India, Oct. 31 -- Doug Jones is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who previously represented Alabama in the US Senate from 2018 to 2021. He became nationally recognised for prosecuting two former Ku Klux Klan members responsible for the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, an attack that killed four young African-American girls.

Born and raised in Fairfield, Alabama, Jones built his career in law and public service before entering national politics. He won a special Senate election in 2017 but lost his re-election bid in 2020 to Republican Tommy Tuberville. In 2026, Jones returned to the political spotlight as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alabama, facing Tuberville in the November 3 general e...