Alabama Attorney General election, 2018 (June 5 Republican primary)

Elections in Alabama, 2018

* General election: Nov. 6
* Voter registration deadline: Oct. 22
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* Absentee voting deadline: Postmark Nov. 5

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Alabama Attorney General

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Filing deadline: February 9, 2018Filing deadline for major party candidates
Primary: June 5, 2018
Primary runoff: July 17, 2018 (if needed)
General: November 6, 2018

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Steve Marshall (Republican)
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Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) ran for the post for the first time after being appointed in 2017. No candidate received a majority of the vote, leading to a runoff election on July 17, 2018. The two candidates who appeared in the runoff were incumbent Steve Marshall (R), who received 28.4 percent of the vote in the June primary, and former Attorney General Troy King (R), who received 28.0 percent.

Marshall joined Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster (R) as Republican state executives running for a first full term after being appointed to office, and faced multiple Republican primary challengers. Those challengers in the June 5 Republican primary included former Attorney General Troy King (R), former U.S. Attorney Alice Martin (R), and former Donald Trump Alabama campaign chairman Chess Bedsole (R).

Marshall was appointed attorney general in February 2017 by then-Gov. Robert Bentley (R) following Luther Strange's (R) resignation to accept a seat in the U.S. Senate. Marshall emphasized his achievements since taking office on the campaign trail, touting his office's policy initiatives on opioids and violent crime as well as litigation concerning immigration and firearms regulations.[1]

The Alabama Legislative Watchdogs and the Alabama Farmers Federation backed Martin, who said her top priority would be "cleaning up the culture of corruption in Alabama politics."[2]

Bedsole, a former judge, emphasized public safety. Bedsole promised to "aggressively lower violent crime in our cities [and] cut illegal drug sales in the state."[3]

King was state attorney general from 2004 until 2011. He lost to Luther Strange (R) in the 2010 Republican primary. King cast his run for office as a second chance, saying that "I know a lot more now than I did seven years ago."[4] King's campaign referred to his campaign slogan Take Alabama Back, emphasizing King's challenge to corruption, violent crime, and the political establishment.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Candidates and election results
* 2 Campaign finance
* 3 Endorsements
* 4 Polls
* 5 Campaign tactics and strategies
* 5.1 Campaign ads
* 5.1.1 Steve Marshall
* 5.1.1.1 Support
* 5.1.2 Chess Bedsole
* 5.1.2.1 Support
* 5.1.3 Alice Martin
* 5.1.3.1 Support
* 5.2 Online presence
* 5.2.1 May 14
* 5.2.2 March 10
* 6 Campaign themes and policy stances
* 6.1 Steve Marshall
* 6.2 Chess Bedsole
* 6.3 Alice Martin
* 6.4 Troy King
* 7 Election history
* 8 2014
* 9 2010
* 10 2006
* 11 2002
* 11.1 Voter information
* 11.1.1 How the primary works
* 11.1.2 Poll times
* 11.1.3 Registration requirements
* 11.1.4 Automatic registration
* 11.1.5 Online registration
* 11.1.6 Same-day registration
* 11.1.7 Residency requirements
* 11.1.8 Verification of citizenship
* 11.1.9 Verifying your registration
* 11.1.10 Voter ID requirements
* 11.1.10.1 Background
* 11.1.11 Early voting
* 11.1.12 Absentee voting
* 11.2 State profile
* 11.2.1 Presidential voting pattern
* 11.3 Pivot Counties
* 11.4 See also
* 11.5 External links
* 11.6 Footnotes

## Candidates and election results[edit]

Incumbent Steve Marshall and Troy King advanced to a runoff. They defeated Alice Martin and Chess Bedsole in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Alabama on June 5, 2018.

Republican primary election

#####  Republican primary for Attorney General of Alabama

Candidate

Votes

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| Steve Marshall |

28.3

| 154,500
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| Troy King |

27.9

| 151,878

| Alice Martin |

23.2

| 126,735

| Chess Bedsole |

20.6

| 112,062

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Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

| Total votes: 545,175

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## Campaign finance[edit]

The following are campaign finance figures obtained from the Alabama Secretary of State's reporting system on May 28, 2018. Campaign finance figures from the Marshall campaign date to a major contribution report filed on May 21, while figures from the Bedsole campaign date to a major contribution report on May 24, figures from the King campaign date to a major contribution report on May 23, and figures from the Martin campaign date from a weekly campaign finance report filed May 21.[6]

## Endorsements[edit]

Republican candidate endorsements

Endorsement  | Date  | Marshall | Martin
State figures
Former Acting Alabama Attorney General W. Van Davis[7] |  March 26, 2018  |  |  ✔
Organizations
National Rifle Association[8] |  May 17, 2018  |  ✔  |
Alabama Citizens for Life[9] |  May 16, 2018  |  ✔  |
Alabama Republican Assembly[10] |  May 8, 2018  |  |  ✔
Shelby County Chiefs of Police Association[11] |  May 7, 2018  |  ✔  |
Home Builders Association of Alabama[12] |  April 23, 2018  |  ✔  |
Alabama Retail Association[13] |  April 17, 2018  |  ✔  |
ProgressPAC[14] |  April 3, 2018  |  ✔  |
Automobile Dealers of Alabama[15] |  March 26, 2018  |  ✔  |
BamaCarry[16] |  March 23, 2018  |  |  ✔
Manufacture Alabama[17] |  March 6, 2018  |  ✔  |
Republican Attorneys General Association[18] |  February 28, 2018  |  ✔  |
Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee[19] |  February 27, 2018  |  ✔  |
Alabama Farmers Federation[20] |  February 13, 2018  |  |  ✔
Alabama Legislative Watchdogs[21] |  January 19, 2018  |  |  ✔

