Man it was loud in Montgomery yesterday, but the messages resonated. We’re now less than 36 hours before the polls open for the May 19th primary. Make your voice heard - VOTE and together lets start a history making change in Alabama

Folks there are so many great posts, photos and stories from yesterday at the rally in Montgomery. Please take the time to look and read. I can’t believe we are having to do this again but we are. Please make your voice heard on May 19th and VOTE!

Sixty one years ago brave foot soldiers crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in a peaceful demonstration to attain voting rights, only to be met by state troopers with billy clubs. After a great event with folks in Selma this morning we stopped by the bridge….

Yes folks, we are still having primary elections in Alabama on Tuesday, May 19th and I would appreciate your vote for Governor. Lots of noise out there but the election will go on. Your vote is your voice so make it heard. Vote May 19 and let’s change Alabama.

Another bad week for democracy folks. But we have to keep hope alive Alabama. VOTE May 19th!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, and especially my running mate Louise, the love of my life and the glue for our family. Y’all visit your momma today but if you can’t visit make sure and call her. As the great Bama coach Bear Bryant once famously said: I sure wish I could call mine.

Hey folks. Been a great couple of weeks on the campaign trail but a tough couple of weeks for democracy. We’ll break it down live tonight at 6 pm CDT. Hope you will join us.

Join me live with Joyce Vance to discuss the Callais decision and the latest attacks on voting rights

Buckle up folks! The powers at be in Montgomery are wasting no time in their efforts to roll back the voting rights and gains fought for by so many. Time to stand up, speak out and VOTE!

Been a long day folks. And a tough, really tough day for Democracy. I am disappointed and angry - but not surprised - by today’s SCOTUS decision that effectively kills the Voting Rights Act. Here’s my full statement:

Happy 100th birthday Harper Lee! Alabama storyteller Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Like so many, I learned early from To Kill a Mockingbird that real courage means doing what's right, even when it's hard.  I often quote this line from Atticus Finch….

I absolutely love Alabama’s small towns and rural counties and I especially loved talking with everyone who came out for Donuts with Doug in Newville, a town with a population less than 600. Thanks to….

“Coach” Tuberville has just made the point that the charges against the SPLC are purely political and have nothing whatsoever to do with fraud or justice.

Tourism is such an important and growing part of Alabama’s economy and two of the best spots are in the Shoals: Ivy Green, birthplace of Helen Keller, and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios where some of the legends of rock n roll recorded. @louisenewjones and I had a great time visiting both last week.

Primary Day is one month from today. If you are not a registered voter please register. You have until May 4th. If you are registered go to the AL Sec of State website at myinfo.alabamavotes.gov and check your status.

Bulls..t! Alabamians need to ask themselves if they want a governor who wants to end social security? Tuberville makes a fortune playing the stock market on inside Senate information but clearly doesn’t have a clue how Alabama seniors worked hard…

Great piece by Brian Lyman about the status of the AL PSC now that the “packing bill,” which I strongly opposed, is now law. But you play the hand your dealt folks so here’s my promise: as governor I will appoint an Energy Secretary who prioritizes transparency and accountability…

Great piece by @Josh_Moon and @ALReporter . We need more legislators like Adline Clarke. For years, Rep. Clarke has carried a voting rights bill that the Republican supermajority usually ignores. Last week she….

Easter is aways about reflection, joy and faith. Waking up this Easter morning to the photos from Artemis II and the news of the rescue of the downed US airman in Iran pretty much captures it all.

As we close out Women’s History Month I hope you will join us for a very special treat as my favorite woman (and running mate), @louisenewjones, joins me for a special Women’s History Month wrap up. Join us at 6 pm CDT.

On Saturday, @louisenewjones and I wrapped up a swing through North Alabama. The energy out there is amazing. First up on Thursday was Etowah County and a luncheon speech to Alabama librarians followed by a listening session with a great crowd at Back Forty Brewing.

Today has been Equal Pay Day. It is a reminder of how much I miss my great friend Lilly Ledbetter, the champion of equal pay for women, but also a reminder of the work ahead of us to erase the pay disparities between men and women. Lilly would be all in with our campaign!

Louise and I always enjoy seeing old friends at Terri Sewell’s annual Ultimate Ladies Power luncheon, but this one was extra special with both @repsewell and special guest @repnikema coming out with strong endorsements….

Hey folks. Hope you will tune in to a live Q&A with me at 5:30 CDT / 6:30 EDT. I’ll get to a few questions left over from a couple of our events and then get straight to yours. See you soon!

Here’s the deal, folks. We will work hard to win votes in all 67 Alabama counties not just for me, but for the Ticket for Change. Yesterday, our volunteers got to work. Louise, Phillip, Violet, and I joined them. If you want to volunteer please sign up at dougjones.com/volunteer

Loved being back in my hometown of Fairfield yesterday celebrating the Tigers’ state basketball championship win! It was great to catch up with a couple of old Fairfield classmates and, well… and then there was the Corvette! 😎

Escalating gas prices are killing hard working AL families who are already struggling just to make ends meet. Gov. Ivey and the legislature can do something about that immediately: put a 60-90 day pause on collection of the 30 cent per gallon state gas tax. Ga did. So can AL.

