Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall delivers his inaugural speech during inauguration ceremonies at the Alabama State Capitol on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023 in Montgomery, Alabama. Marshall said Thursday he will run for U.S. Senate in 2026. (Stew Milne for Alabama Reflector)
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Thursday he will seek the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Tommy Tuberville.
“Right now, the nation needs strong conservative leadership, somebody that’s going to be able to advance President Trump’s agenda,” Marshall said in an interview with Washington Examiner Thursday. “And the work that I’ve done as attorney general, I think, makes it abundantly clear that I’m willing to fight the right battles and to be effective in doing it, and look forward to being able to take that to the Senate.”
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As the attorney general, Marshall has embraced conservative causes and beliefs including joining a lawsuit filed last year seeking to prevent New York from withdrawing religious exemptions for the measles vaccine, briefs that support efforts to restrict gender affirming care for transgender people and efforts to overturn gun restrictions in other states.
When it comes to state issues, Marshall’s office prevailed in a lawsuit challenging Alabama’s transgender care ban earlier this year. But it lost a high-profile battle over congressional districting that led a federal court to order the redrawing of two districts where Black voters would have an opportunity to select their preferred representatives.
Marshall was appointed Alabama attorney general by former Gov. Robert Bentley in 2017, after former Attorney General Luther Strange was appointed to the U.S. Senate. He won re-election in 2018 and 2022 and is not eligible for re-election again.
Tuberville on Tuesday announced that he would run for governor of Alabama next year.
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