## Polls[edit]

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Alabama Attorney General, 2018 Republican primary

Poll | Steve Marshall | Troy King| Alice Martin| Chess Bedsole| Undecided/Other| Margin of error| Sample size
Leverage Public Strategies for the Alabama Daily News
(April 23-30, 2018) | 14%| 13%| 10%| 4%| 59%| +/-3.9| 600
Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.

## Campaign tactics and strategies[edit]

### Campaign ads[edit]

####  Steve Marshall[edit]

##### Support[edit]

"Steve Marshall - A Principled Conservative" - Marshall campaign ad, released May 24, 2018

"Steve Marshall - Stand" - Marshall campaign ad, released May 22, 2018

"Mikayla's Story" - Marshall campaign ad, released May 14, 2018

"Steve Marshall - Fighting for Alabama" - Marshall campaign ad, released May 9, 2018

"Steve Marshall, Conservative Fighting for Alabama" - Marshall campaign ad, released April 17, 2018

"Attorney General Steve Marshall - Prosecutor" - Marshall campaign ad, released February 19, 2018

"Uphold the Constitution" - Marshall campaign ad, released October 4, 2017

"Proven Prosecutor" - Marshall campaign ad, released August 23, 2017

####  Chess Bedsole[edit]

##### Support[edit]

"Justice" - Bedsole campaign ad, released May 24, 2018

"Rally" - Bedsole campaign ad, released May 1, 2018

"Bedsole for AG TV ad" - Bedsole campaign ad, released April 23, 2018

"First Bedsole Radio Ad" - Bedsole campaign ad, released March 21, 2018

####  Alice Martin[edit]

##### Support[edit]

"Stop the Deal-makers" - Martin campaign ad, released May 23, 2018

"Alice Martin Radio Ad 1" - Martin campaign ad, released April 10, 2018

### Online presence[edit]

#### May 14[edit]

The following social media statistics were compiled on May 14, 2018.

| Facebook | Twitter

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Candidate |  Followers |  Likes |  Comments on Last Ten PostsThis refers to the total number of comments left on the ten most recent Facebook posts when the study was completed. | Followers | Following | Tweets
Marshall |  11,102  |  11,060  |  18  |  2,269  |  1,235  |  810
Bedsole |  14,184  |  14,191  |  87  |  463  |  1,298  |  94
King |  5,439  |  5,650  |  161  |  \--  |  \--  |  \--
Martin |  3,995  |  3,941  |  28  |  353  |  942  |  549

#### March 10[edit]

The following social media statistics were compiled on March 10, 2018.

| Facebook | Twitter

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Candidate |  Followers |  Likes |  Comments on Last Ten PostsThis refers to the total number of comments left on the ten most recent Facebook posts when the study was completed. | Followers | Following | Tweets
Marshall | 6,872 | 6,839 | 22 | 2,147 | 1,221 | 640
Bedsole | 10,048 | 10,049 | 42 | 377 | 1,308 | 62

Tweets by Steve Marshall Tweets by Chess Bedsole Tweets by Alice Martin

## Campaign themes and policy stances[edit]

###  Steve Marshall[edit]

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Opioid Crisis
Forging a path forward to address the opioid epidemic in Alabama has been a hallmark of my first year in office. Last summer, Governor Kay Ivey appointed me as co-chair of her Alabama Opioid Overdose & Addiction Council. After six months of in-depth research and discussion by the Council, we reported our recommendations to Governor Ivey. Now, we are getting to work on the implementation of those recommendations.

As the Council’s work highlights, a multi-faceted problem requires creative and diverse solutions. The partnership we have established between law enforcement, mental health, and public health is foundational, but this alliance must be expanded to include both the faith and education communities.

Through my position as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of this state, it is my unique responsibility to ensure we are effectively dealing with the trafficking of both pharmaceuticals and illegal drugs. We are ramping up our ability to combat this trafficking through increased coordination and data-sharing with federal partners and providing new resources to our local partners through our new cybercrime lab. Because much of the trafficking of the most dangerous opioids--fentanyl and Carfentanil--occur online, our new lab is a critical tool in this fight.

Immigration
Illegal immigration is a growing problem for our state. It is the government’s first responsibility to enforce the law and ensure the safety of our citizens. Stopping the flow of illegal immigrants through our borders is the first step in achieving that goal. I am also committed to the prosecution of illegal immigrants who commit crimes in Alabama.

In my first year in office, I have taken these steps to combat illegal immigration:

Fought for President Trump’s travel ban designed to protect all Americans from the influx of immigrants from countries that pose a security risk to the U.S. Joined President Trump’s effort to put an end to sanctuary cities Demanded an end to Obama’s executive amnesty and insisted that the rule of law be upheld.

