For the first time in more than a decade, voters in north Alabama will elect a new representative to send to Congress.

All indications are that it will be Dale Strong representing the 5th Congressional District, which includes Madison, Limestone, Morgan, and Jackson counties as well as the eastern part of Lauderdale County.

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Strong, the longtime chair of the Madison County Commission, is the Republican nominee seeking to replace U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks – who ran for U.S. Senate earlier this year and opted not to seek a seventh term in the House. The Democratic nominee is Kathy Warner-Stanton and P.J. Greer is the Libertarian candidate.

Strong has been the top fundraiser since he got in the race in March 2021. And in the primaries in May, 86.5% of 117,077 voters in the 5th District cast ballots in the Republican primary. Republicans have held the 5th District seat since Brooks won the office in 2010.

“I feel that we’re going to win on Tuesday,” Strong said in an interview with AL.com. “I think that the big thing we’re doing is we’re not going to stop. We’re going to multiple counties practically every day. And our hope is just to be prepared to create relationships just like we did (on the county commission), just on a different level.”

Congressman Robert Aderholt, the dean of Alabama House members and a Republican from Haleyville representing the adjoining 4th Congressional District, saw Strong when he first got into politics running for the Madison County Commission District 4 seat.

“Dale actually was running for the Madison County Commission when I was first running for Congress,” Aderholt said. “So, we were actually on the campaign trail together many, many years ago. You just look around in Madison County, what all is going on here. He’s about economic development, bringing jobs to the state. And I look forward to working with him on that as well. But he’s going to be a great leader for the 5th District.”

Strong has raised more than $1.8 million since entering the race, which includes $240,000 in loans he has made to his campaign. As of the most recent reporting period on Oct. 19, Strong had spent $1.75 million and has $113,728 in cash on hand.

Warner-Stanton has raised $85,150, including $80,000 in loans to her campaign, and has $7,820 in cash remaining. Greer has not filed campaign finance reports with the Federal Election Commission, indicating he has raised a nominal amount of money.

Warner-Stanton, a Decatur resident who works for a health insurance company, said on her website that the booming growth in north Alabama does not need to leave rural areas behind while women’s healthcare rights is another priority.

Greer lives in Brownsboro and is a Marine veteran who is campaigning on stopping inflation, protecting civil liberties, and supporting the right to bear arms.