This week on The Voice of Alabama Politics, Bill Britt, Susan Britt and Josh Moon break down the key issues reshaping Alabama’s political landscape as the 2026 election cycle begins to take form.
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is finally pitching what he calls a “vision” for Alabama as he moves toward a run for governor—attacking universities, warning about federal “fraud,” and promising to shake up major state projects.
But while Tuberville leans into familiar culture-war rhetoric, new polling tells a very different story about Republican voters.
According to The Alabama Poll, affordability now dominates the GOP primary. Eighty percent of likely Republican voters say the cost of living is their top concern, with groceries, insurance and healthcare leading the list.
“People buy ten items and it’s two hundred dollars. They don’t need talking points—they need answers,” Susan Britt said.
At the same time, money is flooding into the Republican attorney general’s race, with millions already committed and PACs playing an outsized role—raising serious questions about who is trying to buy influence over one of the most powerful offices in state government.
“If they had to wear patches like NASCAR drivers, we’d feel better knowing who sponsors them,” Bill Britt said.
And then there’s the lottery.
Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones is making legalized lottery a centerpiece of his early campaign, and political chatter in Montgomery suggests Tuberville allies may be scrambling to neutralize that momentum—possibly even considering a special session to put a lottery vote on the ballot ahead of the general election.
Add in a surprise move by State Auditor Andrew Sorrell to drop his secretary of state bid and jump back into the auditor’s race, and Alabama’s 2026 landscape is already shifting fast.
Voters, Josh Moon said, are growing weary of being ignored.
“People keep telling them what they want, and the Legislature keeps not doing it.”
Is Tuberville running on substance—or slogans? Are voters about to revolt over the cost of living? Is the attorney general’s race becoming a contest for sale? And is the lottery about to become the defining issue of the governor’s race?
The Voice of Alabama Politics breaks it down.
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