Federal Overreach
Our Founders knew that an out-of-control federal government would be the enemy of freedom. That’s why the Constitution gives “few and defined” powers to the federal government and reserves for the States “all the objects which...concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people…” This balance of power, federalism, was greatly disrupted during the Obama Administration but with a new Administration in place, we have an opportunity to reclaim our state sovereignty.

Alabama has been uniquely affected by federal overreach on issues affecting private property. I am currently leading a battle in the U.S. Supreme Court against a federal regulation that would give the government power to use any private land that the federal government deemed necessary to protect an endangered species. In the process of this lawsuit, we have also worked successfully with the Trump Administration to get these burdensome rules rolled back.

I agree with the late Justice Scalia, “it won’t work if we don’t believe in federalism.”

Violent Crime
Violent crime in Alabama is at a 20-year high. In fact, data shows us that a violent crime is committed every 21 minutes across our state. That’s why I launched my “Initiative on Violent Crime” with the slogan “Reclaim. Restore. Revive.” I am determined to reclaim our neighborhoods from the scourge of violent crime, restore the rule of law, and ultimately, see these communities revived.

We are accomplishing these goals through targeting our worst-hit areas, establishing strategic partnerships with federal, state, and local law enforcement, renewing investments in crime-fighting resources and increasing training opportunities for those on the front lines.

We are also listening to the needs of victims of violent crime. As a result, we advocated for and secured passage of the Fair Justice Act to ensure that capital murderers are limited in their ability to file endless frivolous appeals that cause families to relive their horror again and again, while losing faith in the justice system.

We are having great success and are dedicated to winning this fight. With our friend and partner, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, at the helm of our federal crime-fighting agencies and a career prosecutor leading the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, criminals should be on notice. We will not tolerate this menace to our citizens.

Human Trafficking
Not only is human trafficking a global tragedy, it is heartbreakingly present even in our own state of Alabama. It is hard for us to fathom that such a vile practice as slavery exists in our midst. Traffickers target those who are most vulnerable, using threats and torture to wear their victims down and render them powerless to seek help. I stand ready to prosecute these cases and see this horrible crime punished. I am also fighting to ensure that those in law enforcement have the training and resources that they need to deal with these horrific crimes. Together we can save victims, one at a time, and reduce the terrible suffering caused by trafficking.

2nd Amendment
I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution and to vigilantly protect the rights of the people, including the Second Amendment. Our Second Amendment rights are constantly under siege from the liberals and their footholds in federal agencies. I have demonstrated my commitment to protect the rights of gun owners in federal and state courts and to push back on unnecessary restrictions on gun manufacturers. I will continue to be a champion of the Second Amendment on behalf of all Alabamians.

Ethics
Cracking down on government corruption is vital to public confidence and the welfare of our our state. I have worked to bring more transparency to government by building on the Alabama Ethics Act. We need honest people to serve and we must close loopholes that would allow for corrupt individuals to profit from their government service. It is my highest priority to ensure that those who serve the people of Alabama do so with the utmost integrity.

Standing up for Life
We must speak for those who cannot speak for themselves--we must fight for the unborn. I have a career-long record of fighting for life in the courts and in the legislature. One of the biggest victories in my professional career has been drafting and advocating for the Brody Act—a law that makes it possible to prosecute offenders for two crimes if they kill or injure an unborn child during an attack on the unborn child’s mother. After that law passed, I became the first prosecutor to secure a death sentence (for a man who had murdered his pregnant wife) under the Brody Act. Amazingly, when this landmark case was on appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court, I had the privilege of defending that conviction in my role as Attorney General.

I have also fought for and won First Amendment protections for pro-life speech, defended Alabama’s law on parental consent for abortions, supported other states’ laws that would prohibit late-term and discriminatory abortions and battled the ACLU to ban the gruesome practice of dismemberment abortions. [22]

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—Steve Marshall for Attorney General[23]

###  Chess Bedsole[edit]

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Republican lawyer and former criminal court judge, Chess Bedsole spent the last couple of years working with President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, first to secure the White House and then serving as senior counsel to the incoming Department of Justice. During this time, Chess worked to rewrite Obama executive orders and implement the policies of Trump and Sessions. His focus included securing the border, taking unnecessary regulations off the backs of our military, removing barriers to the 2nd amendment freedoms of gun owners and protecting the right to life.

A former criminal court judge in North Alabama, Chess has a record of swift justice. He supported law enforcement efforts to fight drug sales and worked with local charities and churches to help victims of domestic violence. He also cut costs to taxpayers by requiring work or school of young, able-bodied, nonviolent offenders.

Chess is running for Attorney General to aggressively lower violent crime in our cities, cut illegal drug sales in the state, empower our law enforcement community with more resources and less red tape and to restore integrity to the office.

Chess has a long history of fighting for conservative values and a resume built on hard work over decades.
Best known for his legal work helping to ensure the success of Republican candidates in high profile races, he spent time working for President George W. Bush after initially joining the litigation team on the Gore v. Bush Florida recount. Additionally, Chess challenged two Alabama recounts, leading to the defeats of Democrats Don Siegelman and Roger Bedford.

Chess graduated from Emory University in Atlanta and earned his law degree from the University of Alabama. Born in Mobile, he grew up in Alabama. Chess and his wife Jenna live in Birmingham with their two daughters, ages 7 and 11. Lifelong Methodists, they are members of Canterbury United Methodist Church.[22]

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—Chess Bedsole for Attorney General[24]

###  Alice Martin[edit]

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2nd Amendment
I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and our right to bear arms. I’ll fight against any state or federal legislation that seeks to undo or preempt Alabama’s open and concealed-carry laws.

