Dakarai Larriett
Alabama Democratic Senate nominee?
$154.0K
JUN 17, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleCorporate executive
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
GenderMale
LocationAlabama
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BackgroundCorporate executive
EducationAlabama School of Fine Arts (Birmingham)
Notable personal detailsDakarai Larriett is an Alabama native who ran as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Alabama in the 2026 election cycle. He is a former corporate executive and entrepreneur, and has described a focus on criminal justice and police accountability alongside economic opportunity, education, and healthcare. He attended the Alabama School of Fine Arts and earned a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from the University of Alabama, later completing graduate study at New York University.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports policies to help businesses and workers by cutting red tape for small businesses, investing in infrastructure, and attracting high-paying jobs; emphasizes a pro-business, pro-growth approach rather than proposing new tax-and-spend programs.
Healthcare
Supports access to quality, affordable healthcare, lowering prescription drug costs, protecting rural hospitals, and ensuring families are not financially ruined by medical emergencies; opposes Medicaid cuts and frames Medicaid as an investment in people.
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Immigration & Border
Supports comprehensive immigration reform including protections for asylum seekers, pathways to citizenship/regularization, addressing root causes of migration, and policies that recognize immigrants’ contributions to fill labor shortages while opposing mass deportations.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports federal protections for reproductive rights and has pledged to protect access to reproductive healthcare.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports the rights of responsible gun owners while backing common-sense safety measures to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals and people who pose a danger to themselves or others; supports law enforcement resources alongside accountability reforms to improve public safety.
News
Dakarai Larriett was defeated by Everett Wess in the Democratic runoff for Alabama’s open U.S. Senate seat. The race is still drawing attention as candidates continue to debate issues like Social Security ahead of the 2026 election. Alabama’s broader election picture is also being shaped by redistricting fights and possible primary-election changes, which could affect the contests Larriett and other candidates are running in.
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Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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