026; estimates for the new lines are not yet published.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through July 22, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.