As a federal prosecutor my office prosecuted hundreds of federal firearm violations with ATF and local law enforcement. This reduced violent crime, which is now on the rise. I’ll work to enforce current laws – not add new restrictions to law abiding Alabamians – to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and the mentally ill.

As a lifelong gun owner, hunter and NRA member, I’ll fight any move by liberal Democrats and Republicans to limit our rights to own a gun and defend our families.

Corruption Ends Here
I have focused much of my 20-year career as a state and federal prosecutor on fighting corruption in government. As United States Attorney for 31 counties of north Alabama, I formed the North Alabama Public Corruption Task Force with former Alabama AG Bill Pryor and obtained 140 federal corruption convictions and was named a “Top 10 Prosecutor in the U. S.” by Corporate Fraud Reporter.

As Chief Deputy Attorney General for Alabama from 2015-2017, I worked on the prosecution team that prosecuted Speaker Mike Hubbard, as well as led the grand jury investigation into former Governor Robert Bentley. I increased resources to prosecute public corruption in the Alabama Attorney General’s Office by more than 200%. If elected to serve as your Attorney General I will continue that work to follow the facts and hold corrupt government employees and officials accountable to their oaths of office.

Corruption creates an unlevel playing field for law abiding businesses and is costly to taxpayers. I will work to clarify Alabama’s Ethics Law and hold entities accountable to the Alabama Open Records Act because sunshine is a disinfectant. Public service is not about private gain. Integrity and ethical behavior matters and no one is above the law.

Stop Illegal Immigration and Sanctuary cities
I stand with President Trump as a strong supporter of enforcing our immigration laws! The U.S. is a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws designed to protect our borders and our citizens. I oppose sanctuary city policies that ignore immigration laws and release criminal aliens back into a community. This liberal policy has illegally released thousands of criminals into American communities. It puts law-abiding citizens and undocumented immigrants at risk.

I will fight against any movement of a city or county in Alabama to become a sanctuary jurisdiction, and that risk your safety by becoming one.

Opioid Crisis
Fact: In 2017, 60,000 Americans died from drug overdoses and two-thirds were linked to opioids. Two deaths a day occur in Alabama due to an overdose. Alabama has the highest number of opioid prescriptions per person than any other state!

Almost everyone in Alabama knows someone whose family has been impacted by opioid addiction or an overdose. As a prosecutor and nurse I know we cannot prosecute our way out of this crisis. It will require a multi-discipline approach of prevention through education, medication-assisted treatment, and law enforcement.

Research shows that 40% of people who take opioids for more than 30 days become addicted. I’m proud to have successfully advocated for mandatory controlled substance prescribing education for physicians starting January 1, 2018, and mandatory checks that trigger the Alabama Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database in order to combat doctor shopping and drug diversion.

If we do not make a positive impact now, we can expect an increase in ‘pills to needles’ abuse. Heroin addiction will continue to rise as well because the DEA links 80% of heroin addiction to prescription drug abuse. Fentanyl deaths will continue to rise. There were 247 drug overdoses in Jefferson County, Alabama alone in 2016, an increase of 12% over 2015. The trend in this public health issue is alarming and touches people of all ages, but especially people in their 30-50s, which yields a lot of ‘collateral damage’ with the number of children impacted.

Pro- Life
I oppose abortion. Life begins at conception and should be protected. I am committed to protecting the rights of unborn children except in cases of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother.

As a mother of three daughters and a nurse, I care about the health of the unborn baby and the mother. I support women’s safety through education and funding of community health centers, so they have real choices and can avoid unwanted pregnancies.

As Attorney General I would support and defend the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks. I will fight liberal attempts to allow abortion on demand and fight to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding of abortion.

Federalist - States' Rights
As Attorney General, I will fight to protect our States’ rights, under the Tenth Amendment from federal government overreach. This includes fighting for our religious liberties that have been under constant attack from liberals and out –of- state groups. We cannot allow big government policies and the liberal agenda to supersede the laws that Alabama lawmakers have put in place and which reflect our values.

It is the responsibility of the state to enforce the Constitution to manage the federal government. While serving as Alabama’ Chief Deputy Attorney General in 2016, we fought and won an injunction against Obama’s transgender bathroom mandate that would have required Alabama schools to allow students access to restrooms and locker rooms based on their gender “identity” rather than their sex, or we would have lost federal funding. We must push back against these liberal agenda items that seek to destroy the moral fiber of our country.

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”.

-Patrick Henry

Stop Human Trafficking
Fact: Human trafficking is the second most profitable illegal activity in the world and the superhighways – I-20 and I-65 – run through Alabama making it a target rich environment for this form of modern day slavery.

I have prosecuted sex trafficking cases and I know it is happening to children and adults here in Alabama. In the past 10 years, over 377 victims have been identified where the use of force, fraud or coercion to get labor or commercial sex act has occurred.

