General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 · Local and district races
Taken from the official Mobile County sample ballot posted by the Alabama Secretary of State (accessed Oct 16, 2026). Names are shown as printed on the ballot. District races depend on where you live; check yours at Alabama Votes.
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| Congress, Legislature & State School Board (by district) | |
| United States Representative, 1st Congressional District | Clyde Jones (D) vs. Jerry Carl (R) · Clyde JonesPosition changes: record review coming soonJerry Carl1Position change0 reversals Compare → |
| State Senator, District No. 22 | Ashley Sharpe (D) vs. Terry L. Waters (R) · Compare → |
| State Representative, District No. 99 | Sam Jones (D) vs. Charlie Watts (R) · Compare → |
| State Representative, District No. 101 | Joan Friedlander (D) vs. Chris Pringle (R) · Compare → |
| County offices | |
| Mobile County Sheriff | Pamela J. Laffitte (D) Democratic nominee. Retired as a corrections sergeant after 26 years and 6 months with the Mobile County Sheriff's Office (per her campaign). Reinstated as the nominee in August after a dispute over her qualifying. Source: NBC 15, Aug 27, 2026; Campaign site Paul Burch (R) · Compare →Incumbent sheriff, first elected in 2022 after rising through the ranks of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office (three decades in law enforcement). Won the May 2026 Republican primary over former Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine, about 72% to 28%. Source: AL.com, May 2026 Mobile County Sheriff's Office (official)No campaign site found |
| County schools | |
| Mobile County Board of Education, District No. 3 | Reginald Crenshaw (D) Incumbent District 3 school board commissioner since 2008, in his third term; Director of Title III programs and adjunct instructor at Bishop State Community College; former Prichard City Council member. Source: Ballotpedia; Lagniappe, Sep 26, 2026 BallotpediaNo campaign site found Positions, with sources (2)Facilities: "The current gymnasium is awful. It's just awful. We are in the process of looking for (funding) for a new gymnasium." (on Vigor High School) (Lagniappe, Sep 26, 2026) Attendance: "We got to look at ways to increase the attendance at the schools and cut down on suspensions." (Lagniappe, Sep 26, 2026) Meika Gordon Gardner (I) · Compare →Independent. Retired in 2024 after 25 years with Mobile County Public Schools as a transition teacher, volleyball coach (Blount and Williamson high schools) and middle school athletic director. Source: Lagniappe, Sep 26, 2026; Campaign site Positions, with sources (2)Teachers: "The workload that they're putting upon teachers and the respect, the lack of respect that teachers are getting, would be the biggest thing that I would like to address in the school system." (Lagniappe, Sep 26, 2026) Representation: "There are some concerned parents that feel that their voices are not being heard, and both schools are not being equally represented. My goal is to make sure everyone in the district is represented." (Blount and Vigor) (Lagniappe, Sep 26, 2026) |
| Mobile County Board of Education, District No. 4 | Sherry Dillihay McDade (D) Incumbent District 4 commissioner since 2020 (Ballotpedia spells it Dillihay-McDade); retired Mobile County Public Schools teacher of 37 years, per Lagniappe. Source: Lagniappe (School Board District 4); Ballotpedia BallotpediaNo campaign site found Positions, with sources (1)Record: "I want to continue to do what I'm doing. ... we have done that because I have been able to go in and visit the schools, find out from teachers what is it that we need to do." (Lagniappe (School Board District 4)) Michael Fasano (R) · Compare →Republican. Retired Navy corpsman who served as medical staff aboard naval vessels (retired 2018); has since worked as a bank manager and volunteers with Mobile charities, per Lagniappe. Source: Lagniappe (School Board District 4); Ballotpedia Positions, with sources (2)Spending and transparency: "My biggest thing that I can bring to the board is I do think fiscal responsibility and understanding what we're passing and what we're spending the money on is extremely important." (Lagniappe (School Board District 4)) Public hearings: "I believe that the hearings need to be moved to later in the day when people who actually work can attend them." (Lagniappe (School Board District 4)) |
Also on every Mobile County ballot: the statewide races, including U.S. Senate and Governor, the other statewide offices, appeals court and Supreme Court seats, and the statewide amendments. Any local amendments are listed on the sample ballot.
One candidate on the ballot (plus write-in).
Current Mobile County Revenue Commissioner (unopposed on the ballot). Source: Mobile County Revenue Commission
Official office pageNo campaign site found
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Yes/No explanations are Vote Book’s plain-English reading of the official Fair Ballot Commission statement; the ballot wording is quoted exactly.
