State Board of Education, District 8 · Alabama

Open seat; incumbent Wayne Reynolds is not running · Certified for the Nov. 3, 2026 general election ballot
General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026

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The candidates

Candidates as certified by the Alabama Secretary of State (Aug. 26, 2026) and printed on the official 2026 general election sample ballots.

Emily Jones

Republican

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Shatika Armstrong

Democratic

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Where they stand: Jones vs. Armstrong

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Background & priorities
JonesNo public position foundArmstrong

Background & experience

I’ve been on both sides of the aisle being both a mom, both being an educator, and so I’ve been able to see first-hand over the last 10 years the growth, the places for improvement, and it’s important to have done all those things in that order, because as a parent you see through one lens, and being in the classroom as the educator, I was able to see from a teacher’s lens and all that made a difference over the years.
Other priorities
Jones

State board policy

What’s happening is the Legislature is having to pass legislation and it’s having to be signed into law, and then it is affecting our public schools. I want to get back to a point of where our state board is directly passing policy based on me sitting down with a superintendent and saying here are the issues that I’m seeing across the district, here’s where I think policy needs to change. Are you with me or against me? What do we need to tweak?
ArmstrongNo public position found
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Official voting records

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No congressional voting record for: Shatika Armstrong, Emily Jones. State legislative or local records are not yet compiled.