Alabama's 5th congressional district
Coverage: this seat is included in the 2026 national listing. State candidate coverage class: acquisition attempted and blocked; official source recorded in the ledger. Absence of candidate rows is not evidence that a race has no candidates — see the coverage ledger.
Candidate source
Candidate source: Alabama Secretary of State — Elections — State Certifications of General Candidates (Democratic + Republican, congressional districts + statewide 2026 General) (retrieved 2026-09-28). Absence of a candidate row is never evidence that a race has no candidates.
How the candidate list was checked
Rows read from the official source: 0 · published here: 0 · left out by rule: 0 · held back for review: 0. Official certifications located and archived (5 PDFs: Dem/Rep congressional-district certifications, 2026 General party certifications + amendment). All are image-only scans — pypdf extracts zero text (no text layer). OCR is not admissible structured evidence under the source rules, so no rows were emitted from scans.
Boundaries and sources
County–district classifications come from official block-assignment files, cross-checked against Census representations; render geometry is display-only.
Current officeholder
Dale W. Strong · Republican · current term began January 3, 2025 (elected November 5, 2024)
Economic profile at this seat’s exact geography
Census economic profile: not available for this seat’s geography. Census block equivalency files show this state's district boundaries changed between the 119th Congress (the geography of the ACS 2020-2024 district product) and the 120th Congress plan governing the 2026 contest. Statistics are never transferred between different plans, even when a district number matches.
Campaign finances
No contest in this release carries campaign-finance context.
Current officeholder — Congress.gov context
Dale W. Strong · Republican · Alabama · served in 2 Congresses since 2023
Identity verified against the official Congress.gov member record (Bioguide S001220), recorded through 2026-10-04T02:54:23Z. Current officeholding is separate from 2026 candidacy status. Official member website.
Recent housing, employment, energy and infrastructure legislation
From the member's sponsored then cosponsored legislation lists (newest first, limit 30 each), the newest items whose CONFIRMED official legislative subjects intersect {Housing and Community Development, Labor and Employment, Energy, Transportation and Public Works, Water Resources Development} are selected, at most 3 sponsored and 2 cosponsored, 5 total. Items whose relevance cannot be confirmed via the official /subjects endpoint are omitted.
- HR.8770-119 — SAFEGUARDS Act of 2026sponsor latest action 2026-07-14: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
- HR.709-119 — National Training Center for Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Actsponsor latest action 2025-01-24: Referred to the Subcommittee on Aviation. · subjects: Transportation and Public Works
- HR.9710-118 — Small Modular Reactor Demonstration Act of 2024sponsor latest action 2024-09-25: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. · subjects: Energy
- HR.9838-119 — National Security Interstate Pipeline Actcosponsor latest action 2026-07-22: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · subjects: Energy
- HR.3699-119 — Energy Choice Actcosponsor latest action 2026-02-04: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 412. · subjects: Energy
Sponsorship is a record of introduction or support — not passage, effectiveness, or economic impact.
Counties and this district
County boundaries for this seat are not published in this release. Explore individual counties on the county map.