Madison County elects Alabama's first openly gay sheriff

Alabama Political Reporter ^ | 11/05/2026 | Staff

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Alabama Equality celebrated two milestones for LGBTQ representation in Alabama after Democrats Brett Jones and Allison Montgomery defeated Republican incumbents Tuesday. Montgomery became the first openly transgender person elected to the Alabama Legislature, and Alabama Equality said Jones will become the state’s first openly gay sheriff.

Jones won the Madison County sheriff’s race with 84,068 votes to Sheriff Kevin Turner’s 74,639, according to unofficial returns. Montgomery won House District 25 with 12,456 votes to Representative Phillip Rigsby’s 10,929. The district includes parts of Madison and Limestone counties.

“Alabama made history on Tuesday,” Alabama Equality Chairwoman Patricia Todd said in a statement. “The victories of Brett Jones and Allison Montgomery demonstrate that voters are increasingly focused on who can best serve their communities, not on who they love or how they identify.”

Jones, a former Navy SEAL who has worked as a police officer in Madison County, campaigned on making the sheriff’s office more transparent. He called for independent, public reviews of deaths in custody and higher training standards for deputies.

Montgomery, a software engineer and advocate for transgender rights, won her seat 20 years after Todd became Alabama’s first openly gay elected official. Todd won Birmingham’s House District 54 in 2006.

Alabama Equality credited volunteers, advocates and voters with helping elect both candidates and said it looked forward to working with elected officials and community groups to advance equal rights for LGBTQ Alabamians.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: alabama; brettjones; madisoncounty; pervert; pervertpower

[DFG]

Brett Jones

Montgomery

[higgmeister]

Huntsville, Alabama is the County Seat.   That is also the home of the Redstone Arsenal and NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.   The United States Army Aviation and Missile Command, the FBI's operational support headquarters and most recently the United States Space Command, all were sited at Redstone Arsenal.[14][15]

That brought untold thousands upon thousands of people from all of the nation and the globe for 40 pulse years.

[Disambiguator]

Well that’s just fabulous.

[Disambiguator]

Well that’s just fabulous.

[RetiredArmy]

Huntsville, Madison County. Dimocrats. Just like Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham. The big cities are invaded by dimocrats. Try to outnumber the normal people.

[usurper]

Well this sounds very stylish.

What dose being gay have to do with anything?

[griswold3]

The problem is lying about your sex. If you enjoy being a girl, fine. Be a girl. But the mental issue is being convinced you’re a gurl. Put the guy under oath and ask what sex they are using Science as the basis. XX or XY easy Peasy
Truth

[know.your.why]

See. Thats a stable queer raght thar. He’s not wearing a dress, wig, heals, hoes, makeup, etc. He’s not demanding that he be called she/her. I’d shake that dudes hand if he’s willing to look me in the eye like a dignified, self respecting, honorable human being (and not have a limp handshake...I hate that sht).

[high info voter]

..... here’s a message from our Father GOD.

Leviticus 18:22: “You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.”

Leviticus 20:13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.”

[Old Yeller]

thstop or i’ll thshoot silly boy.

[Old Yeller]

The big question is, how does he dress up for a gay parade.

[LilFarmer]

Yeah, sorry.

Not buying this one either.

If anyone here actually believes this, I actually feel sorry for you.

I know Alabama, and I know the Huntsville area very well. I have a lot of friends and family there. This did not happen. Even the folks who have moved there lately are mostly conservative.

They cheated.

[Verginius Rufus]

I just learned that a sixth-great-grandfather was a sheriff in Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1697 to 1701. Since he had 11 children, I doubt that he was gay.

[Vaquero]

“I think he said the sheriff is a queer “