Steve Marshall formally qualifies to run for U.S. Senate

January 12, 2026 – HOOVER – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) qualified to run for U.S. Senate at Alabama Republican Party headquarters. Marshall was joined by supporters including sheriffs, party leaders, campaign aides, and dozens of college students.

Marshall said that he was justified in running because as attorney general, "We have been able to deliver tangible results for the people of Alabama."

Among his accomplishments Marshall list that he had, "Pushed back against the radical agenda of that administration."

"I can deliver," said Marshall promising that as Senator he would be the, "Conservative warrior in DC that can deliver for the people of Alabama." He also promised to, "Continue to stand with the trump administration."

Marshall is a native of Atmore in Escambia County. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina and a law degree from the University of Alabama law school. Marshall is a career prosector. In 2001 Governor Don Seigelman (D) appointed him as the district attorney of Marshall County where he was elected in his own right and served for 16 years. In 2017 Governor Robert Bentley (R) appointed Marshall as Alabama Attorney General. He was re-elected in 2018 and again in 2022. He is term limited from seeking a third consecutive term as AG.

Marshall was backed by a large contingent of university students.

"They represent our future," Marshall said of the young people there supporting his campaign.

Marsha quoted a warning from President Ronald Reagan that, "The extinction of freedom is always only a generation away."

Marshall promised that as Senator like in his current role at AG he, "Can deliver on the tough issues."

As an example of that he cited his successful defense of Alabama's ban on males claiming to be transitioning to women competing in girls' sports.

"We know who is a boy and who is a girl," said Marshall.

"I fought the battle against ESG," Marshall continued and that he fought the, "Radicals who were trying to change (corporate) boardrooms" to advance their environmental and social engineering agendas.

The Alabama Gazette asked Marshall if he side with some neo-isolationist conservatives who have suggested that President Donald Trump should not have used military force to capture and depose former Venezuelan dic.tator Nicolas Maduro or did he support the President's decision.

Marshall answered, "The President, who is bringing a narco-terrorist to justice." Marshall said that every family has been touched by the trafficking of illicit drugs that have killed hundreds of thousands of Americans over the recent years.

Marshall faces a crowded Republican primary field that includes: rancher and businessman Rodney Walker, former Tuberville aid Morgan Murphy, Congressman Barry Moore, and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson. At this point only Marshall and Walker are formally qualified candidates. Businessmen Dakarai Larrriett, Mark Wheeler, and Kyle Sweetser have qualified to run for Senate with the Alabama Democratic Party.

Major party qualifying ends at 5:00 p.m. on January 23.

Incumbent Senator Tommy Tuberville (R) is not seeking re-election. Instead Tuberville is running for the Republican nomination for Governor of Alabama where the incumbent, Kay Ivey, is also term limited.

The Republican and Democratic primaries are on May 19.

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