CalledUnofficial results
Alabama Senate District 11
Alabama State Senate · Alabama
Lance Bell won re-election by 29.7 points over Donald Mottern.
Simple-majority veto override
Lance BellRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.8%31,241
Donald MotternDemocrat
35.1%16,931
24% of the expected vote counted · 48,172 votes
Source: civicAPI unofficial results and race callsUpdated Nov 7, 2026, 7:01 PM ET
Where the race moved
Against the 2024 presidential vote
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Money in this race
Each line compares the two campaigns on one scale.
Donald MotternLance Bell
$5.9K
Raised by the campaign
$607.6K
$5.3K
Spent by the campaign
$211K
Campaign money: Alabama Secretary of State, through Oct 30, 2026; Alabama Secretary of State, through Oct 31, 2026.
Source: Alabama Secretary of State campaign filingsUpdated Oct 30, 2026
Pre-election forecast (final, Nov 3)
Our model's last run before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026. It no longer updates.
- Donald Mottern
- <1%
- Lance Bell
- >99%
- Projected margin
- R+40.2