Alabama is likely to see another matchup between former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones and U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville now that Jones has filed paperwork to run for governor of Alabama.

On Monday, Jones announced his candidacy on social media after he registered his campaign committee to run as a Democrat in Alabama’s gubernatorial race in 2026. This confirmed Inside Alabama Politics ‘ reporting last Tuesday that Jones would run for the state’s top job. An official kickoff is expected in December.

“Folks in Alabama deserve a governor who is going to fight for them,” Jones said in a video posted on X in front of the Alabama State Capitol.

Jones, a lawyer, was a U.S. attorney when in 2002 he successfully prosecuted two Ku Klux Klan members for the 1963 church bombing that killed four black girls.

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