Riding profile
AL-5
The question
AL-5: a safe seat for the Republicans?
Editorial read
AL-5, a mixed riding in AL, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 91-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 62% vote share, against 38% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
STRONG, DALE WHITNEY
Sits with Republican
Who's running
The candidates
Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.
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Republican Incumbent
Strong, Dale Whitney
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Democrat Challenger
Devito, Jeremy
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Democrat Challenger
Duvieilh, Candice
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Democrat Challenger
Sneed, Andrew Rankin Guyton
Current forecast
Republican
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 23.4
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Republican | Democrat | |
|---|---|---|
| HereAL-5 | 61.7% | 38.3% |
| National averageUnited States | 46.6% +15.0 | 51.9% −13.5 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · US HOUSE_2024
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- Last model run
- Cycle
us_house_2026