CULLMAN – Here’s an updated list of candidates who’ve qualified to run in the 2018 general election. The Tribune’s previous list included candidates who had not yet qualified, but who were reported as being in the process of qualifying. The list below contains only those candidates positively known to have completed the process and successfully qualified as of 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26. Candidates have until Feb. 9 to qualify.
Governor
Kay Ivey – R, incumbent
Tommy Battle – R
Sue Bell Cobb – D
James Fields – D, from Cullman County
Bill Hightower – R
Michael McAllister – R
Walt Maddox – D
Lt. Governor
Vacated by Kay Ivey upon appointment to post of governor
Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh – R
Rusty Glover – R
Secretary of State
John Merrill – R, incumbent
Lula Albert – D
Heather Milam – D
State Attorney General
Incumbent has not yet qualified
Chess Bedsole – R
Chris Christie – D
U.S. House District 4
Robert Aderholt – R, incumbent
Anthony Blackmon – R
Alabama House District 9
Incumbent not seeking reelection
James Bowling – R
Justin Morrow – R
Scott Stadthagen – R
Alabama House District 11
Randall Shedd – R, incumbent
Alabama House District 12
Corey Harbison – R, incumbent
Alabama Senate District 4
Paul Bussman – R, incumbent
32nd Judicial Circuit (Cullman County) Circuit Judges
Greg Nicholas – R, incumbent
Martha Williams – R, incumbent
Cullman County District Judge
Wells “Rusty” Turner – R, incumbent
Cullman County Probate Judge
Tammy Brown – R, incumbent
Circuit Court Clerk
Lisa McSwain – R, incumbent
Cullman County Commission, eastside Associate Commissioner
Kerry Watson – R, incumbent
Cullman County Commission, westside Associate Commissioner
Garry Marchman – R, incumbent
Andy Coffee – R
Cullman County Sheriff
Matt Gentry – R, incumbent
Cullman County Coroner
Jeremy Kilpatrick – R, incumbent
Cullman County Board of Education, Fairview
Incumbent not seeking reelection
Bill Ballew – R
Cullman County Board of Education, Good Hope
Jason Speegle – R, incumbent
Kerry Neighbors – R
Cullman County Board of Education, Hanceville
Kenny Brockman – R, incumbent
Cullman County Board of Education, Vinemont
Mike Graves – R, incumbent
Ballot measures
As of Jan 26, the only measure on the state ballot for the 2018 election is a State Abortion Policy Amendment, which reads:
“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended; to declare and otherwise affirm that it is the public policy of this state to recognize and support the sanctity of unborn life and the rights of unborn children, most importantly the right to life in all manners and measures appropriate and lawful; and to provide that the constitution of this state does not protect the right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”
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