WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Barry Moore had an about $100,000 fundraising edge over Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall in the GOP race to be Alabama’s next senator, according to the latest campaign finance reports.
Republicans Moore, Marshall, Jared Hudson, Morgan Murphy and Rodney Walker are all vying to succeed Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running for Alabama governor.
From July through September, Moore, R-Enterprise, raised $518,556, with $4,564 of that total coming from other receipts. Out of his contributions for the third quarter of 2025, a majority came from individuals, totalling $399,969 and $114,024 came from political action committees. Moore officially launched his campaign for Senate in August.
Some of Moore’s PAC contributions come from the U.S. Peanut PAC, Vulcan Materials and Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who recently endorsed Moore, contributed to his campaign in Q3, along with Sen. Steve Daines, R-MT, and Greg Steube, R-FL.
Moore spent $214,044 in the third quarter. The Alabama Republican has $557,279 cash on hand.
Marshall, who announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate days after Tuberville launched his gubernatorial campaign in May, raised $417,891 in Q3 from July through September.
Marshall received a majority of his contributions from individual donors totaling $361,048. He received $14,500 from PACs in the third quarter. Marshall transferred $42,343 from another of his campaign committees, the Marshall Victory Fund.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama and the Westervelt Company PAC from Tuscaloosa contributed to Marshall.
The attorney general spent $245,291 from July through September. He ended the quarter with about the same amount of cash on hand as Moore, totaling $555,553.
Hudson, a former Navy SEAL, was the first to launch a bid for Tuberville’s seat and raised $330,862 in the third quarter of 2025. All of his contributions came from individuals.
He spent $174,972 from July to September. Hudson has $357,039 cash on hand.
Walker, a businessman and farmer from Lineville, raised $389,419 in the third quarter, with most of that coming from a personal loan totaling $325,000, and he personally contributed another $50,000. He received $26 from individual contributions.
Walker spent $29,532 and has $359,887 cash on hand.
Murphy did not file a campaign finance report for the third quarter because he launched his bid eight days before the filing deadline, and per FEC rules, it is not required for him to do so, his campaign told Alabama Daily News.
For the Democrats, Kyle Sweetser, a Mobile businessman, raised $21,733 from July through September. He spent $27,823 and has $5,398 cash on hand.
Dakarai Larriett, an entrepreneur, raised $24,968 in the third quarter and spent $25,038. He has $25,504 cash on hand.
Mark Wheeler, a chemist, has not filed an October quarterly report.