The 2026 Jefferson County Commission election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect all five members of the Jefferson County Commission. Primary elections were held on May 19. Background McClure et al. v. Jefferson County Commission In 2023, a lawsuit was filed against the commission alleging racial gerrymandering. The case went to trial on January 13, 2025. On September 16, 2025, Madeline Haikala, a district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, ruled that the map violated the Fourteenth Amendment, ordering a new one to be drawn with an additional Black-majority district. Haikala denied an appeal by the county on September 25. The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit paused Haikala's ruling, meaning that the maps will stay in place for the 2026 election.
District 1 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Lashunda Scales, incumbent commissioner Eliminated in primary Clinton Woods, member of the Birmingham City Council (2019–present)
Did not file Shonae Eddins-Bennett, Birmingham parks and recreation director
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District 2 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Sheila Tyson, incumbent commissioner
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District 3 Republican primary Nominee Jimmie Stephens, incumbent commissioner
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Camara Blue, pastor and former firefighter Eliminated in primary Dock Scott
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District 4 Republican primary Candidates Nominee Joe Knight, incumbent commissioner
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District 5 Republican primary Candidates Nominee Mike Bolin, incumbent commissioner and former Supreme Court of Alabama associate justice
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