Political ads · 2026 · AL

Alabama House District 6 2026: the ads, and who's paying for them

Gary Palmer won · 57.5% to 42.5% · Called by AP on Nov 4

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Maurice Mercer (Democrat) and Gary Palmer (Republican) are the nominees for Alabama's 6th congressional district in the November 3, 2026 general election. Gary Palmer is the incumbent. By their latest FEC reports, Maurice Mercer's campaign had raised $35,000 (through October 14, 2026) and Gary Palmer's campaign $1.2 million (through October 14, 2026). Outside groups have reported $131,000 for Gary Palmer and $0 against.

Maurice Mercer (DEM), Gary Palmer (REP, incumbent). 3 others filed with the FEC; any ads they ran are below. 0 ads analyzed, 0 with at least one technique in the copy. Newest first. The paid-for-by line is the advertiser's own filing.

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Registration	Register by Mon, Oct 19 (Mail forms postmarked by deadline; online until 11:59 PM; in person by close of business.) (passed)Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗
By mail	Mail voting needs a reason the state accepts (Excuse required: absent from county, illness/disability, 10+ hour work shift, caregiver, etc.); request a ballot by Tue, Oct 27 (Received by mail by Oct 27; hand-delivered applications by Oct 29.); return it by Tue, Nov 3 (By mail: received by noon Election Day. Hand-delivered: by 5 p.m. Nov 2.) (passed)Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗
Election Day	Tue, Nov 3. Polls: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. (passed)Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗
ID at the polls	Approved photo ID required; without one, vote if two poll officials positively identify you (signed affidavit), else provisional.Source: sos.alabama.gov ↗

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Money in this race

From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.

Maurice Mercer (DEM)

Raised: $35K through 2026-10-14 individuals $23K · PACs $5,300 · party $125 · candidate's own money, incl. loans $3,590 · cash on hand $14K
Outside spending: none reported

Bundled through PACs: none reported · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01

All filings at the FEC ↗

Gary Palmer (REP, incumbent)

Raised: $1.2M through 2026-10-14 individuals $589K · PACs $526K · from the candidate's other committees $32K · cash on hand $74K
Outside spending: $131K supporting Palmer · latest reported 2026-05-05
Largest outside spenders: AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, INC — $131K supporting Palmer

Bundled through PACs: $500 through 1 PAC · FEC bulk data of 2026-11-01 AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE — $500 from 1 gift Lobbyist/registrant PAC

