Sen. Tommy Tuberville, an Alabama Republican whose Senate seat is up in the 2026 election, announced Tuesday , May 27, that he’s seeking the state’s governorship after one term in the Senate.
“Today I will announce that I will be the future governor of the great state of Alabama,” Tuberville said in an interview with Fox News’ Will Cain. “I’m doing this to help this country and the great state of Alabama. I’m a football coach, I’m a leader, I’m a builder, I’m a recruiter. And we’re going to grow Alabama.”
Tuberville also launched the website coachforgovernor.com.
Tuberville, 70, was elected to the Senate in 2020. The former Auburn University football coach had never held public office before coming to the Senate.
In his 2020 Senate race, Tuberville defeated Democratic Sen. Doug Jones, flipping the seat back for Republicans after Jones had become the first Democrat elected to the Senate in Alabama in 25 years.
In the primary, President Donald Trump endorsed Tuberville over former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had previously held the seat for two decades and who had left the Senate to serve in the first Trump administration.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall officially launched his campaign to fill Tuberville’s seat on Thursday, May 29.
