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Alabama judge throws out challenge to Tommy Tuberville residency
An Alabama judge has dismissed a challenge to Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s run for governor.
Ken McFeeters, who is also running for the Republican nomination, filed a court challenge in March saying Tuberville hasn’t actually lived in the state for the seven years required by law.
Circuit Court Judge Charles Short, in Covington County, dismissed the case without prejudice on May 18, according to court records.
The Alabama GOP party asked the judge to dismiss the case with prejudice, saying that state law doesn’t give local courts jurisdiction over election issues.
Instead, the party says that state law gives political parties and the Legislature the ability to choose candidates and manage election law.
Tuberville’s campaign has maintained that he does meet the requirements to be governor.
“Coach Tuberville has lived in Auburn since 2019,” a representative told AL.com in March, when the lawsuit was filed. “When he isn’t representing Alabama in the U.S. Senate, he’s back home in Auburn with his wife Suzanne.”
AL.com reporting found that Tuberville voted in Florida in 2018. He has a house in Florida and a house in Auburn.
Tuberville, a former football coach, has served in Congress since 2021.
He is considered the favorite to be Alabama’s next governor.