Dean Young

Alabama Governor

Party: Republican

Age: 57

Residence: Orange Beach

Political experience: Candidate, U.S. House of Representatives, Alabama District 1, 2013, 2016; Former aide to Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore

Professional experience: Owner, Endurance LLC

Civic experience: Former member, Orange Beach Planning and Zoning Commission; member, Shell Banks Baptist Church

Education: Bachelor’s degree in marketing, University of Southern Mississippi, 1985

Main issues: Supporting Christian values; preventing state or federal vaccine and mask mandates; protecting the Second Amendment; creating an education system “where money follows the child, not schools”; refusing to institute new taxes or tolls; ending wasteful government spending.

Top Contributors: Self, loan, $500,000

Campaign: deanyoung.com