Republican Rep. Barry Moore is running for Senate in Alabama next year, he announced Tuesday.
“I learned growing up on a farm in Coffee County that what makes this country great isn’t Washington elites, Wall Street billionaires, lifelong bureaucrats, or self-serving politicians,” Moore said in a statement. “It’s the hardworking families of Alabama — and that’s who I will answer to and work for.”
Moore joins a competitive primary of Republicans looking to succeed Tommy Tuberville, who announced he would not seek reelection in the Senate and instead run for Alabama’s open governor seat.
The representative’s run for Senate comes after he won a competitive member-on-member primary last year. Former GOP Rep. Jerry Carl, whom Moore defeated, has teased a run for the House seat, writing on X that he will make a “MAJOR announcement” on Aug. 18.
Moore said he is running for the Senate seat because the people of Alabama “deserve a Trump conservative.”
“As the first elected official in the country to endorse President Trump, I will have his back and defend the MAGA agenda in the Senate, just like I have as a member of the Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives,” he said. “We have a lot to do in Washington to help President Trump get our country back on track, and my record shows I’ll never clock out when there is work to be done.”
Moore will officially kick off his campaign Friday at a launch event in DeKalb County.
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