- State
- Alabama
- Office / race
- U.S. Senate
- Party
- Republican
- Reviewed
- October 24, 2026
Career timeline
The statewide contest
Barry Moore is Alabama’s Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in the November 3, 2026, election. He faces Democratic nominee Everett Wess. Moore secured the nomination after defeating Jared Hudson in the June Republican runoff. The campaign moves him from a congressional district contest to a statewide electorate, with a place in the Senate rather than another House term at stake.
A farm, the Guard and Auburn
Moore grew up on a family farm in Coffee County. His official biography describes six years of service in the Alabama National Guard and Reserves after high school, alongside studies in agricultural science at Auburn University. He also participated in Auburn’s ROTC Army Ranger Challenge team. Agriculture and military service were therefore part of his background before he held elected office.
Business before elected office
After college, Moore worked in the animal pharmaceutical industry, then returned to Enterprise to establish Hopper-Moore, an industrial waste-hauling business that also became a general contractor. His first elected position was in the Alabama House, where he represented District 91 from 2010 to 2018. His statehouse responsibilities included chairing the Military and Veterans Affairs Committee and serving as vice chair of Small Business and Commerce.
The route to Congress
Moore’s congressional career began in January 2021 after an unsuccessful bid for a House nomination in 2018. The House historical record lists earlier education at Enterprise State Junior College and a 1992 bachelor’s degree from Auburn. It also records his participation as a delegate at the 2016 Republican National Convention. That chronology places years of state politics between his business career and federal office.
Sources: House History: Barry Moore ↗
His current House work
The House Clerk identifies Moore as Alabama’s 1st District representative in the current Congress. His assignments include Agriculture and Judiciary. The listed subcommittees cover farm commodities, credit, livestock and horticulture, alongside immigration, crime, federal surveillance and oversight. Those responsibilities connect his agricultural background with some of the central legal and immigration disputes debated in Washington.
Sources: House Clerk: Barry Moore ↗
The campaign’s policy emphasis
The Alabama Reflector’s election guide describes Moore as campaigning with Donald Trump’s endorsement and supporting the president’s immigration enforcement and economic policies. It also identifies gun access and restrictions on transgender participation in school sports among his positions. These are the platform priorities presented in the general election, alongside a record voters can examine from his House and statehouse service.
Prepared with AI assistance. Source-based reporting checked on October 24, 2026. This article does not update automatically. Read our editorial standards.
