Two people enter a polling place at Messiah Lutheran Church in Montgomery, Alabama on May 19, 2026. Candidates running for federal and statewide offices spent over $40 million in the lead-ups to the May and June primary elections. (Anna Barrett/Alabama Reflector)
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Politicians in Alabama spent $40.6 million in the May primary and June primary runoff for state and federal offices with the most expensive race being the Alaba…