Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Jerry Lee Carl

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Alabama District 1
Filing address
Mobile, AL (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
CARL, JERRY LEE, JR
Next election
General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Alabama with the 2026 district highlighted

Alabama, District 1

RepublicanU.S. House · Alabama District 1Open seatGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H0AL01055 · Principal campaign committee: JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Alabama District 1$1,452,253.91General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Alabama District 1$2,246,839.19Lost primary
2021–2022U.S. House · Alabama District 1$1,313,718.57Won the general election (83.61%)
2019–2020U.S. House · Alabama District 1$2,344,516.53Won the general election (64.4%)
Total raised$1,452,253.91
Total spent$1,353,458.03
Cash on hand$168,086.30
Debts owed by the campaign$254,535.87
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $739,240.65PACs and other committees: $527,559.40Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $183,453.86Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $2,000.00
  • Individual contributions$739,240.6551%
  • PACs and other committees$527,559.4036%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$183,453.8613%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$2,000.000%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$139,700.4614%
  • Contributions over $200$887,860.6386%
  • Itemized from inside Alabama$718,581.2373%
  • Itemized from other states$263,451.2627%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: Florida $63,152.61 · Louisiana $40,536.70 · Georgia $26,030.95 · Virginia $21,432.43 · California $16,075.38. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$438K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $7,120.60APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $6,001.58JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $6,503.53OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $320,599.75OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $55,004.53YEAR-END: raised $153,208.12YEAR-END: spent $174,728.50APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $241,945.63APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $116,249.70PRE-PRIMARY: raised $34,157.90PRE-PRIMARY: spent $198,246.68JULY QUARTERLY: raised $308,890.23JULY QUARTERLY: spent $140,050.59PRE-PRIMARY: raised $96,660.57PRE-PRIMARY: spent $168,471.64OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $277,522.44OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $298,933.762025-032025-092026-032026-062026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

112 committees reported giving $394,559.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Jerry Lee Carl$547,042.08
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jerry Lee Carl$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Alabama U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jerry Lee Carl (R)$1,452,253.91$168,086.302026-10-14
Felix Barry Moore (R)$3,789,913.61$282,034.752026-10-14
Austin Sidwell (R)$203,902.06$455.822026-09-30
Clyde W Jones Jr. (D)$198,017.74$6,025.872026-10-14
Ralph John Mills III (R)$18,463.76$736.642026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JERRY CARL FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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