Clyde Jones Is Running In Al-01 To Serve People Over Party
A veteran, community & faith leader, and Democratic nominee who sees the brokenness in Washington — and wants to help fix it.
Clyde Jones Is Running toRepresent Everyone in Alabama's 1st Congressional District; people over party.
Clyde Jones doesn't talk like a typical politician. He talks like a pastor, a neighbor, and a veteran who's watched his community struggle — and decided to stop watching.
These kind of statements are rare in today's political climate — and Jones knows it. His pitch to voters is built on the idea that their current representation has stopped working for them, and that change requires someone willing to cross lines, not just draw them.
At a recent community meet-and-greet in Daphne, Jones laid out a sweeping, plain-spoken vision for Alabama's 1st Congressional District: fix healthcare, rein in runaway insurance costs, reform a broken immigration system, protect the environment, and hold Congress itself accountable. What tied it all together wasn't a party line — it was a promise to the people of South Alabama that they would have representation regardless of how they cast their vote... something we don't see in the GOP.
Who Is Clyde Jones?
Jones is a Daphne-area resident, veteran, and community leader with deep roots in the Gulf Coast region. He serves at Macedonia Baptist Church, where his congregation runs a bi-weekly food distribution for community members in need. He is the Democratic nominee running in Alabama's 1st Congressional District as part of the Take Back Congress coalition — a group of over 100 congressional candidates nationwide committed to term limits, ethics reform, and restoring accountability to Washington. He has no primary opponent and will appear on the November general election ballot.
The Issues He's Running On:
Here's where Clyde stands on the issues that matter most to Gulf Coast voters:
Healthcare; Fix the Coverage Gap
Over 200,000 Alabamians make too much for Medicaid but can't afford private insurance. Jones wants to restore stripped ACA provisions and close the gap for good. Alabama is filled with medical, and maternity deserts, that Jones will fight to expand funding for.
Affordability; Tame Insurance Costs
Jones's own homeowner's insurance tripled overnight when his carrier pulled out of the Gulf Coast. He wants federal regulation to stop the industry from pricing families out of their homes, and the communities they've lived in for years.
Ethics & Reform; Term Limits & No Insider Trading
As part of Take Back Congress, Jones supports term limits, banning congressional stock trading, and a five-year moratorium on lawmakers becoming lobbyists.
Environment; Protect Mobile Bay
Coal ash stored at the Berry Steam Plant threatens the region's water and economy. Jones says the federal government must protect Alabama from its own deregulation.
Immigration; Humane, Lawful Reform
Jones calls for suspending current enforcement tactics that target documented workers to meet arrest quotas — and reviving the bipartisan reform bill that was killed for political gain.
Workers & Wages; A Living Wage
Alabama hasn't set its own minimum wage — it defaults to the federal $7.25. Jones says that's not a floor for teenagers; it's a failure for working families. It takes roughly $22 per hour as an employee to live in Jones' home town of Daphne, and with rent nearly $2,000 on average young people are struggling to save for emergencies and purchase homes.
A Candidate Who Knows What's at Stake
Jones isn't speaking in abstractions. When he talks about homeowner's insurance tripling, he's talking about his own mortgage jumping $400 a month. When he talks about food insecurity, he's talking about the line at his own church getting longer every month. When he talks about families torn apart by immigration enforcement, he's talking about neighbors — people whose cases are handled by campaign team member Theresa, who runs the Baldwin County Support System for families when a loved one is taken into ICE custody.
This ground-level connection shapes how he sees the job. Jones is clear that Washington's dysfunction isn't accidental — it's the result of a system designed to reward staying in power over serving constituents. "People go to Washington and spend 30 years up there and forget about the people they represent," he said. "Term limits are one way to fix that."
"How can we move forward if you have people in Congress who say they can't work with anyone across the aisle? We need to work together. We can fix this — if we choose to."
— Clyde Jones
Why This Race Matters
Alabama's 1st Congressional District is wide — stretching from the Gulf Coast up through the Wiregrass — and Jones has been putting in the miles. He's attended forums, town halls, and community events from Daphne to Dothan, making the case that every voter in this district deserves a representative who shows up.
His opponents at a recent forum said the primary is the real election, and that Democrats don't need to be represented in DC at all. Jones sees that attitude as exactly what's wrong. "That's disrespectful to every voter in the first congressional district who doesn't vote their way," he said. "We're going to show them what we're made of."
His path to victory runs through voter turnout — and he's asking every supporter to treat registration and mobilization as urgent. "If everybody gets out to vote, they can draw the lines any kind of way they want to. We're still going to be okay."
