Defense Money Fuels Rep. Mike Rogers' run for Alabama's 3rd
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL-3) enters the Republican primary with a $2.6 million war chest, a Trump endorsement, and 22 years of incumbency. His two challengers, combined, have raised less than $12,000.
The Alabama 3rd Congressional District 2026 Republican primary pits the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee against a grassroots journalist and, possibly, a mechanic from Heflin who may or may not have made the ballot. Whoever wins today will almost certainly represent this district in the next Congress.
The Democrat running unopposed in his own primary faces a structural hurdle that no amount of biography or credentials can easily overcome.
Rogers has raised approximately $1.2 million this election cycle, the most of any Alabama House Republican running for reelection in 2026, according to reporting by Alabama Daily News. His campaign entered April sitting on roughly $2.6 million in cash on hand, a figure that dwarfs anything his opponents could muster.
The source of that money i…