Candidates vying for Senator Tommy Tuberville’s seat in Washington

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — All eyes are on the race for U.S. Senate. This comes after Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) announced his run for Governor of Alabama Tuesday.

Candidates on both sides of the aisle are preparing to campaign for his seat. There are several potential contenders, and some say they haven’t made up their mind just yet.

“The question is whether or not there is broad-based support around the state for a run for me for Senate,” said Steve Marshall, Alabama Attorney General. “And we’re having conversations right now.”

General Marshall is still finding out the answer to that question. He said he will make a decision soon on whether to run for U.S. Senate. Marshall said he wants to use his expertise in a role where he can best serve the state.

“The issues that we’ve been involved with as A.G. overlap greatly with what’s going on in the Senate,” Marshall said. “[We] clearly have an interest in what’s going on in D.C. and its impact on Alabama. And we’ll be prepared to make an announcement in the coming days.”

Former Secretary of State John Merrill also has an interest in what’s going on in D.C. He said he is considering a run for different roles, one being for U.S. Senator.

“That’s one of the races that we’re certainly considering at this point. It’s not a race that we have decided we are going to enter at this particular time,” said Merrill. “We’re certainly weighing our options on what races we need to consider from this point forward.”

On the Democratic side of aisle, Mobile native Kyle Sweetser is vying for the Senate seat. As a former Republican, he said he wants to fight against tariffs and cuts to federal programs.

“I think that Democrats have an excellent opportunity here to show everyone that we can get things done more than Republicans can,” he said. “This infrastructure in these rural communities, I mean, they’ve done a terrible job.”

Jared Hudson, a former U.S. Navy Seal from Jefferson County, has also announced he is running for the U.S. Senate seat. We are less than a year out from the primaries, which are on May 19, 2026.