Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past 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, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Alabama with the 2020 district highlighted

Alabama, District 1

RepublicanU.S. House · Alabama District 1Open seatWon the general election (64.4%)

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$2,344,516.53
Total spent$2,232,543.94
Cash on hand$111,972.59
Debts owed by the campaign$469,225.79
Loans from the candidate$758,900.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, 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: $1,044,195.95PACs and other committees: $387,000.00Party committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $760,555.50Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $102,070.05Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $45,695.03
  • Individual contributions$1,044,195.9545%
  • PACs and other committees$387,000.0017%
  • Party committees$5,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$760,555.5032%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$102,070.054%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$45,695.032%

Self-funding: $760,555.50 (32% of money raised): $1,655.50 given and $758,900.00 lent by the candidate. $325,900.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

PAC and committee contributors

115 committees reported giving $396,075.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. 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$121,272.59
  • Independent expenditures opposing Jerry Lee Carl$1,159,163.13

FEC totals for the 2020 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, 2020 · 9 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Jerry Lee Carl (R)$2,344,516.53$111,972.592020-12-31
Bill Hightower (R)$1,323,944.09$0.002020-09-30
Bradley Roberts Byrne (R)$544,643.34$0.002019-03-31
Christopher Paul Pringle (R)$491,715.70$0.002020-06-17
Douglas Westley Lambert III (R)$182,564.96$0.002020-12-31
Kiani A Gardner (D)$118,661.85$0.002020-07-31
James Averhart (D)$80,094.95$1,121.712020-12-31
Frederick G. Rick' Collins (D)$62,935.42$2,109.452020-07-14
John Castorani (R)$26,809.68$0.002020-12-03

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Alabama (retrieved October 23, 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 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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