I will work with state, local and federal law enforcement officials to provide training and prosecution to combat human trafficking. I will work to form an alliance with schools and private businesses to increase awareness of the issue and to prevent and detect trafficking along our interstate highway corridors. [22]

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—Alice Martin for Attorney General[25]

###  Troy King[edit]

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Taking Alabama Back from Crime
Violent crime in Alabama has been on the rise. It is the job of the Attorney General to keep Alabama’s families and communities safe. In 2010 (the last year I served as Attorney General), violent crime in our state hit a twenty year low. Over the last eight years, it has been on the rise until, last year it was at historic highs. In 2016, Alabama was the third most murderous state in America.

Alabamians have every reason to expect that the Attorney General, the chief law enforcement officer in the state, will implement policies, propose new laws, and enforce the law in a way that sends a message to violent criminals that, if they threaten the peace in our state, they will face swift and sure consequences. Using experience & proven policies will not only allow Alabama to, once again, win the war against violent crimes to keep law abiding citizens safe, but it is also the most certain way to TAKE ALABAMA BACK from the violent criminals.

Taking Alabama Back from Corruption
Every Alabamian has watched in despair as the politically corrupt have tightened their stranglehold on our state government. The Speaker of the House of Representatives stands convicted of 23 counts of misusing his office for personal gain and soliciting gifts from lobbyists. He remains free. Numerous other legislators have been forced from office for their own corrupt activities.

Most notably, though, Alabama spent three years as the lead joke on the national news as Robert Bentley made a mockery of public service. At the height of the scandal, Governor Bentley faced impeachment proceedings, four felony referrals from the Alabama Ethics Commission, a criminal grand jury, and the prospect of multiple court cases – both civil and criminal. The kind of deals that were once confined to smoky back rooms are now cut in plain view as those investigating the activities of the Governor and in charge of his investigations asked for favors from the very target of those investigations, lied about their activities, and appear to have traded their appointments for a favorable plea deal that allowed Governor Bentley to escape the consequences of his actions.

As a little boy, my dad would often point to the TV screen during news reports of the Governor and say, “Son, if you work hard, study hard, and apply yourself, you can grow up and be just like him”. I fear it has been far too long since any parent in their right mind in Alabama challenged their child to grow up and be like our Governor. That is unacceptable!

We stand in danger of an entire generation of children growing up in an Alabama where the lessons our leaders have taught us are that public service is dishonorable and that all politicians are corrupt. We can and we must change that.

To do so, we must have zero tolerance for corruption. We must remind those who hold public office that they serve a high calling and that, if they betray their oaths, the constitution, and those they are sworn to serve, we are prepared to use the law to the fullest extent to make examples of them and hold them accountable. At the same time, we must further tighten and strengthen our ethics laws to ensure that the penalties for public corruption are adequate to deter future corruption and to punish those who abuse the public trust. Only by doing so can we ever TAKE ALABAMA BACK from the corrupt.

Taking Alabama Back from the Establishment
For too long now the entrenched and self-entitled Establishment forces in Montgomery have had their way. They have come to believe their money and their power buys them the right to place their interests ahead of those interests of the people of Alabama. The result has been the widespread erosion of confidence in the branches of state government. It is time the people of Alabama rally together and to remind those who serve in state government and those who believe they have bought our government that the real power lies with the people. We must remind the powerful that, in Alabama, it is the government that should work for the people and not the other way around. Our willingness to stand together and to demand accountability across government is the only way to TAKE ALABAMA BACK from those forces that have come to exert to much control over government.

Taking Alabama Back from Opioids
Our state’s families and communities are in the grips of a deadly struggle with an exploding drug epidemic. It is a struggle we are losing. To understand why, and begin dealing with this problem, we must properly understand the extent of the problem. Last year in Alabama, more prescriptions for opioids were written per capita than any other state in the country. Opioid addictions are among the most powerful, and unless we properly combat the problem, Alabama will experience what has occurred elsewhere in the country—the opioid crisis will become a heroin epidemic. If Alabama does not act and act decisively, generations of Alabamians stand to become victims.

Alabama families and communities are depending on their Attorney General stop the suffering, and they deserve a more effective response. The current approach has included studying the issue to conclude that more studying of the issue is necessary and to file a misguided lawsuit.

Alabamians deserve a strong response from their Attorney General, because the Attorney General has the most direct ability to lead the charge against the opioid crisis in court. But, Alabama’s weak lawsuit fails to do so. It was brought against only one drug manufacturer, Purdue Pharmaceuticals. Yet Purdue is only responsible for two percent of the opioid prescriptions written in Alabama. Allowing those responsible for 98% of the problem to escape accountability for the harm they have inflicted, and to remain unbridled, sends the wrong message. The only effective response is to hold those responsible for creating this crisis accountable… not one of them, but all of them. Because the current approach means that those who are poisoning and addicting our children and families continue to get rich and face no accountability for their actions. Further, Alabama’s lawsuit was filed in federal court in Ohio. That should not have happened, Alabama’s case should be heard in an Alabama court by Alabama citizens who can apply Alabama law and render judgment and impose punishments commensurate with the harm done in Alabama.

Solving the opioid problem in Alabama will not be simple, but neither was dealing with the methamphetamine crisis. The leadership I provided as Attorney General led to real common sense responses to the meth problem that led to a decline in meth production, addictions, and deaths in our state. We must be heartened as we wage this war, there are no problems in Alabama that cannot be solved, only problems that have not been solved yet. Implementing a real response to this clear and present danger is the only effective path to take Alabama back from the opioid epidemic that is now threatening our state and killing our children while destroying our communities.

