Candidate · November 3, 2026

Gary Palmer

On the ballot for U.S. House · Alabama's 6th District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$1.2M
cash on hand
$74K
issues with public statements
12
outside spending for or against
$131K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Alabama's 6th District1,2,3,4,5
Party on the ballotRepublican2,4,6
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Alabama's 6th District in the U.S. House.7
Also on the ballot

§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.

Gary Palmer grew up in Hackleburg in northwest Alabama and earned a B.S. in operations management from the University of Alabama, where he was a walk-on member of the football team; his campaign website says he was the first in his family to attend college.8,9 After working for two international engineering and construction companies, he started the Alabama Family Alliance, which became the Alabama Policy Institute, and served as its president for 24 years.8,9 He served on state commissions under Governors Fob James, Bob Riley and Robert Bentley, and was a founding board member and later board chairman of the State Policy Network.9 He was elected to the U.S. House in 2014; he serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Environment, and on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and he chaired the House Republican Policy Committee for three terms.8,9

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says that in Congress he is focused on securing the border, fighting inflation, reducing federal regulations, lowering energy costs, creating a new health care plan, paying down the national debt by cutting spending, and protecting life.9

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, AL-67
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, AL-67

Websites and accounts

§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.

Courts, Rights and Civil Liberties

Religious exemptions

His campaign website says he has worked to protect religious liberty from government actions that would force individuals, employers or faith-based groups to violate their beliefs, including an amendment barring federal funds from enforcing a Washington, D.C., law that could require employers to cover abortions.9

Energy and Climate

Greenhouse gas limits for power plants

His campaign website says he introduced the Stopping EPA Overreach Act to bar the EPA from regulating greenhouse gases.9

  1. Limits that would require many coal and new gas plants to capture most of their carbon
  2. Limits that plants can meet with efficiency upgrades
  3. No federal limits on greenhouse gases from power plants
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Oil and gas drilling on federal land and offshore

His campaign website says the country's energy resources should be developed rather than kept off-limits by excessive federal regulation, and says he supports expanding domestic energy production.9

Elections and Government Reform

Federal agencies' power to write rules

His campaign website says major regulatory decisions should be made by elected lawmakers rather than agency officials, and says he has worked to rein in EPA rules that lack clear authorization from Congress.9

Foreign Policy and Defense

Military spending

His campaign website says he supports a strong, well-funded military and backed the National Defense Authorization Act.9

Taxes and Budget

Federal spending levels

His campaign website says the government should live within its means and that he wants to pay down the national debt by cutting spending.9

  1. Increase overall federal spending
  2. Hold overall spending near current levels
  3. Cut overall federal spending
  4. Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Fraud and improper payments in federal programs

His campaign website says he has drawn attention to billions of dollars in improper payments by federal agencies and to revenue the government failed to collect.9

Immigration

Legal status for immigrants here without permission, including Dreamers

His campaign website says he opposes amnesty and has pledged to oppose legislation that would give work authorization or legal status to immigrants in the country illegally.9

  1. No new legal status, including for people brought here as children
  2. Legal status only for people brought here as children, such as DACA recipients
  3. Legal status, but not citizenship, for most who pass background checks and pay a fine
  4. A path to citizenship for most who meet requirements such as background checks
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Guns

AR-15-style rifles

His campaign website says he rejects efforts to limit the types of firearms Americans may legally own.9

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

His campaign website says every human life is worthy of protection and that he has supported legislation restricting abortion and protecting infants who survive abortion procedures.9

Government funding and abortion

His campaign website says he has supported legislation to keep taxpayer money from funding abortion providers.9

  1. Bar public funds for abortions and for groups that provide them, including for their other services
  2. Bar public funds for most abortions, but let clinics that provide them be paid for other care
  3. Let Medicaid and other public programs cover abortion (ending the Hyde Amendment)
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Health Care

Health insurance system

His campaign website says he opposes the Affordable Care Act and supports repealing and replacing it with market-based approaches that increase competition and choice.9

  1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
  2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
  3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
  4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals
Marked: the option their statement matches.

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Gary Palmer served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Gary Palmer sponsored or cosponsored 3 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

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, 2026.64

Raised$1,154,753
Spent$1,233,610
Cash on hand$74,382

Where the money came from

Individual donors$589K · 51%
PACs and other political committees$527K · 46%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$32K · 3%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$7,284 · 1%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $131,018 supporting and $0 opposing Gary Palmer this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through May 6, 2026.65

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, INC$131,018—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial 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.