WASHINGTON — State Rep. Rhett Marques outraised former U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl in the final quarter of 2025 as the Republican candidates vie for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District seat.
Campaign finance disclosures show Marques, R-Enterprise, raised more than $381,000 from October through December of last year. He has a significant war chest, ending the year with more than $775,000 on hand. He spent roughly $96,000 in the fourth quarter of 2025.
Marques and Carl are running for the seat currently held by Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, who is running for U.S. Senate. Carl represented the southern Alabama district from 2021 to 2025 before losing a competitive primary to Moore in 2024.
Political action committees donated nearly $55,000 to the state representative’s campaign, including $6,000, the maximum amount, from U.S. Sen. Katie Britt’s campaign committee. Britt came out as an early backer of Marques when he launched his congressional campaign in August. His year-end report shows a majority of Marques’ contributions came from individual donors, totaling more than $326,000 in the fourth quarter.
In the final three months of 2025, Carl raised more than $153,000 in his campaign account and about $135,000 in his joint fundraising committee, for a total of more than $288,000. He ended the year with nearly $308,000 cash on hand in his campaign account and nearly $120,000 in the Jerry Carl Victory Committee. The campaign spent nearly $175,000, according to the year-end disclosures.
A little more than half of his campaign contributions came from individual donors totaling nearly $82,000 in the last three months of 2025.
The former congressman brought in $71,500 from PACs during the fourth quarter, including from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama and Alabama Farmers Federation, which endorsed Carl.
The other Republican candidates who qualified for the AL-1 race are James “Jimmy” Dees, Joshua McKee, who raised roughly $293,000 with $134,000 coming from a personal loan, John Mills, James Richardson and Austin Sidwell. Democrat Clyde Jones, Jr. also qualified for the race.
The primary is May 19.
This story has been updated to include funding from Carl’s joint fundraising committee.