I am committed to using my experience earned waging war on methamphetamines to attack this current crisis. I look forward to responsibility of taking Alabama back from opioids.

Taking Alabama Back from Sexual Predators
It’s important to have laws. The right laws, good laws, strong laws that will make a difference. That’s why, when I was Attorney General, we rewrote Alabama’s sex offender laws and made them the toughest sex offender laws in the country. People said, “You’ll never get that through. Children don’t have lobbyists. Children don’t make campaign contributions. Children don’t go to the Capitol. You will never get this bill passed.” But we did!

It’s not just important that we have laws though. Maybe more important, is that we use the laws we have. For example, we had a child pornography law in Alabama that made it a crime to take a child’s innocence away with a camera, but having a law that says you should not do it does not stop anybody from doing anything. So we took the law and we used it. We indicted a man who had a computer set up next to his little girl’s bed where he was running a child pornography ring out of her bedroom. We convicted him and sentenced him to 115 life sentences plus 1960 years on top of that. Somebody stopped me after this made the news and asked me, “Wouldn’t you have made the point just as well with ten indictments?” The answer is: No! Every child in Alabama is precious. Every child has the right, if you steal their innocence with a camera, to have their day in court. So no, it was not enough to just indict five or ten as a sample. Because to do that would require us to say, “This child should have their day in court, but this other child should not because we are just making a point.” We were not making a point, my friends, we were making an example.

So 115 life sentences and 1960 years later, sex offenders are on notice that Alabama is not the place to come and peddle their smut. This is not the place to come and hurt our children. Every child deserves their own day in court. So the message was important. The message was: “if you come to peddle smut in Alabama, we’ve got a severe sentence waiting for you. We’ve got a tough law and we are prepared to use it to protect the children of this state.” Only when we do that can we make clear to those who peddle smut— Not in our state. Not our children. Not now. Not ever. Then, and only then, can we take Alabama back from predators.[22]

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—Troy King for Attorney General[26]

## Election history[edit]

# 2014[edit]

See also: Alabama attorney general election, 2014
Attorney General of Alabama, 2014

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | Luther Strange Incumbent | 58.4% | 681,973
| Democratic  |  Joseph Lister Hubbard | 41.4% | 483,771
| Nonpartisan  |  Write-in votes  | 0.2% | 2,157
Total Votes | 1,167,901
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State

# 2010[edit]

See also: Alabama Attorney General election, 2010

On November 2, 2010, Luther Strange (R) won election to the office of Attorney General of Alabama. He defeated James H. Anderson (D) in the general election.

Attorney General of Alabama, 2010

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | Luther Strange (R) | 58.8% | 868,520
| Democratic  |  James H. Anderson  | 41.1% | 606,270
| Write-in  |  N/A  | 0.1% | 1,285
Total Votes | 1,476,075
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

# 2006[edit]

On November 7, 2006, Troy King won election to the office of Attorney General of Alabama. He defeated John M. Tyson in the general election.

Attorney General of Alabama, 2006

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | Troy King | 53% | 653,045
| Democratic  |  John M. Tyson  | 46.9% | 576,830
| Write-in  |  N/A  | 0.1% | 1,221
Total Votes | 1,231,096
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

# 2002[edit]

On November 5, 2002, William H. Pryor Jr. won re-election to the office of Attorney General of Alabama. He defeated Boyd Whigham (D) and Wilson Myers (Lib) in the general election.

Attorney General of Alabama, 2002

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Republican  | William H. Pryor Jr. Incumbent | 58.8% | 780,524
| Democratic  |  Boyd Whigham  | 38.8% | 515,123
| Libertarian  |  Wilson Myers  | 2.2% | 29,202
| Write-in  |  N/A  | 0.1% | 1,455
Total Votes | 1,326,304
Election results via Alabama Secretary of State.

## Voter information[edit]

### How the primary works[edit]

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Alabama uses an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[27][28][29]

### Poll times[edit]

In Alabama polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time on the date of an election. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[30][31] Most of Alabama falls within the Central time zone. Portions of eastern Alabama, including Phenix City and some surrounding areas, observe Eastern Time as opposed to Central Time.[32]

### Registration requirements[edit]

To register to vote in Alabama, the state requires that each applicant be a citizen of the United States who resides in Alabama. A voter must be at least 18 years old on or before Election Day. In order to be eligible to vote, a citizen cannot have been barred from doing so due to a felony conviction and cannot have been declared mentally incompetent by a court.[33]

Voters cannot register during the 14-day period preceding an election. A citizen can register to vote in the following locations:[33]

* License branches
* State or local government offices
* Public libraries
* Military recruiting stations
* County boards of registrars

Prospective voters may also mail in a registration form. Click here to find out how.

### Automatic registration[edit]

Alabama does not practice automatic voter registration.

### Online registration[edit]

See also: Online voter registration

Alabama has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

### Same-day registration[edit]

Alabama does not allow same-day voter registration.

### Residency requirements[edit]

To register to vote in Alabama, you must be a resident of the state. State law does not specify a length of time for which you must have been a resident to be eligible.

