U.S. Sen.
Tommy Tuberville
has received more than $4 million in campaign contributions in the five weeks since
launching his run for governor.
Tuberville is on pace to eclipse
Gov. Kay Ivey’s fundraising
for the 2022 election, although he has some work to do.
Ivey raised about $11 million in her successful reelection campaign.
Candidates for state office filed monthly financial reports Wednesday.
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Millions in campaign contributions are fueling this heated Alabama race
Fundraising officially started May 19, exactly one year before the primary.
Ken McFeeters, the only other Republican in the race for governor, has not filed a report.
Candidates are not required to file until they have raised or spent $1,000.
Tuberville received $2 million in contributions
the day he announced he was running,
including nine contributions of $100,000.
He has continued to receive large donations. But monthly report for June, filed Wednesday, was mostly small contributions, with many donors giving multiple times.
The total was $357,374 for about 265 donations. The largest was a $50,000 contribution from the Mobile law firm Cunningham Bounds.
Overall, Tuberville has raised $4.02 million. His campaign has a cash balance of $3.8 million.
Here is a look at fundraising efforts in other top Alabama races:
Lieutenant governor
The race is on to replace twice-elected
Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth,
who said he will go back to the private sector when his term ends.
Secretary of State Wes Allen
raised $128,300 in June.
Of Allen’s 34 contributions in June, 32 came from individuals, businesses, and political action committees in Alabama.
Allen has a balance of $259,060, including the money he raised in May and the money he transferred from his previous campaign when he was elected secretary of state in 2022.
“I continue to be grateful for the outpouring of support this campaign is receiving from across the state,” Allen said in a press release. “People across our state recognize that I have a strong record of getting things done.”
Agriculture and Industries Commissioner Rick Pate
raised $36,300 in June. Pate reported 15 contributions, all from Alabama.
Pate’s campaign has a balance of $269,795, including a $100,000 loan he made to the campaign and $133,730 transferred from his campaign when he was reelected agriculture commissioner in 2022.
Commercial realtor Nicole Wadsworth
raised $28,500 from 26 contributions in June, with all but three from Alabama.
Wadsworth reported a balance of $37,160, which includes $22,000 she has loaned to the campaign.
Opelika pastor Dean Odle
filed a report showing he has loaned his campaign $12,573. Odle did not report any cash contributions.
Secretary of State
Allen’s decision to forgo a second term opened the door for other candidates.
State Auditor Andrew Sorrell
, who announced his run for secretary of state in February, reported more than 80 contributions in June, totaling $64,475.
Sorrell had previously reported raising $50,027 in May, plus a $250,000 loan he made to his campaign.
Sorrell has a campaign balance of $313,869.
Montgomery attorney Caroleene Dobson
launched her campaign on June 26.
Dobson filed a report showing that she loaned her campaign $500,000.
Dobson was the Republican nominee in Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional district last year.
She lost to Democrat Shomari Figures
in a district that was redrawn by a federal court to favor Democrats.
