Alabama AG May Seek Tuberville’s US Senate Seat

The Birmingham News reports:

State Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) has already expressed some openness publicly to running for the seat if Tuberville ran for governor. Marshall is unable to run for attorney general for a third term and has ruled out a gubernatorial bid, but not another office.

Marshall said during an interview on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” in March that he has “great support” for what Tuberville has done in the Senate but would consider throwing his hat in the ring if the seat became open.

“If that seat becomes open, the Senate’s been sort of an overlay interest for what I’ve had at attorney general, the work we’ve done federally, many of the issues that we’ve been involved with, if that’s an open seat, I think we’ll be prepared to pivot quickly and make an announcement on whether or not we’d run,” Marshall said.

Read the full article. Marshall last appeared here in July 2024 when he joined a red state lawsuit seeking to overturn federal protections for LGBTQ students, something that is now underway under Trump. In 2022, Marshall refused to say that Biden was fairly elected while testifying during now-Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Senate confirmation hearing.

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