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

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

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.