### Verification of citizenship[edit]

See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

An Alabama state law, passed in 2011, calls for people to provide proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote.[34] However, as of August 2019, the law had not been implemented.[35]

In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot require proof of citizenship with federal registration forms. That meant states would need to create a separate registration system for state elections in order to require proof of citizenship. Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill (R) said the following: "That’s an election administration nightmare ... You’d have to have two sets of poll books, one for federal elections and one for state elections, and that just doesn’t make any sense to me."[36]

### Verifying your registration[edit]

The site Alabama Votes, run by the Alabama Secretary of State office, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.

### Voter ID requirements[edit]

Alabama requires voters to present photo ID while voting.

The following list of accepted photo ID was current as of October 2019. Click here for the Alabama Secretary of State's page on accepted photo ID to ensure you have the most current information.

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* Valid Alabama Driver’s License (not expired or has been expired less than 60 Days)
* Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Digital Driver’s License
* Valid Alabama Nondriver ID (not expired or has been expired less than 60 Days)
* Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Digital Nondriver ID
* Valid Alabama Photo Voter ID Card
* Valid State-Issued ID (Alabama or any other state)
* Valid AL Department of Corrections Release - Temporary ID (Photo Required)
* Valid AL Movement/Booking Sheet from Prison/Jail System (Photo Required)
* Valid Pistol Permit (Photo Required)
* Valid Federal-Issued ID
* Valid US passport
* Valid Employee ID from Federal Government, State of Alabama, County, Municipality, Board, or other entity of this state
* Valid student or employee ID from a public or private college or university in the State of Alabama (including postgraduate technical or professional schools)
* Valid student or employee ID issued by a state institution of higher learning in any other state
* Valid Military ID
* Valid Tribal ID[22]

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A voter can obtain a free photo ID from the Alabama Secretary of State, a county registrar's office, or a mobile location, which changes daily. The mobile location schedule can be accessed here.

Voters must provide a copy of their photo ID with their application for an absentee ballot and with the absentee ballot itself, with the exception of 1) voters for whom polling locations are inaccessible due to age or disability, and 2) overseas military members.[37][38]

#### Background[edit]

Beginning with the June 2014 primaries, each voter in Alabama was required to present a valid photo ID at the polls. A 2011 voter photo ID law went into effect after the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act on June 25, 2013.[39][40]

On January 10, 2018, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama issued a ruling upholding the state's voter ID law. The plaintiffs in the case (opponents of the state's voter ID law) claimed that the law violated the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The court rejected these claims in its ruling. The plaintiffs appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, which heard oral argument in the case on July 27, 2018.[41][42]

As of April 2021, 35 states enforced (or were scheduled to begin enforcing) voter identification requirements. A total of 21 states required voters to present photo identification at the polls; the remainder accepted other forms of identification. Valid forms of identification differ by state. Commonly accepted forms of ID include driver's licenses, state-issued identification cards, and military identification cards.[43][44]

### Early voting[edit]

Alabama does not permit early voting.

As of April 2021, 38 states and the District of Columbia permitted early voting. Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on election day. States that do not permit early voting still permit some or all citizens to vote early by mail—often known as absentee voting. Some states allow no-excuse absentee voting, while others require an excuse. States that allow in-person absentee voting without an excuse are counted among early voting states. Click here for early voting laws by state.[45]

### Absentee voting[edit]

A voter is eligible to vote absentee in an election if he or she cannot make it to the polls on Election Day for one of the following reasons:[46]

* The voter will be absent from the county on Election Day.
* The voter is ill or has a disability that prevents a trip to the polling place.
* The voter is a registered voter living outside the county, such as a member of the armed forces, a voter employed outside the United States, a college student, or a spouse or child of such a person.
* The voter is an appointed election officer or poll watcher at a polling place other than his or her regular polling place.
* The voter works a required shift of 10 hours or more that coincides with polling hours.

The absentee ballot application must be received at least five days prior to the election in the above circumstances. In the following circumstances, the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. the day before the election:

* The voter is required by an employer under unforeseen circumstances to be out of the county on Election Day for an emergency business trip.
* The voter has a medical emergency requiring treatment from a licensed physician.
* The voter is a caregiver of a person who requires emergency treatment by a licensed physician within five days before an election.
* The voter has a family member to the second degree of kinship by affinity or consanguinity die within five days before an election.

The absentee ballot must then be returned either in person by close of business the day before the election or by mail. If returned by mail, the ballot must be postmarked no later than the day before the election and received by the election manager by noon on Election Day.[46]

## State profile[edit]

Demographic data for Alabama

| Alabama| U.S.
Total population:| 4,853,875| 316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):| 50,645| 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:| 68.8%| 73.6%
Black/African American:| 26.4%| 12.6%
Asian:| 1.2%| 5.1%
Native American:| 0.5%| 0.8%
Pacific Islander:| 0.1%| 0.2%
Two or more:| 1.7%| 3%
Hispanic/Latino:| 4%| 17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:| 84.3%| 86.7%
College graduation rate:| 23.5%| 29.8%
Income
Median household income:| $43,623| $53,889
Persons below poverty level:| 23.3%| 11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Alabama.

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**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

### Presidential voting pattern[edit]

See also: Presidential voting trends in Alabama

Alabama voted Republican in all five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016.

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## Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states. No counties in Alabama are Pivot Counties.

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Alabama with 62.1 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 34.4 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Alabama voted Democratic 53.33 percent of the time and Republican 40 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Alabama voted Republican all five times.

