Candidate · November 3, 2026
Andrew Sneed
On the ballot for U.S. House · Alabama's 5th District
- raised through Oct 14, 2026
- $917K
- cash on hand
- $248K
- issues with public statements
- 20
§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | U.S. House · Alabama's 5th District1, |
|---|---|
| Party on the ballot | Democrat1, |
| Status | Challenger |
| Also on the ballot |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Andrew Sneed was born and raised in Huntsville, graduated from Lee High School in 1998, and earned a BFA from Boston University in 2003.6 He spent seven years in New York City, returned to the South in 2010, and later left a career in the restaurant business to start as a plumber's helper, becoming a master plumber and gas fitter.6 In 2019 he founded Whole Home Solutions, a company his campaign website says now has seven employees.6
Why they say they're running
His campaign website says he is running so that people in the district can reclaim their voice, trust in the country and their future, and says this moment calls for a new kind of representative rather than a career politician.6
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitesneedforcongress.com7,
8 - Facebookfacebook.com/share/14EqPmzufSh/?mibextid=wwXIfr8
- Instagraminstagram.com/andrewsneedforcongress8
- X (Twitter)x.com/asforcongress8
- TikToktiktok.com/@andrewsneedforcongress8
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Health Care
His campaign website lists expanding Medicaid among his health care priorities.9
Social Security and Medicare
His campaign website lists negotiating prescription drug costs among his health care priorities.9
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.10
His campaign website lists gradually raising the full retirement age as another way to close Social Security's funding gap.10
Immigration
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.11
His 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.11
His campaign website supports legislation to counter the executive order ending birthright citizenship, which it calls unlawful.11
- Keep automatic citizenship for every child born in the US
- End it for children of parents here without legal permission, such as by amending the Constitution
- End it for children of parents here without legal permission or on temporary visas, such as by amending the Constitution
His campaign website supports legislation to counter the executive order penalizing sanctuary jurisdictions.11
His campaign website calls for restoring asylum protections for immigrants fleeing violence.11
Economy, Jobs and Trade
His campaign website says he would fight for workers' right to collective bargaining and protect organized labor.13
Housing
His campaign website lists expanding rental assistance, increasing affordable housing options and supporting first-time home buyers among his housing priorities.12
Energy and Climate
His campaign website calls for restoring federal funding for clean and sustainable energy technologies and federal investment in energy efficiency.12,
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.14,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Education
His campaign website says he opposes Alabama's CHOOSE Act and all school voucher programs.16
- Make them available to every family
- Offer them only to some students, such as those from low-income families or with disabilities
- No public money for private school or homeschooling costs
Environment and Public Lands
His campaign website calls for restoring clean air and water protections.17
Elections and Government Reform
His campaign website supports term limits of six two-year terms in the House and two six-year terms in the Senate.18
- Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
- Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
- No term limits
His campaign website supports overturning Citizens United to get unlimited corporate money out of politics.18
- Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
- Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
- Keep current rules
- Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties
His campaign website supports banning members of Congress from trading stocks while in office.18
- Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
- Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
- No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports
Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties
His campaign website supports a code of judicial ethics for the U.S. Supreme Court.18
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.
Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.19
| Raised | $917,290 |
|---|---|
| Spent | $669,483 |
| Cash on hand | $247,807 |
Where the money came from
§5Financial disclosures
Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.
- Candidate financial disclosure report20filed Oct 13, 2026