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Alabama GOP Keeps Tommy Tuberville on Gubernatorial Ballot

The party said documents shown by Tuberville’s team satisfied the state’s seven-year residency test, leaving legal challenges likely over the constitution’s unclear language.

FILE - Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks to the crowd as protesters gather outside the Supreme Court as it hears arguments over state laws barring transgender girls and women from playing on school athletic teams, Jan. 13, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
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Overview

  • The Alabama Republican Party steering committee unanimously rejected Ken McFeeters’ residency challenge and affirmed Tommy Tuberville as the GOP nominee after a closed hearing on June 14.
  • Tuberville’s lawyers presented voting records, heavily redacted tax returns and a 2019 Alabama driver’s license that the committee said were enough to show residency in the state.
  • McFeeters pointed to records tying Tuberville to Florida, including a $5.6 million beach home, a Florida vote in November 2018 and reports of a Florida driver’s license active until 2023.
  • The party held the hearing behind closed doors, Chairman Scott Stadthagen declined questions after announcing the ruling, and McFeeters has filed multiple contests and a dismissed lawsuit over the issue.
  • The ruling preserves the November rematch with Democrat Doug Jones and shifts the dispute from party review to the courts because Alabama’s seven-year residency clause is ambiguous about continuous residence.