Riding profile

AL-6

US House district — AL · Mixed · us al

The question

AL-6: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
23.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 61.8%

    Gary Palmer incumbent

  • Democrat 38.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereAL-6 61.8%38.2%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +16.9 54.3% −16.2

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

AL-6, a mixed riding in AL, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 41-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

PALMER, GARY

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Aug 11, 2026 · Certified official result

Republican primary

Winner

Gary Palmer 87.0%

24,497 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Palmer, Gary

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
40.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-17.1 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026