Doug Jones

Background

Jones is a lifelong Alabamian, attorney, and former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. He represented Alabama in the U.S. Senate from 2018 to 2021 and is the Democratic candidate for governor in 2026.

Sources: Doug for Alabama — About Doug, Branch — Doug Jones platform and background

What the candidate has said

Statements are attributed to the linked sources.

• Health care

  He proposes expanding Medicaid and strengthening rural health care.

  Doug for Alabama

• Data centers

  He proposes a one-year pause on new data center construction while the state develops safeguards, and opposes tax incentives for data center developers.

  ABC 33/40

• Education and taxes

  He wants to phase out the CHOOSE Act and eliminate Alabama’s remaining state sales tax on groceries.

  ABC 33/40