Just before Labor Day weekend, bombs started dropping in the 2026 race for Alabama Attorney General.
In a campaign announcement this morning, Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell publicly called out opponent Katherine Robertson for accepting a $150,000 campaign contribution from a familiar name in Alabama politics: Hugh F. Culverhouse, Jr.
“This is the same Hugh Culverhouse Jr. who paid for an abortion clinic in Birmingham and tried to use his money to bully Alabama into abandoning its pro-life principles,” Justice Jay Mitchell said.
“Now he’s trying to buy influence in the Attorney General’s office? That should raise flags for every pro-life voter in Alabama,” Mitchell warned.
Shortly after, Katherine Robertson, also a Republican candidate and longtime chief counsel to cu