This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Alabama was Nov. 10, 2023.
Thirty-six candidates are running for Alabama’s seven U.S. House districts, including 15 Democrats and 21 Republicans. That’s 5.14 candidates per district, more than in the previous three election cycles. There were 3.14 candidates per district in 2022, 3.57 candidates per district in 2020, and 3.28 in 2018.
Here are some other highlights from this year’s filings: