The 2025 Alabama Senate District 5 special election was held on June 24, 2025, following the scheduled resignation of incumbent Greg Reed to serve as a workforce advisor for Governor Kay Ivey's administration, to elect the state senator from the 5th Senate district. The primary election was held on March 11. State representative Matt Woods won the election with 86% of the vote.
Background.
Incumbent representative Greg Reed resigned on December 31, 2024, to serve as a workforce advisor to the governor. He was selected by Kay Ivey on November 19, 2024. Ivey announced the date of the election on December 31, when Reed's term as advisor began. Candidates had until January 7 to file as a major-party candidate, and March 11 is the deadline to file as an independent or minor-party candidate.
In the 2024 presidential election, this district voted for Republican candidate Donald Trump by a margin of 73.6 points. In the 2022 legislative election, this district voted for incumbent Republican Greg Reed by a margin of 98.4 points, running in the general election unopposed.
Democratic primary.
Results.
The Democratic primary saw only 360 ballots cast out of 101,577 registered voters, resulting in a turnout of only 0.35%. As no Democratic candidate filed to run in the last election for this district in 2022, there was no primary.
External Links.
Official campaign websites