A Yes vote means: The Alabama Constitution changes. If the lieutenant governor's office becomes vacant more than 60 days before the next general election for state offices, an election would fill it for the rest of the term. The Legislature could set the pay of the lieutenant governor and legislative officers by joint resolution. Legislators' travel spending would need approval by an officer elected by their chamber.
A No vote means: The Constitution does not change. A lieutenant governor vacancy generally stays open until the next regular election, and the Constitution keeps setting the pay of the lieutenant governor and certain legislative officers.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide for the election of a Lieutenant Governor if the Office of Lieutenant Governor becomes vacant during the first two years of a term, to authorize the Legislature to set the salary of the Lieutenant Governor and officers of the Legislature, and to require any expenditure of legislative funds for travel to be approved by a legislative officer. Proposed by Act 2026-341.
A Yes vote means: The Constitution changes to let two or more neighboring county school boards agree to merge into one school system. The State Board of Education would first have to study and publish the effects. If at least 25% of qualified voters in any affected system protest in writing, the merger would also need approval by voters in each affected county and overall.
A No vote means: The Constitution does not change. There is no process for merging county school systems, and each county board of education stays separate.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to provide a process for the creation of a consolidated county school system by merging two or more contiguous county boards of education; to require the State Board of Education to conduct an impact study on the potentia1 [sic] effects of the consolidation; to require publication of the impact study; to provide a procedure for protesting a proposed consolidation of two or more county school systems; and to require the State Board of Education to adopt rules. Proposed by Act 2026-378.
A Yes vote means: The Constitution changes to require every local school board to adopt policies for the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of each school day and allowing student-initiated, student-led prayer in public K-12 schools. No student could be required to take part.
A No vote means: The Constitution does not change and does not require these policies.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the United States flag at the beginning of each school day; and to require local boards of education to adopt a policy authorizing student-initiated and student-led prayer. Proposed by Act 2026-379.
A Yes vote means: The Constitution changes to require every local school board to have each public K-12 school broadcast the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once a week during school hours, or allow a school-approved group or vocalist to perform it.
A No vote means: The Constitution does not change and does not require this.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to require local boards of education to adopt policies requiring each public K-12 school to broadcast or sanction the performance of the first stanza of The Star-Spangled Banner at least once per week during school hours.
Some measures appear only on ballots in part of the county; check your own sample ballot.
A Yes vote means: Mobile County residents 65 or older could freeze the assessed value of a single-family home they own and have lived in as their main residence for at least five years, starting with the Oct. 1, 2026 value (claims begin Oct. 1, 2027, filed in writing with the Revenue Commissioner Oct. 1 to Dec. 31). Millage rate changes and the value of later additions would still apply. The income limit for Mobile County's age-and-income homestead exemption would rise to $50,000.
A No vote means: No senior assessed-value freeze is added, and the income limit for that homestead exemption is not raised by this amendment.
Relating to Mobile County, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, to authorize a qualified taxpayer 65 years of age or older to claim a senior property tax exemption for real property under certain conditions; and to raise the income limit for certain homestead exemptions to $50,000. (Proposed by Act 2026-258)
A Yes vote means: Mobile County could issue up to $82 million in Pay-As-You-Go road, bridge and drainage bonds (interest up to 8% a year; $8.2 million maturing each year 2030 through 2039) and could continue to levy a special property tax of up to 6.5 mills to pay them and other bonds charged to that tax.
A No vote means: The county is not authorized to issue these bonds. The ballot wording does not say what would happen to the existing special tax if the measure fails, so Vote Book does not summarize that; see the official wording.
Shall Mobile County in the State of Alabama be authorized to issue from time to time and in one or more series its Pay-As-You-Go Road, Bridge and Drainage Facilities Bonds, not exceeding $82,000,000 in principal amount, for the purpose of raising funds for the construction and improvement, or either, of hard surfaced roads, hard surfaced bridges, and surface water drainage facilities, or any thereof in the county, which bonds shall bear interest at a rate or rates to be fixed when they are sold, not exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum, payable semiannually until their respective maturities, and shall mature and become payable on December 1 in the aggregate principal amount of $8,200,000 in each of the years 2030 through 2039, and shall the said county be authorized to continue to levy annually a special tax, on all taxable property in the county, at a rate not exceeding six and one-half mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of such property, for the purpose of paying at their respective maturities the principal of and interest on the said bonds and all other bonds at any time outstanding which may be payable out of or constitute a charge on the said special tax, all pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, Local Provisions Section 49-3.00, as amended, and Section 49-3.11?