Trump-Backed Barry Moore Defeats Former Navy SEAL Sniper Jared Hudson In Alabama Senate Runoff

Republican Alabama Rep. Barry Moore defeated Navy SEAL veteran Jared Hudson in Tuesday’s Senate runoff race after receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump.

Moore’s victory reinforced Trump’s stranglehold on the Republican Party, as most candidates who have earned Trump’s endorsement have won their races throughout the 2026 election cycle. If he wins the general election in November, Moore will replace incumbent Republican Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running to be Alabama’s next governor.

Moore won the May 19 primary 39.2% to 25.6%, according to NBC News’ election results. The two candidates then faced off in a runoff because neither secured the majority of the vote.

One day before the primary, Trump praised Moore as an “America First Patriot” and called on Alabama voters to support him in a Truth Social post.

“Congressman Barry Moore, an America First Patriot who has been with me from the very beginning (He was the first Elected Official in the Country to Endorse me!), is running for the United States Senate in Alabama, a place I love and WON BIG in 2016, 2020, and 2024, getting the highest vote in that Great State’s History,” Trump wrote on May 18.