Alabama Congressional Delegation

Member District Party Value proposition
Katie Britt U.S. Senate R Federal funding & national security. Her leadership on Senate appropriations, particularly Homeland Security, gives Alabama leverage on defense, Coast Guard, border security and federal spending. Her role helped bring the new Coast Guard training center to Birmingham.
Tommy Tuberville U.S. Senate R Conservative voice, military & education. Former Auburn football coach with a strong Alabama profile. His value is particularly in national defense, military readiness, veterans, education and socially conservative issues.
Barry Moore AL-01 R Agriculture, business & conservative policy. His Agriculture and Judiciary committee assignments give the district a voice on farming, food policy, legal issues and regulatory matters.
Shomari Figures AL-02 D Gulf Coast infrastructure & bipartisan economic development. His Agriculture and Transportation & Infrastructure assignments provide a potentially valuable avenue for ports, transportation, infrastructure, agriculture and coastal economic interests. He has also secured provisions in the 2026 Water Resources Development Act.
Mike Rogers AL-03 R National defense & military influence. His Armed Services Committee position is especially important to Alabama because of the state’s extensive defense, aerospace and military infrastructure.
Robert Aderholt AL-04 R Appropriations powerhouse. Aderholt chairs the House Appropriations Labor/HHS/Education Subcommittee and also serves on Agriculture and Defense. This gives him unusual influence over federal spending, health programs, education, agriculture and defense.
Dale Strong AL-05 R Huntsville defense, homeland security & government accountability. His Appropriations and Homeland Security assignments make him particularly valuable to North Alabama’s defense and aerospace economy. He has also led legislation involving USPS accountability and aviation security.
Gary Palmer AL-06 R Fiscal policy, oversight & energy. His Oversight and Government Reform and Energy & Commerce assignments give him influence over federal spending, regulation, energy policy and major economic issues.
Terri Sewell AL-07 D Birmingham, economic development & Democratic leadership. Her Ways and Means assignment gives her a significant position on taxes, Social Security, Medicare and federal revenue policy. She also has a strong focus on Birmingham and Alabama’s Black Belt.

Who has the strongest institutional leverage?

If you’re looking at the delegation from a business, economic-development or government-relations perspective, I’d rank their institutional value roughly this way:

1. Robert Aderholt — Appropriations
Probably the most direct ability to influence federal dollars because of his Appropriations leadership, including Labor/HHS/Education and participation in Defense and Agriculture.

2. Katie Britt — Senate Appropriations/Homeland Security
Her Senate position provides access to federal spending decisions and national-security programs. The Birmingham Coast Guard project is a good example of translating that position into an Alabama economic-development result.

3. Mike Rogers — Armed Services
Extremely important for Alabama’s military and aerospace ecosystem, particularly the defense industry surrounding Huntsville and other Alabama installations.

4. Dale Strong — Appropriations/Homeland Security
A particularly strong advocate for North Alabama’s defense, aerospace, aviation and homeland-security interests.

5. Tommy Tuberville — Senate conservative/military platform
His statewide profile and Senate position give him considerable political visibility, particularly on military, veterans, education and conservative issues.

A useful way to think about the delegation

For an Alabama-focused political or public-affairs publication, I would group them into five “value propositions”:

  • Federal money: Aderholt, Britt, Strong
  • Defense & aerospace: Rogers, Strong, Britt, Tuberville
  • Business/energy/regulation: Palmer, Britt, Aderholt
  • Transportation/infrastructure: Figures, Britt, Moore
  • Medicare/health/tax policy: Aderholt, Sewell, Britt
  • Conservative policy/values: Tuberville, Moore, Rogers, Aderholt, Strong, Palmer
  • Bipartisan bridge potential: Figures, Sewell, and members of the delegation who have demonstrated willingness to work across the delegation

One particularly interesting point for 2026 is that Alabama’s delegation has demonstrated an ability to work together despite the partisan split. For example, all seven House members joined Dale Strong’s USPS PERFORM Act, including Democrats Shomari Figures and Terri Sewell.

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