2018 Election
Incumbent AG Has Raised More Than Six Times as Much as the Challenger
Attorney General Steve Marshall takes an overwhelming financial advantage into the final month of the campaign as he seeks his first full term in the office.
The Republican incumbent raised $224,700 last month, bringing his total in itemized cash contributions since the campaign began last year to $2.92 million, according to reports filed this week with the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office.
Democrat Joseph Siegelman collected $92,673 in cash during September to raise his overall total to $445,276.
The national Republican Attorney Generals Association Action Fund in Washington was by far Marshall’s biggest benefactor, contributing $735,000. Siegelman’s largest donor was North Alabama PAC of Huntsville, with $25,000.
Marshall was appointed attorney general last year after then-Attorney General Luther Strange was picked to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated when Sen. Jeff Sessions became U.S. attorney general.
Here are contributions of $5,000 or more to each candidate.
Steve Marshall
$735,000
Raga Action Fund, Washington, DC.
$345,000
Progress PAC, Montgomery.
$101,500
BIPAC, Montgomery.
$100,000
Raymond J. Harbert, Birmingham.
$80,000
Automobile Dealers Association O\of Alabama Inc. Auto PAC, Montgomery.
$70,000
Alabama Power Co. Employees State PAC, Birmingham.
$61,250
CRA PAC, Montgomery.
$55,000
Alabama Builders PAC, Montgomery.
$54,500
MAXPAC, Montgomery.
$50,000
ALAPAC, Montgomery.
$48,750
Fair PAC, Montgomery.
$47,750
Mainstream PAC, Montgomery.
$43,650
First Decade PAC, Montgomery.
$42,000
Free Enterprise PAC, Montgomery.
$40,000
McWane Inc., Birmingham.
$35,750
United PAC, Montgomery.
$30,000
CANPAC, Montgomery; EDPAC, Montgomery; John H. Watson, Dothan; MCG PAC, Birmingham.
$27,500
Alabama Acre, Montgomery.
$27,000
Alabama Hospital Association PAC, Montgomery.
$25,000
D&F Equipment Sales Inc., Crossville; Farm PAC, Montgomery;
Franklin PAC, Montgomery; Retailers of Alabama PAC, Montgomery; TELPAC, Montgomery.
$22,500
Capitol Resources PAC, Montgomery; LEGPAC, Montgomery; SAVEPAC, Montgomery.
$21,000
Regions Bank, Birmingham.
$20,000
Ala Forestry PAC, Montgomery; Comp PAC, Montgomery; D.C. Equipment Inc., Geraldine; EDUPAC, Tuscaloosa; Thomas Coker, Lowndesboro; Truk PAC, Montgomery.
$17,500
Comcast Corp., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; IMPAC, Montgomery.
$16,500
Southern Strategy Group PAC, Montgomery.
$15,000
Airbridge One LLC, Opelika; CAREPAC, Montgomery; Roy H. Drinkard, Cullman.
$14,500
WESTPAC, Mobile.
$13,750
CMG PAC II, Tuscaloosa.
$13,500
AT&T Alabama PAC, Montgomery.
$13000
Pfizer Inc., Memphis, Tennessee.
$12,000
Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, California.
$11,000
ACJRC PAC, Montgomery; Robert F. Prince, Tuscaloosa.
$10,750
David Reed, Guntersville.
$10,000
ABX Merit PAC, Birmingham; Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond; Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles PC, Montgomery; Daniel L. McKinney, Birmingham; FAXPAC, Montgomery; FGAPAC, Montgomery; Free Enterprise PAC, Montgomery; G PAC, Birmingham; Joseph Benjamin Gilliland, Guntersville; Koch Industries Inc., Wichita, Kansas; NEWPAC, Montgomery; Protective Life Corp., Birmingham; T. Michael Goodrich, Birmingham; Warren J. Williamson Jr., Greenville.
$8,500
Petroleum & Convenience Marketers of Alabama PAC, Montgomery.
$8,000
Qualico Steel Company Inc., Webb.
$7,500
American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Birmingham; Edward K. Aldag, Birmingham; National Cement Company of Alabama Inc., Birmingham; Stewart Lubricants & Service Co. Inc., Birmingham.
$7,000
Community Choice Financial, Nashville, Tennessee; Paul Claborn, Albertville.
$6,000
SHR PAC, Montgomery; Tim Parker, Tuscaloosa.
$5,500
Pride PAC II, Tuscaloosa.
$5,250
Pat Courington Jr., Albertville.
$5,000
3t LLC, Montgomery; Alabama Associated General Contractors Inc. PAC, Irondale; Alabama Beverage Association PAC, Montgomery; Alabama Poultry Trust, Montgomery; Cozen O’Conner Attorneys, Philadelphia; Cunningham Bounds LLC, Mobile; Elevate Credit Service LLC, Fort Worth, Texas; Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, Indiana; Energen Corp. PAC, Birmingham; Enterprise Holdings Inc. PAC, St. Louis, Mossouri; Francisco J. Collazo, Huntsville; Good-PAC, Birmingham; Howard W. Bentley Jr., Albertville; Jemison Investment Co. Inc., Birmingham; Keith A. Bennett, Boaz; Kenneth Campbell, Troy; KW Container, Troy; KW Plastics, Troy; KW Plastics Recycling Division, Troy; MAXPAC, Montgomery; NHS Management LLC, Tuscaloosa; Northport Health Services Inc., Northport; PhRMA, Washington, DC; Red Diamond Inc., Birmingham; Robin A. Wade III, Birmingham; Roddy McKinney, Birmingham;
Sanders Lead Co. Inc., Troy; Scott Bridge Company Inc., Opelika; Senior Care Pharmacy Inc., Northport; Sharon Ainsworth, Guntersville; Smart Living LLC, Huntsville; SMTG Properties, LLC, Boaz; State Farm Agents and Associates of Alabama PAC, Tuscaloosa; Tiger Paw PAC, Montgomery; Timothy Parker, Tuscaloosa; Tucker Milling LLC, Guntersville; Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt PAC, Birmingham; Wayne Bentley, Albertville; Wayne Welch, Lincoln; Wiley Sanders Truck Lines Inc., Troy; William Britt Sexton, Decatur; Windom, Galliher & Associates, Montgomery.
Joseph Siegelman
$25,000
North Alabama PAC, Huntsville.
$10,000
Cunningham Bounds LLC, Mobile; Jake Aronov, Montgomery; R. Parker Griffith, Huntsville; Roy Drinkard, Cullman; The Cochran Firm PC, Dothan; W. Charles DeLoach Jr., Blakeley, GA.
$5,000
Alabamians for Economic Development, Birmingham; Amy G. Fowler, Rhinebeck, New York; Ball Healthcare-Roanoke Inc., Mobile; Bill Gordon, Montgomery; Cash PAC, Tuscaloosa; Dennis and Elizabeth Pantazis, Birmingham; IBEW PAC Voluntary Fund, Washington, DC; Law Offices of Thomas P. Willingham PC, Birmingham; Margaret Shorr, Philadelphia; Morgan C. Fowler, Rhinebeck, New York.