Race · November 3, 2026

U.S. House · Alabama's 5th District

2 candidates on the ballot.1,2,3,4,5

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Andrew Sneed
Democrat · Challenger
Dale W. Strong
Republican · Incumbent
Currently represents Alabama's 5th District in the U.S. House.

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Andrew SneedDale W. Strong
Party on the ballotDemocrat1,4Republican2,4,6
StatusChallengerIncumbent7
Raised$917,290 through October 14, 20268$1,775,618 through October 14, 20269
Cash on hand$247,8078$1,054,1729
Immigration enforcement inside the countryHis campaign website says ICE should be regulated and held accountable like other law enforcement agencies and respect due process, and calls for ending mass detention centers.10
Deport as many people here without legal permission as possible, with or without criminal records
His campaign website says he supports sending immigrants who are in the country illegally back to their home countries and fully enforcing the law against them.11

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Andrew Sneed — 19 issues
  • Ethics rules for Supreme Court justices
    His campaign website supports a code of judicial ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court.12
  • Tariffs
    His campaign website calls for repealing tariffs it considers unjustified.13
  • Union organizing rules
    His campaign website says he would fight for workers' right to collective bargaining and protect organized labor.14
  • Vouchers and education savings accounts
    No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
    His campaign website says he opposes Alabama's CHOOSE Act and all school voucher programs.15
  • Campaign finance rules
    Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
    His campaign website supports overturning Citizens United to get unlimited corporate money out of politics.12
  • Stock trading by members of Congress
    Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
    His campaign website supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office.12
  • Term limits for Congress
    Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
    His campaign website supports term limits of six two-year terms in the House and two six-year terms in the Senate.12
  • Clean energy tax credits
    His campaign website calls for restoring federal funding for clean and sustainable energy technologies and federal investment in energy efficiency.13,16
  • Data centers and electricity costs
    Pause or limit new data centers
    His campaign website says he supports a moratorium on building new data centers in North Alabama, and says data centers should pay for their own power and water use and for the new transmission and generation they need.16,17
  • Air pollution limits
    His campaign website calls for restoring clean air and water protections.18
  • Medicaid expansion
    His campaign website lists expanding Medicaid among his health care priorities.19
  • Help for first-time homebuyers
    His campaign website lists expanding rental assistance, increasing affordable housing options and supporting first-time home buyers among his housing priorities.13
  • Asylum rules
    His campaign website calls for restoring asylum protections for immigrants fleeing violence.10
  • Birthright citizenship
    Keep automatic citizenship for every child born in the US
    His campaign website supports legislation to counter the executive order ending birthright citizenship, which it calls unlawful.10
  • Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers
    His campaign website calls for putting into law legal frameworks for undocumented immigrants who already live and work in the U.S., reducing immigration costs and waiting lists, ending family separation and simplifying the path to citizenship.10
  • State and local role in immigration enforcement
    His campaign website supports legislation to counter the executive order penalizing sanctuary jurisdictions.10
  • Medicare drug price negotiation
    His campaign website lists negotiating prescription drug costs among his health care priorities.19
  • Social Security payroll tax cap
    His campaign website says Congress must close Social Security's funding gap and lists raising or eliminating the cap on earnings subject to the payroll tax as one way to do it.20
  • Social Security retirement age
    His campaign website lists gradually raising the full retirement age as another way to close Social Security's funding gap.20
Dale W. Strong — 4 issues
  • Abortion law
    His campaign website says he opposes abortion.11
  • Police funding
    His campaign website says he opposes calls to defund the police, and says that as county commission chairman he worked to raise sheriff's deputies' pay to match other departments in the area.11
  • Border wall and barriers
    Build walls or fencing along much more of the border
    His campaign website says he fully supports building the border wall.11
  • Federal spending levels
    Cut overall federal spending
    His campaign website says raising taxes is not an option and that cutting wasteful spending and downsizing government must be a top priority.11

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.