Republican candidates for Alabama attorney general, Katherine Robertson and Jay Mitchell, continued their tremendous fundraising in November, each adding to the more than $2 million they’ve collected.
Mitchell and Robertson together have taken in more money than all other candidates for constitutional offices combined with the exception of gubernatorial candidate Sen. Tommy Tuberville and his $8.8 million haul.
According to November campaign finance reports, Robertson raised $304,452 and ended the month with $1.4 million on hand. She’s spent $956,707.
Since launching her campaign in June, Robertson, who is current Attorney General Steve Marshall’s chief counsel, has collected $2.3 million.
“Alabamians are sending a powerful message: they want a proven conservative who will protect our
communities, defend our constitutional rights, and put Alabama families first,” said Katherine
Robertson. “I am grateful for the outpouring of support from the hardworking Alabamians who believe, like I do, that the Attorney General’s office should be a fearless voice for the rule of law – not a stepping stone for personal ambition.”
Mitchell raised $142,200 and ended the month with $2.1 million on hand. He’s spent $372,800.
In a statement, Mitchell said his campaign is “Alabama built” and he continued to criticize Robertson’s fundraising.
“My opponent is taking outrageous amounts of anti-Trump money, hiding it from the public, and spending like crazy (to) falsely market herself as a pro-Trump candidate,” he said. “It’s an exploitation of campaign finance law and a brazen attempt to mislead the citizens of our state. Someone running to be our chief law enforcement officer should not be conspiring with out-of-state powerbrokers to bend the rules in this way.”
Robertson’s largest contribution in November was $150,000 from the Montgomery-based Rule of Law Action Fund, which was registered as a nonprofit entity in October by Saxon Main, an attorney at the defense law firm Ball, Ball, Matthews, and Novak.
Mitchell’s campaign called the contribution “traceless funds through yet another brand new shell group, which was created to skirt (Fair Campaign Practice Act) requirements and hide problematic donors from Alabama voters.”
Robertson has defended her contributions to date and previously criticized Mitchell, a former associate justice on the Alabama Supreme Court, for leaving the high court after his 2024 reelection to run for AG and using more than $600,000 leftover from that campaign in this new race.
The GOP primary is still more than five months away. Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey, the third Republican vying for attorney general, had about $595,600 on hand at the end of the month. No Democrats are raising money in a bid for the office.
Editor’s note: This story was updated to correct when the Rule of Law Action Fund was registered.