Doug
Jones

September campaign finance reports showed Jones raised about $1.12 million compared to Tuberville's $1.13 million. Jones spent about $1.46 million versus Tuberville's $4.09 million. Jones ended the month with about $2.18 million cash on hand against Tuberville's $6.56 million.

At a Daphne campaign event, Jones called for a data-center moratorium, said he would seek to halt hyperscale projects by executive order if elected, proposed ending tax incentives for them, and reiterated support for Medicaid expansion, a lottery, regulated gambling, cost-of-living increases for retired teachers, and a gradual phaseout of the CHOOSE Act. The legal scope of an executive order to halt development would need to be determined.

At an October 2 town hall, Jones again urged Tuberville to debate. As of early October, local reporting indicated there was no indication a debate would be scheduled before the November 3 election.

President Donald Trump appeared at a Mobile-area rally and endorsed Tuberville for governor. The same evening, Jones held a town hall in Daphne, again criticizing Tuberville for refusing to debate.

A Napolitan News Service poll of 800 registered Alabama voters, conducted September 21–25 and commissioned by Alabama Policy Action, found Tuberville ahead 50% to 37%, with a margin of error of 3.5 points. Earlier summer polling had shown a closer race, including a July poll with Tuberville at 49% and Jones at 41%.

Jones reiterated his proposal that the governor and lieutenant governor of Alabama should run as a paired ticket, hoping the constitutional change could go before voters in 2028.

Jones called for prison accountability and laid out his view of the governor's role in addressing Alabama's prison system issues.

Jones claimed that a significant number of Republican voters would support him in the governor's race, saying 'many are going to cross that Rubicon.'

Multiple outlets reported that Southern Democrats, with Jones as a key figure in Alabama, were seeing hope for the first time in years, seeking to build on midterm voter discontent.

Jones continued to call for a gubernatorial debate. Tuberville declined, telling a local TV station there was 'no reason to get up there and argue about differences of opinion,' per ABC News reporting.

Jones said he would welcome a Trump visit to Alabama while continuing to sharpen his campaign contrast with Tuberville, including on fuel costs, Iran, and the shrimping industry.

Jones held a Mobile campaign rally with musician Jason Isbell and linked rising fuel costs to effects on Alabama industries including commercial fishing and shrimping, blaming President Trump and Tuberville. The attribution of responsibility is Jones's campaign claim.

Tuberville released a campaign ad accusing Jones of wanting to kick tens of thousands of children out of schools of their choice by opposing the CHOOSE Act education-savings-account program.

At a Mobile town hall, Jones said he would stand by teachers, school systems, and state universities that defy Alabama's divisive-concepts law, and would support teachers facing consequences for teaching what he called accurate history.

Jones and running mate Phillip Ensler proposed a constitutional amendment for governor and lieutenant governor to run as a ticket and gave the lieutenant governor a role in the administration. Jones said the current arrangement leaves the office with a 'diminished role in state government' and hoped a change could go before voters in 2028.

At a Mobile town hall, Jones said he supported Medicaid expansion, teacher raises, a lottery to fund education, and a one-year moratorium on data-center development while rules are developed. These are campaign proposals, not enacted policies.