## See also[edit]

Alabama government:

* Alabama state executive offices
* Alabama State Legislature
* Alabama courts

Elections:

* Alabama state executive official elections, 2018
* Gubernatorial elections, 2018
* Lieutenant gubernatorial elections, 2018
* Attorney General elections, 2018
* Secretary of State elections, 2018
* State executive official elections, 2018, 2017, 2016

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* State executives compensation
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## External links[edit]

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Steve Marshall for Attorney General, "Issues," accessed May 14, 2018
2. ↑ AL.com, "Alice Martin announces run for Alabama attorney general," June 13, 2017
3. ↑ Chess Bedsole for Attorney General, "About," accessed May 14, 2018
4. ↑ Alabama News Network, "Former Attorney General Troy King Running for Office Again," February 8, 2018
5. ↑ Taking Alabama Back, "Home," accessed May 28, 2018
6. ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Candidate Search," accessed May 28, 2018
7. ↑ AL.com, "Alice Martin endorsed by Hubbard prosecutor Van Davis in attorney general race," March 26, 2018
8. ↑ AL.com, "Gov. Kay Ivey, AG Steve Marshall get NRA endorsement," May 17, 2018
9. ↑ Steve Marshall for Attorney General, "Alabama Citizens for Life Endorses Steve Marshall for AG," May 16, 2018
10. ↑ Facebook, "Alice Martin for Alabama Attorney General," May 8, 2018
11. ↑ Steve Marshall for Attorney General, "Shelby County Chiefs of Police Association Endorses Steve Marshall for AG," May 7, 2018
12. ↑ Steve Marshall for Attorney General, "Home Builders Association of Alabama Endorses Steve Marshall for AG," April 23, 2018
13. ↑ Steve Marshall for Attorney General, "Alabama Retail Association Endorses Steve Marshall for AG," April 17, 2018
14. ↑ Alabama Today, "Business Council of Alabama endorses Steve Marshall for Attorney General," April 3, 2018
15. ↑ Steve Marshall for Attorney General, "Automobile Dealers of Alabama Endorse Steve Marshall for AG," March 26, 2018
16. ↑ AL.com, "Gun carry group BamaCarry backs Alice Martin for attorney general," March 23, 2018
17. ↑ Yellowhammer News, "Steve Marshall nabs manufacturing association’s endorsement in Alabama attorney general’s race," March 6, 2018
18. ↑ Alabama Political Reporter, "Republican Attorneys General Association endorses Steve Marshall," February 28, 2018
19. ↑ Yellowhammer News, "Steve Marshall, others, nab endorsements from the Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee," February 27, 2018
20. ↑ Alabama Political Reporter, "Farmers Federation endorses Kay Ivey, Will Ainsworth, Alice Martin," February 13, 2018
21. ↑ Alice Martin for Attorney General, "Alabama Legislative Watchdogs Endorse Alice Martin for Attorney General," January 19, 2018
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
23. ↑ Steve Marshall for Attorney General, "Issues," accessed April 4, 2018
24. ↑ Facebook, "Chess Bedsole," March 31, 2018
25. ↑ Alice Martin for Attorney General, "Issues," accessed March 10, 2018
26. ↑ Taking Alabama Back, "Taking Alabama Back," accessed May 28, 2018
27. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures Website, "State Primary Election Types," accessed January 6, 2014
28. ↑ Fair Vote, "Congressional and Presidential Primaries: Open, Closed, Semi-Closed, and 'Top Two,'" accessed January 6, 2014
29. ↑ Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
30. ↑ Code of Alabama, "Title 17, Chapter 9, Section 6," accessed January 3, 2014
31. ↑ NBC News, "Voters already in line at poll closing can still cast ballots," December 12, 2017
32. ↑ The Decatur Daily, "Parts of Eastern Alabama split between 2 time zones," August 13, 2006
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Alabama Secretary of State, "Voter Registration General Information," accessed August 19, 2019
34. ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Election Laws, Section 31-13-28," accessed August 21, 2019
35. ↑ Phone conversation between Amée LaTour and Jeff Elrod, supervisor of voter registration with the Alabama Secretary of State office.
36. ↑ Pew Trusts, "'Proof of Citizenship' Voting Laws May Surge Under Trump," November 16, 2017
37. ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Election Laws, Section 17-10-1," accessed August 20, 2019
38. ↑ Alabama Secretary of State, "Absentee Voting Information," accessed August 20, 2019
39. ↑ AL.com, "Alabama photo voter ID law to be used in 2014, state officials say," June 25, 2013
40. ↑ Alabama Secretary of State Website, "Voter ID Implementation," accessed April 28, 2014
41. ↑ United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, "Greater Birmingham Ministries v. Merrill: Memorandum of Opinion," January 10, 2018
42. ↑ Courthouse News Service, "11th Circuit Hears NAACP Challenge to Alabama Voter ID Law," July 27, 2018
43. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Voter Identification Requirements|Voter ID Laws," June 5, 2017
44. ↑ The Washington Post, "Do I need an ID to vote? A look at the laws in all 50 states," October 27, 2014
45. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Laws Governing Early Voting," August 2, 2019
46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Alabama Secretary of State Elections Website, "Absentee Voting Information," accessed August 21, 2019

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