2026 Alabama's 7th Congressional District Election
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About this race
The 2026 general election for Alabama's 7th Congressional District (November 3, 2026) will determine who represents the west-central Alabama seat, which includes parts of Birmingham and Selma, in the U.S. House. Eight-term Democratic incumbent Terri Sewell, first elected in 2010 and a leading advocate of voting-rights legislation, was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faces Republican nominee Ammie Akin, a Birmingham educator and nonprofit leader who won the August 11, 2026 special Republican primary over David Perry.
The race is a focal point in Alabama's redistricting fight over the Voting Rights Act: after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the state's 2023 congressional map, the district's Cook Partisan Voting Index shifted from D+13 to D+10, though it remains a majority-minority, Democratic-leaning seat where Sewell is strongly favored.
Akin is running on cutting federal spending and regulatory red tape, strengthening rural healthcare and education, and expanding broadband access, while Sewell emphasizes her record of federal investment in jobs, infrastructure, and voting-rights protections.
Candidates
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Terri Sewell is the incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative for Alabama's 7th District, first elected in 2010 and now serving her eighth term. She sits on the House Ways and Means Committee and the Committee on House Administration, and has focused on voting rights, infrastructure, healthcare, and economic development. Sewell was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faces Republican nominee Ammie Akin in the November 3, 2026 general election.
Ammie Akin is an educator, entrepreneur, and nonprofit leader from Birmingham who won the Republican nomination for Alabama's 7th Congressional District in the August 11, 2026 special primary, defeating David Perry. She is co-founder of Hub in the Hills and board chair of Unless U, a nonprofit supporting adults with disabilities, and holds a Doctor of Education from Samford University. She will face incumbent Democrat Terri Sewell in the November 3, 2026 general election.
Forecast
Terri Sewell favored
Terri Sewell: 98% modeled win probability with a +35.0 pts estimated margin
About this research
Data compiled from public sources and analyzed using AI. Last updated September 4, 2026. Visit candidate websites for the most current information.