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Jeff McLaughlin

Attorney General

2026 Alabama Attorney General — General Election · November 3, 2026

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This candidate is listed on an official Alabama sample ballot for November 3, 2026. Sample ballots may be amended and do not establish an individual voter’s precinct-specific ballot.

Last reviewed September 17, 2026

Overview

Current race
2026 Alabama Attorney General — General Election on November 3, 2026
Official candidacy
Attorney General · Democratic · Candidate
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NOVEMBER 3, 2026

FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL (Vote for One) JEFF McLAUGHLIN Democrat KATHERINE ROBERTSON Republican Write-in

Experience

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The Attorney General is supposed to be the people's lawyer — Alabama's top law-enforcement officer, answerable to you and no one else. For thirty years, Jeff McLaughlin has been exactly that kind of lawyer: independent, incorruptible, and impossible to buy. He spent a decade in the Legislature without ever taking a campaign donation, and he led the fight to get secret money out of Alabama politics. Now he's ready to bring that same independence to the office that needs it most.

Candidate-stated

Jeff McLaughlin was born in Decatur and raised in Guntersville, where he graduated from Guntersville High School, came home to open a law practice, and raised his family. You've probably seen him around town — riding bikes with his kids, mowing his own yard, talking with neighbors.

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Jeff McLaughlin was born in Decatur and raised in Guntersville, where he graduated from Guntersville High School, came home to open a law practice, and raised his family. You've probably seen him around town — riding bikes with his kids, mowing his own yard, talking with neighbors.

The Attorney General is supposed to be the people's lawyer — Alabama's top law-enforcement officer, answerable to you and no one else. For thirty years, Jeff McLaughlin has been exactly that kind of lawyer: independent, incorruptible, and impossible to buy. He spent a decade in the Legislature without ever taking a campaign donation, and he led the fight to get secret money out of Alabama politics. Now he's ready to bring that same independence to the office that needs it most.

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Before he was a lawyer, Jeff was a schoolteacher. For more than thirty years he's practiced law in Guntersville, and for ten of those years he represented Marshall County in the Alabama House of Representatives. In Montgomery, he earned a reputation as a principled independent — a legislator who answered to the people who sent him there, not to the lobbyists and the special interests. He wrote the law to protect the Tennessee River, brought TVA dollars back home to the Valley, strengthened protections for victims of domestic violence, and fought to keep Alabama's public schools strong.

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Before he was a lawyer, Jeff was a schoolteacher. For more than thirty years he's practiced law in Guntersville, and for ten of those years he represented Marshall County in the Alabama House of Representatives. In Montgomery, he earned a reputation as a principled independent — a legislator who answered to the people who sent him there, not to the lobbyists and the special interests. He wrote the law to protect the Tennessee River, brought TVA dollars back home to the Valley, strengthened protections for victims of domestic violence, and fought to keep Alabama's public schools strong.

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Defend Alabama

Candidate position

Equal justice, honestly applied. The law should mean the same thing for everyone. Jeff will run an Attorney General's office that applies the law fairly and honestly — protecting the rights of every Alabamian and refusing to use the office to settle political scores.

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Equal justice, honestly applied. The law should mean the same thing for everyone. Jeff will run an Attorney General's office that applies the law fairly and honestly — protecting the rights of every Alabamian and refusing to use the office to settle political scores.

That stops with Jeff.

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The Attorney General's office should be the one place that never does. It's the office that protects families from fraud, holds the corrupt accountable, stands up for consumers, and makes sure the law is applied fairly to everyone — no favors, no exceptions.

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The Attorney General's office should be the one place that never does. It's the office that protects families from fraud, holds the corrupt accountable, stands up for consumers, and makes sure the law is applied fairly to everyone — no favors, no exceptions.

Equal justice, honestly applied.

Candidate position
Policy

The law should mean the same thing for everyone. Jeff will run an Attorney General's office that applies the law fairly and honestly — protecting the rights of every Alabamian and refusing to use the office to settle political scores.

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The law should mean the same thing for everyone. Jeff will run an Attorney General's office that applies the law fairly and honestly — protecting the rights of every Alabamian and refusing to use the office to settle political scores.

Root out corruption.

Candidate position
Goal / Priority

Protect Alabama families. From scams that target seniors to fraud that drains working families, the Attorney General is your first line of defense. Jeff will use the full power of the office to protect Alabama consumers, crack down on those who prey on the vulnerable, and stand up for victims — work he began in the Legislature strengthening protections against domestic violence and crimes against children.

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Protect Alabama families. From scams that target seniors to fraud that drains working families, the Attorney General is your first line of defense. Jeff will use the full power of the office to protect Alabama consumers, crack down on those who prey on the vulnerable, and stand up for victims — work he began in the Legislature strengthening protections against domestic violence and crimes against children.

Root out corruption.

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Belief

Protect Alabama families.

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Protect Alabama families.

Protect Alabama families.

Candidate position
Belief

From scams that target seniors to fraud that drains working families, the Attorney General is your first line of defense. Jeff will use the full power of the office to protect Alabama consumers, crack down on those who prey on the vulnerable, and stand up for victims — work he began in the Legislature strengthening protections against domestic violence and crimes against children.

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From scams that target seniors to fraud that drains working families, the Attorney General is your first line of defense. Jeff will use the full power of the office to protect Alabama consumers, crack down on those who prey on the vulnerable, and stand up for victims — work he began in the Legislature strengthening protections against domestic violence and crimes against children.

Root Out Corruption

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Prioritizes public-corruption enforcement and holding powerful actors accountable regardless of party or connections.

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Root Out Corruption

Protect Alabama Families

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Supports using the Attorney General's consumer-protection and enforcement powers against scams, fraud, and exploitation of vulnerable people while supporting victims of crime.

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Protect Alabama Families

Equal Justice, Honestly Applied

Candidate position
FactVote summary · Policy

Supports applying the law consistently, protecting the rights of all Alabamians, and refusing to use the Attorney General's office to settle political scores.

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Equal Justice, Honestly Applied

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Sources

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  1. Election record

    2026 Alabama election record — Jeff McLaughlin

    Alabama Secretary of State

    Open Alabama Secretary of State
  2. GOVERNMENT_CAMPAIGN_FINANCE_SEARCH

    Jeff McLaughlin — Alabama candidate-finance search

    Alabama Secretary of State

    Open Alabama Secretary of State
  3. Election record

    2026 Alabama general-election sample ballot — Baldwin County

    Alabama Secretary of State

    Open Alabama Secretary of State

    Link checked September 14, 2026.

  4. Candidate-owned primary source

    Jeff McLaughlin — campaign policy platform

    Jeff McLaughlin campaign

    Open Jeff McLaughlin campaign

    Link checked September 14, 2026.

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