Alabama 4th District
Robert Aderholt (R) holds this seat and is running again. 2 candidates were on the ballot on November 3, 2026.
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Robert Aderholt
Republican · holds this seat today
ALiberty Score AOn the liberty side in 121 of 127 votes and bills.
Raised $1,238,586 since January 2025: 50% from people, 38% from PACs and other committees, 12% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov
Amanda Pusczek
Democrat · registered nurse from cullman
FLiberty Score F0 out of 100 across 4 principles. Graded on what Pusczek has said and done, because I have no votes in Congress to count for Pusczek.
Raised $22,283 since January 2025: 99% from people, 1% transfers and other income. The filing at FEC.gov
Higher on Liberty Score: Robert Aderholt. Robert Aderholt: A, 96 out of 100 from recorded votes. Amanda Pusczek: F, 0 out of 100 from words and actions, with no votes in Congress to count.
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A solid letter is a grade from recorded votes on that principle. An outlined letter is on the same scale, for a candidate with no votes: it comes from what that candidate has said and done, and every source is listed below.
Amanda Pusczek, on the record
I have no votes in Congress to count for Pusczek, so the grade above comes from this list: what Pusczek has said and done on my principles. Each line has its source, and each is marked with the same test I use for votes.
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Her campaign site would let the Federal Trade Commission cap prices in meatpacking, groceries and utilities.
“grants the federal trade commission (ftc) permanent authority to investigate, penalize, and cap predatory price-gouging and artificial corporate inflation within highly consolidated sectors, including meatpacking, corporate groceries, and retail utilities.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Price controls are against liberty on free markets.
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Her campaign site backs raising the federal minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour.
“champions legislation to immediately raise the federal minimum wage to $15.00 per hour, tying future increases to regional cost-of-living and inflation indexes.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
A higher legal wage floor is more regulation, against liberty on free markets.
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Her campaign site would require jails taking federal money to house transgender inmates by gender identity.
“mandates that any local correctional facility accepting federal housing subsidies must house transgender inmates according to their gender identity”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Gender self-identification in prisons is against liberty on equal rights.
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Her campaign site wants Title IX enforced to protect transgender girls from exclusion in schools.
“ensuring the department of education maintains modern enforcement guidelines that protect all students-including transgender girls and non-binary youth-from sex-based discrimination and exclusion”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Treating transgender girls as girls under Title IX, which governs school sport, is against liberty on equal rights.
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Her campaign site would audit the Pentagon, cap contractor profits and move the savings to health care, broadband and school meals.
“it implements strict statutory profit-margin caps on procurement contracts, legally redirecting public savings into stabilizing rural healthcare systems, expanding public broadband, and funding universal school nutrition.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Moving money out of the defense budget to domestic programmes cuts that budget, against liberty on defense.
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Her campaign site would bar immigration agents from workplace audits or raids during labor disputes or union drives.
“champions legislation prohibiting federal immigration enforcement agencies from conducting workplace audits or raids during active labor disputes or union organizing drives”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Limiting immigration enforcement is against liberty on borders.
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Her campaign site would tie clinic funding to keeping patient data away from federal immigration tracking.
“enforcing strict separation between patient data and federal immigration tracking.”
- By the test I use for votes
- Against liberty
Shielding people from immigration enforcement is a sanctuary policy, against liberty on borders.
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