Sources & methodology
Candidate list: Ballotpedia "Alabama elections, 2026" and the Alabama GOP's certification to the Secretary of State (Aug 28 2026). Every rating is copied from a published scorecard and linked to its source. Nothing is estimated or calculated. Scores were read on Nov 2 2026.
- Heritage Action (heritageaction.com): current-session score plus lifetime score.
- The New American Freedom Index (thefreedomindex.org, from The John Birch Society): latest Congress score plus the overall Freedom Score, shown as lifetime.
- Club for Growth Foundation: from the 2025 House and Senate scorecard PDFs (2025 score and lifetime).
- CPAC/ACU (ratings.conservative.org): the site timed out (504) every time I tried it, and the Internet Archive was offline too, so I couldn't verify these. Check it yourself.
- Conservative Review Liberty Score and FreedomWorks: no current published scorecard was found.
- ACLU: the 119th Congress scorecard was published Feb 26 2026. Per-member 119th Congress scores were read from its interactive tool on Nov 2 2026. See aclu.org/scorecard.
- MAGA alignment means only Trump's Oct 22 2026 endorsement post (archive).
- Socialist policies: no published scorecard measures this, so it's left out.
- Scorecards cover only members of Congress. State officials, judges, and first-time candidates show "No voting record".
This guide is nonpartisan. Always verify at AlabamaVotes.gov.