The failure of Republican leadership in both DC and Montgomery to denounce the racist comments of Tommy Tuberville is disappointing but not surprising. It’s time the voters in Alabama show them the way….

PLEASE READ ALL: We need to make sure that folks in Montgomery get the message that the way to lower bills and get control of the PSC back to the people and not the power company is to VOTE! PSC chaos continues to dominate the AL legislature. Two bills are coming up - 1 bad and 1 good….

Like so many of you tonight, IK am rooting for “The Alabama Solution” to take home an Oscar. But win or lose, this film has thrown a spotlight on a serious problem that needs reform. Building billion dollar prisons is like putting a bandaid on catastrophic injury. www.al.com/news/2026/03...

The death of Maj. Alex Klinner is a stark reminder of Alabama’s contributions & sacrifices to our nation’s national security. Please lift up the family of Maj. Klinner in your thoughts and prayers and rally to their aid through the following link. gofund.me/1b57bf2de www.al.com/news/2026/03...

Thank you @iamwesmoore for your support of my campaign, but more importantly for the example you have set as Gov. of Maryland. Governors can make a positive difference in the lives of their constituents. You have. I will. Thank you!

It is hard to express the hope one feels when back in Selma at Brown AME Church and to walk across that bridge with folks who come by the thousands. It was truly a blessing for @louisenewjones and me to be there and to participate. This year was a clarion call for action.

Selma weekend would not be complete without a special shout out and thank you to my dear friend @RepTerriSewell, a daughter of Selma and a tireless advocate for voting rights and AL’s 7th District. Thanks for letting me tag along!

Always love to share a laugh and a selfie with @PeteButtigieg, but his remarks in Selma and Birmingham the next day were inspirational. Thanks for making another trip Pete!

I have said many times that it is the nation’s governors who are now on the front lines fighting for democracy, so it was great to have two of our finest - @iamwesmoore (pictured with Alabama’s next Lt. Gov. @EnslerPhillip ) and @JBPritzker - speaking truth to power in Selma .

One the best things about Jubilee weekend in Selma is catching up with old friends like Martin Luther King III and the great Rep. James Clyburn. They are still fighting the good fight!

The anniversary of #bloodysunday in Selma is about honoring the courage and power of the foot soldiers from that day in 1965, and recommitting to the fight for voting rights. On Sunday, I was honored to march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge with those brave foot soldiers…

As governor, you often have to make hard choices, and I’m thankful Governor Ivey commuted the death sentence of Sonny Burton to life in prison without parole. Mr Burton is now 75 years old, frail and has spent more than three decades in prison. He did not pull the trigger that killed the victim,…

During the Selma weekend @louisenewjones and I got to hang out with some amazing folks. One of the most enjoyable times was dinner on Saturday night with one of America’s great governors, my friend @iamwesmoore, his wonderful wife Dawn and DNC Chair @kenmartin73….

What an exciting - and exhausting - weekend in Selma this weekend. There will be a number of posts from me to follow but let’s start with Friday’s NAACP 2026 Bridge Crossing Gala in Montgomery…

Congrats to Coach Maurice Ford and the Fairfield Tigers for winning the boys 4A state basketball championship. You guys make all of us old Fairfield graduates very proud! www.al.com/highschoolsp...

Had a great conversation with the College Democrats at UAB earlier this week. Thanks to Robert Gaines, Jr. for moderating and to the students who asked very thoughtful, and often tough, questions. Their voices are powerful and important - and frankly often over looked…..

This weekend, I visited my friend, Mayor Charles Andrews and his wife Linda, in Monroeville. Charles is recovering from a recent health challenge with the same strength and determination he's shown throughout his history-making life. See you out on the campaign trail soon!

125 years ago, Buffalo Rock started as a family business right here in Alabama. Now, it employs thousands and significantly benefits Alabama's economy. My team and I toured Buffalo Rock's facilities in Birmingham last week and were so impressed by what we saw….

Great crowd at the NAACP Banquet in Eufaula last Saturday night where the theme was “Beyond the Ballot: Saving Democracy Through Advocacy.” Thanks to the Barbour County Chapter for having me as their keynote speaker.

Folks, I won’t be watching the SOTU tonight because I know it will just be more of the same dog whistle rhetoric that stokes division. I’m running for governor of Alabama because I have a different vision. I want to build an Alabama where everyone belongs.

This campaign is not about me, it’s about you. So I want to hear about your lives and the issues your communities face. We’re going to have listening sessions across the state, and this weekend we started in Union Springs. We’ll post the video right here at 6 pm CT on YouTube.com/@DougForAlabama

The separation of powers doctrine and the Constitution itself have suffered significant, but apparantly not fatal, blows under SCOTUS. The tariff decision gives Congress the perfect opportunity to quit being lapdogs and do their damn duty for a change!

Louise and I were saddened to learn of the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure who was constantly working to bend the moral arc of the universe toward justice, and who never forgot Alabama. Whether fighting for voting rights, workers’ rights….