153 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election

ACME BRICK COMPANY GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND FOR FEDERAL ELECTION $2,500
ADVANSIX INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
AFLAC PAC $7,500
ALABAMA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION INC FEDERAL PAC AKA ALAFORESTRY $2,500
ALABAMA POWER CO EMPLOYEES FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION CMTE (AP $10K
ALLIANCE FOR PHARMACY COMPOUNDING PAC (COMP PAC) $1,000
ALTRIA GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ALTRIAPAC) $3,500
AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE PAC - OKLAHOMA $2,500
AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES POLITICAL ACTION CO $1,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGAT $2,500
AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) $7,500
AMERICAN CEMENT ASSOCIATION (CEMENT PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC $10K
AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) $2,500
AMERICAN DENTAL ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
AMERICAN FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION PAC $5,000
AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITT $1,500
AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC $2,000
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS POLITICAL $5,000
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE POLITICAL ACTION CO $5,000
AMERICAN MARITIME OFFICERS VOLUNTARY POLITICAL ACTION FUND $1,000
AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
AMERICAN RESORT DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION RESORT OWNERS COALIT $2,000
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR RADIATION ONCOLOGY PAC (''ASTRO-PAC'') $1,500
AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMI $1,000
AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY INC. EMPLOYEE FEDERAL PAC $2,000
AMERICAN WOOD COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (WOOD-PAC) $2,500
AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,000
ARENTFOX SCHIFF CIVIC PARTICIPATION FUND (AFSPAC) $1,500
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITT $10K
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION C $3,500
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN RAILROADS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
ASSOCIATION OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN FRANCHISEES INC PAC $5,000
AT&T INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AT&T FEDERAL P $1,000
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE $10K
AUTO CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
BAKER & HOSTETLER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
BALCH AND BINGHAM LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL COMMITTEE $7,500
BASF CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $7,000
BHFS-E PC PAC (BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK POLITICAL AC $2,500
BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION CO $2,500
BRICK INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION'S BRICK PAC FOR A STRONGER AMERIC $2,500
BRINGING REPUBLICAN EXCELLENCE TO TOWN PAC $10K
BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BMS $1,000
BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION $3,500
BUILDING AMERICAN CONSERVATISM PAC $2,000
CATERPILLAR INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CATPAC) $1,000
CELANESE CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
CHEVRON EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - CHEVRON CORPO $2,500
COLLEGE OF AMERICAN PATHOLOGISTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
CONOCOPHILLIPS SPIRIT PAC $1,000
CSX CORPORATION GOOD GOVERNMENT FUND $2,500
DIVERSIFIED GAS & OIL CORPORATION PAC $2,500
DRILLERSPAC A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATION $1,000
DRUMMOND COMPANY INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DPAC) $10K
DYKEMA GOSSETT FEDERAL PAC $1,000
ELECT - THE PAC OF THE ALABAMA FARMERS FEDERATION $5,000
ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS (EMMER PAC) $5,000
ELEVANCE HEALTH INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ELEVANCE H $1,000
EMMER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
ENERGY MARKETERS OF AMERICA SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE PAC (EM $4,000
EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (EXXONMOB $5,000
FIRST IN FREEDOM PAC $2,500
GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC $500
HF SINCLAIR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DINO PAC) $1,500
HOLLAND & KNIGHT COMMITTEE FOR EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT $1,000
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,500
IHEARTMEDIA INC. PAC $1,500
IN THE ARENA PAC $5,000
INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA INC. POLI $1,500
INSTITUTE OF MAKERS OF EXPLOSIVES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS INC POLITICAL ACTI $2,500
INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION FRANCHISING POLITICAL AC $1,000
INTERNATIONAL PAPER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (IP-PAC) $2,000
INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTI $1,000
IRON MOUNTAIN INCORPORATED EMPLOYEES PAC (IMPAC) $1,000
JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
JOHNSON & JOHNSON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,500
JOHNSON CONTROLS INC. PAC $2,500
KING & SPALDING NONPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT $1,000
KOCH INDUSTRIES INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) $7,500
LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PAC $10K
LIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMM $2,000
LUNDBECK LLC EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $500
LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY PAC $2,500
MANUFACTURED HOUSING INSTITUTE PAC $2,000
MARATHON PETROLEUM CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION CO $2,500
MAXIMUS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MAXPAC) $1,500
MAYNARD NEXSEN PAC $5,000
MCKESSON CORPORATION EMPLOYEES POLITICAL FUND $2,000
MICROSOFT CORPORATION STAKEHOLDERS VOLUNTARY PAC - MSVPAC $1,500
MORTGAGE BANKERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (MOR $1,000
NATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,500
NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF FOREST OWNERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTE $5,000
NATIONAL APARTMENT ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BENEFITS AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONALS $3,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONVENIENCE STORES POLITICAL ACTION $7,500
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WATER COMPANIES POLITICAL ACTION COM $2,500
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM $5,000
NATIONAL BEER WHOLESALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMI $5,000
NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC $3,500
NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES INC $1,000
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION $2,500
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICA $2,000
NATIONAL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING COUNCIL POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT $2,500
NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PAC $500
NATIONAL PROPANE GAS ASSOCIATION PAC $1,000
NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUND $2,000
NATIONAL ROOFING CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION ROOF PAC $1,000
NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION INC. POLITICAL ACTION C $2,000
NCTA - THE INTERNET & TELEVISION ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTIO $1,000
NOSSAMAN LLP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NOSSAMAN PAC) $1,500
NUCLEAR ENERGY INSTITUTE FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
ORGANOGENESIS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE A/K/A ORGANOP $2,000
PFIZER INC. PAC $1,500
PHILLIPS 66 PAC $1,000
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION PAC $1,000
POLARIS INDUSTRIES POLITICAL PARTICIPATION PROGRAM $2,000
POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF OR $1,500
POTLATCHDELTIC PAC $2,500
POWERPAC OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE $5,000
PROFESSIONAL COMPOUNDING CENTERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION $2,000
PROTECTIVE LIFE CORPORATION FEDERAL PAC $10K
RAPTOR PAC $1,000
RAYONIER INC. GOOD GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE $5,000
REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC (RUDY PAC) $1,000
RUDY FOR INDIANA $4,000
RVFPAC $2,000
S. C. JOHNSON & SON INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $3,000
SHEEDER LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE $1,000
SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP. PAC $5,000
SPIRE INC. FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SPIRE FEDERAL $2,500
TENASKA INC EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
TEXTILE RENTAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACT $2,500
THE AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERN $3,000
THE LUBRIZOL CORPORATION EMPLOYEES PAC $1,000
THE NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ACTION C $3,500
THE WESTERVELT COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
THOROUGHBRED PAC $1,000
TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ( $1,000
TYSON FOODS INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (TYPAC) $1,500
UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED PAC (UNITEDHEALTH GROUP PAC) $1,500
US ENERGY PAC (THE PAC OF AMERICAN EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION $2,500
VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (VER $3,000
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $10K
WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT $1,000
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $2,500
ZENECA INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AZPAC) $1,000

All filings at the FEC ↗

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