Ken McFeeters officially qualified Thursday to run for governor as a Republican, launching a campaign he said centers on freedom, virtue and truth against what he calls growing oppression, division and fear sold by government and the media.
McFeeters said the Republican primary will present a clear choice about Alabama’s future. His priorities include eliminating property taxes on owner-occupied homes, ending unconstitutional government overreach, making the state food-independent, reforming education and rethinking modern medicine to serve citizens rather than bureaucracies.
He outlined a grassroots strategy that mirrors his view of leadership.
“I’m going to live the dream of every American schoolboy—traveling the state in a Jeep Rubicon, my German Shepherd by my side, talking about truth, justice, and the American—and Alabama—way,” McFeeters said. “My job is to remind people that they are in charge of the government, not the other way around.”
Addressing federal surveillance and emerging technologies, he criticized what he described as a dangerous shift from constitutional principles.
“My job is to remind Republicans that we are supposed to be the good guys,” McFeeters said. “We don’t anoint candidates, and we don’t support the federal government using military- and intelligence-grade surveillance tools against its own citizens. That’s insane. Both the establishment and the media are out of touch with everyday Alabamians for allowing this to happen.”
He opposes government tracking of citizens through AI data centers that rely on military and intelligence agency surveillance systems.
“No one I talk to thinks mass tracking of citizens is a good idea,” McFeeters said. “So why are leaders pushing it? Why are they doing this? Republicans are supposed to defend liberty—not turn military-grade psychological operations and intelligence tools inward on the people they serve.”
He criticized opponents Doug Jones and Tommy Tuberville for relying on “the same tired tactics of oppression, division, and fear” while Americans lose fundamental rights.
“They work for the same interests and it’s not the people of Alabama,” McFeeters said.
Reflecting on his outsider candidacy, McFeeters recalled being told he “doesn’t look like a politician.”
“People aren’t used to politicians who look like freedom, virtue, and truth,” he replied. “The people of Alabama have been waiting a long time for someone like me—and they will warm up to freedom, virtue, and truth very quickly.”
He closed with a message of unity: “Remember Alabama — united we stand, divided we fall. Don’t let them divide us.”
