# Steve Marshall **Steve Marshall** is the Attorney General of Alabama (since 2017) who ran in the 2026 Republican primary for the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by [[Tommy Tuberville]] (who left to run for governor). He finished **third** in the May 19 primary and conceded, falling short of the June 16 runoff between [[Barry Moore]] and Jared Hudson. ## 2026 Senate race See [[AL-Sen-2026]] for full race context. - **Result**: Marshall took roughly **25%** of the May 19 vote — behind [[Barry Moore]] (~40%) and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson (~26%) — and conceded, leaving Moore and Hudson in the runoff. - He had run as the establishment-credentialed, statewide-officeholder alternative to the Trump-endorsed Moore, but the anti-Moore vote split between him and Hudson. - His AG term runs through January 2027, leaving the door open to a 2028 gubernatorial or national-appointment play. ## Background A long-tenured state attorney general with a national Republican profile built on election-related litigation and anti-ESG legal action. Before the AG office he was a district attorney; he was appointed AG in 2017 and subsequently elected. ## Why he matters for the KB Marshall's loss is a data point on the limits of establishment credentials in a Trump-endorsement primary: a sitting AG with a national litigation profile outrun by a Freedom Caucus member with Trump's backing. His anti-ESG and election-litigation record keeps him relevant to the legal-machinery side of the KB even after the Senate loss. ## Related - [[AL-Sen-2026]] - [[Barry Moore]] - [[Tommy Tuberville]] - [[Donald Trump]]