The race to be Alabama’s new lieutenant governor has a newcomer—in every sense of the word.

Former Alabama and NFL quarterback AJ McCarron announced on Thursday that he was entering the race. Polling has shown McCarron to be a strong candidate despite no history of political service and no public record of political commentary.

“My roots run deep in Alabama. and with my football career behind me, (wife) Katherine and I are raising our boys here, instilling in them our deep Christian faith and teaching them the fundamental morals that make this state so special,” McCarron said in a video announcing his candidacy. “But today, Alabama’s conservative and cultural values are under attack from every direction.”

How those values are under attack is unclear. But McCarron, like talk show host Pa

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