Tuberville, Wahl’s Candidacy Upheld by State GOP, Jones Criticizes

it was three in, one out, two delayed, along with criticism from the other side for the Alabama Republican Party.

The state GOP has upheld the candidacy of Tommy Tuberville for governor, John Wahl for Lt. Gov. and Garland Gudger for reelection to his State Senate seat.

Dean Odle was removed from the ballot under ALGOP bylaws governing so-called “sore loser” candidacies.

There will be two formal hearings later this month for two different challenges.in legislative races in State Senate District 10 and Alabama House District 7.

The criticism, not surprisingly, is from the Democratic Party's front runner for the gubernatorial nomination, Doug Jones.

Inside the Rulings

Tuberville primary opponent Ken McFeeters challenged the soon to be one-term U.S. Senator's residency, claiming his legal residence is in Florida, not Alabama. Tuberville has a beach house at Santa Rosa Beach, where he spends a lot of time, but maintains a primary family home in Auburn and has since 2017. That meets the state requirement for seven years continuous residency in Alabama to qualify. The Republican Steering Committee ruled in Tuberville's favor.

The Republican Party’s Candidate Committee dismissed a claim by former state legislator Gil Isbell, that Lt. Gov. candidate John Wahl's legal residence is in Tennessee. Isbell claimed Wahl's ownership of a second home in Tennessee and possession of a Volunteer State driver license keeps him from meeting the required seven-year Alabama residency.

The former Alabama GOP chair, who like Tuberville, has received the endorsement of President Trump, called Isbell's challenge politically motivated.

Dean Odle finished fifth in the 2022 Republican primary but mounted a write-in campaign in the general election. That violated party rules and led to his disqualification, which he vows to challenge.

Justin Pruett announced on Sunday that he would not be challenge Garland Gudger in State Senate District 4

The Criticism - Doug Jones

According to WHNT TV, Former Alabama Democrat U.S. Senator Doug Jones told the North Alabama Black Realtist Association gala in Huntsville that, "people know that Tuberville does not live in the state, and that it would be unconstitutional if he is allowed to run for governor without meeting that requirement.

“It’s constitutional. It’s the law. It’s required. You can’t just pick and choose what pieces of the Constitution and the law that you want to abide by, which is really one of Senator Tuberville’s problems right now.”

Jones called the GOP challenge outcomes a “rigged system” that “flourishes under one party rule.”

“This is about what those in power in Montgomery want to maintain their power,” Jones said in a statement Monday.

Many political observers believe Democrats will challenge Tuberville's residency in court before the November General Election.

Jomes lost his U.S. Senate reelection bid to Tuberville by more than a half-million votes in 202.