Fresh polling shows U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville issuing another beatdown against former Democrat U.S. Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook) in a hypothetical 2026 matchup for Governor of Alabama.

According to a memo from Cygnal, one of the nation’s top polling firms, Tuberville (R-Auburn) leads Jones 53% to 34% among likely 2026 general election voters.

“Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones was beat by U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville in the 2020 election, a race that saw one of the largest defeats for a sitting U.S. Senator in recent history. If Jones decides to go on a futile mission in the 2026 gubernatorial election, he will meet a blowout defeat,” Cygnal reports.

Additional metrics show Tuberville dominating Jones on the ballot as he mulls a run for the state’s top office.

A year out, Tuberville is already performing at the margin Ivey won by in her first election in 2018, Cygnal reports. Tuberville kicked off his campaign officially over the summer and has reported blockbuster campaign fundraising hauls.

According to his latest filing, Tuberville’s campaign has $6,262,614.25 cash on hand.

The latest polling figures pretty much replicate Tuberville’s domination (60.1%) of Jones (39.7%) in the 2020 blowout that ended Democrats’ brief control of an Alabama U.S. Senate seat.

According to Cygnal, swing voters are breaking for Tuberville at a 2:1 ratio – 46% compared to Jones’ 21%.

Tuberville performs well with high-propensity voters, those who voted in 4 of the last 4 elections, with 57% supporting him compared to Jones’ 36% — a 21-point margin.

Also according to the poll, two thirds of Alabama general election voters said the U.S. government shutdown did not affect them personally, however, those most likely to say they were affected are self-identifying Democrats.

Grayson Everett is the editor in chief of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270.