The president of the Alabama Democratic Party, Randy Kelley, said that the party would dispute the admissibility of Senator Tommy Tuberville to appear at the post of governor according to the requirement of residence in the constitution of the State.
Kelley published a statement Tuesday after Tuberville announced that he would appear at the post of governor next year.
“Today, Tommy Tuberville finally revealed the secret of Polichinelle which he planned to appear to the governor of Alabama despite not living here,” said Kelley. “His main residence is in Florida.”
Article 117 of the Alabama Constitution indicates that the governor must be a state resident “at least seven years then before the date of their election”.
Tuberville moved to Florida after his training retirement in 2016.
The senator asks for a family property exemption in Auburn and has been registered to vote in Alabama since March 2019.
He also has houses in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, And voted in Florida in 2018.
The house in Auburn that Tuberville affirms as a family property was originally bought by his wife, Suzanne and his son, Tucker, in 2017, Al.com reported.
This house is estimated at $ 271,000, while the Tuberville beach house in Florida is valued at around 5 million dollars, Al.com reported.
Kelley said the statement that Auburn’s house is Tuberville’s residence would not take the exam.
“Claiming the house of his son as a family property exemption while all travel recipes, voting and life take place in Florida simply do not cut him. We intend to challenge his residence in court,” Kelley said.
“If the residence is no longer an obligation to present itself in the elections in the state of Alabama, this also opens the doors of the Democrats,” said Kelley.
When Tuberville ran for the Senate in 2020, former senator Jeff Sessions, his main runoff opponent, raised the question of the residence, calling Tuberville as “Florida man”.
But the Senate has no seven -year -old residence requirements and the allegations of the sessions did not injure Tuberville, who won the primary decisively.
In March this year, Tuberville rejected concerns about the requirement of residence After the state, senator Sam Givhan, R-Huntsville, has high During a radio interview.
“Well, I have been an American senator representing the state of Alabama for four years, with two more years to play,” said Tuberville.
“There is no problem with that. We looked at this six, seven years ago. These are only people who are probably, perhaps, who want to run for the governor. Hey, if you want to run, go run on your abilities. Do not try to deceive someone else. There is nothing to do with it.”
Kelley said the Democratic Party will not lower the problem.
“Tuberville is an incompetent senator who embarrassed the state of Alabama via his reservoir of military promotions for almost 10 months,” said Kelley.
“It will be well aligned with the Trump administration which openly flouts the laws and the constitution daily. We do not just sit down and allow it to happen.”
“Tuberville will do nothing to advance the interests of the voters of the Alabama, quite simply itself and the ego of Trump,” said Kelley.
