Alice Martin (Alabama)

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Alice Martin

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Alice Martin was a Republican candidate for attorney general of Alabama in the 2018 election. Martin was defeated in the June 5 primary.

Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) ran for the post for the first time after being appointed in 2017. No candidate received a majority of the vote, leading to a runoff election on July 17, 2018. The two candidates who appeared in the runoff were incumbent Steve Marshall (R), who received 28.4 percent of the vote in the June primary, and former Attorney General Troy King (R), who received 28.0 percent.

Marshall joined Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (R) and South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster (R) as Republican state executives running for a first full term after being appointed to office, and faced multiple Republican primary challengers. Those challengers in the June 5 Republican primary included former Attorney General Troy King (R), former U.S. Attorney Alice Martin (R), and former Donald Trump Alabama campaign chairman Chess Bedsole (R).

Click here for more information on the June 5 Republican primary. Click here for more information on the November 6 general election.

Biography

Martin holds a degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University and a law degree from the University of Mississippi. She served as a U.S. Attorney in Alabama before joining the office of the Alabama Attorney General in 2012, where she served as deputy attorney general and chief deputy attorney general. Martin resigned in August 2017 in order to run for attorney general.

Elections

2018

See also: Alabama Attorney General election, 2018

General election

General election for Attorney General of Alabama

Incumbent Steve Marshall defeated Joseph Siegelman in the general election for Attorney General of Alabama on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Marshall (R)	58.8	1,004,438
		Joseph Siegelman (D)	41.1	702,858
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,141

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,708,437 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary runoff election

Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Alabama

Incumbent Steve Marshall defeated Troy King in the Republican primary runoff for Attorney General of Alabama on July 17, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Marshall	62.0	211,562
		Troy King	38.0	129,409

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 340,971
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Alabama

Joseph Siegelman defeated Chris Christie in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Alabama on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Joseph Siegelman	54.2	147,923
		Chris Christie	45.8	125,184

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 273,107
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Alabama

Incumbent Steve Marshall and Troy King advanced to a runoff. They defeated Alice Martin and Chess Bedsole in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Alabama on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Marshall	28.3	154,500
✔		Troy King	27.9	151,878
		Alice Martin	23.2	126,735
	Submit photo	Chess Bedsole	20.6	112,062

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 545,175
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Endorsements

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Republican candidate endorsements Endorsement Date Marshall Martin State figures Former Acting Alabama Attorney General W. Van Davis March 26, 2018 ✔ Organizations National Rifle Association May 17, 2018 ✔ Alabama Citizens for Life May 16, 2018 ✔ Alabama Republican Assembly May 8, 2018 ✔ Shelby County Chiefs of Police Association May 7, 2018 ✔ Home Builders Association of Alabama April 23, 2018 ✔ Alabama Retail Association April 17, 2018 ✔ ProgressPAC April 3, 2018 ✔ Automobile Dealers of Alabama March 26, 2018 ✔ BamaCarry March 23, 2018 ✔ Manufacture Alabama March 6, 2018 ✔ Republican Attorneys General Association February 28, 2018 ✔ Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee February 27, 2018 ✔ Alabama Farmers Federation February 13, 2018 ✔ Alabama Legislative Watchdogs January 19, 2018 ✔

Campaign finance

The following are campaign finance figures obtained from the Alabama Secretary of State's reporting system on May 28, 2018. Campaign finance figures from the Marshall campaign date to a major contribution report filed on May 21, while figures from the Bedsole campaign date to a major contribution report on May 24, figures from the King campaign date to a major contribution report on May 23, and figures from the Martin campaign date from a weekly campaign finance report filed May 21.

Campaign advertisements

"Stop the Deal-makers" - Martin campaign ad, released May 23, 2018

"Alice Martin Radio Ad 1" - Martin campaign ad, released April 10, 2018

Campaign themes

2018

“	2nd Amendment I am a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and our right to bear arms. I’ll fight against any state or federal legislation that seeks to undo or preempt Alabama’s open and concealed-carry laws. As a federal prosecutor my office prosecuted hundreds of federal firearm violations with ATF and local law enforcement. This reduced violent crime, which is now on the rise. I’ll work to enforce current laws – not add new restrictions to law abiding Alabamians – to keep guns out of the hands of terrorists, criminals and the mentally ill. As a lifelong gun owner, hunter and NRA member, I’ll fight any move by liberal Democrats and Republicans to limit our rights to own a gun and defend our families. Corruption Ends Here I have focused much of my 20-year career as a state and federal prosecutor on fighting corruption in government. As United States Attorney for 31 counties of north Alabama, I formed the North Alabama Public Corruption Task Force with former Alabama AG Bill Pryor and obtained 140 federal corruption convictions and was named a “Top 10 Prosecutor in the U. S.” by Corporate Fraud Reporter. As Chief Deputy Attorney General for Alabama from 2015-2017, I worked on the prosecution team that prosecuted Speaker Mike Hubbard, as well as led the grand jury investigation into former Governor Robert Bentley. I increased resources to prosecute public corruption in the Alabama Attorney General’s Office by more than 200%. If elected to serve as your Attorney General I will continue that work to follow the facts and hold corrupt government employees and officials accountable to their oaths of office. Corruption creates an unlevel playing field for law abiding businesses and is costly to taxpayers. I will work to clarify Alabama’s Ethics Law and hold entities accountable to the Alabama Open Records Act because sunshine is a disinfectant. Public service is not about private gain. Integrity and ethical behavior matters and no one is above the law. Stop Illegal Immigration and Sanctuary cities I stand with President Trump as a strong supporter of enforcing our immigration laws! The U.S. is a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws designed to protect our borders and our citizens. I oppose sanctuary city policies that ignore immigration laws and release criminal aliens back into a community. This liberal policy has illegally released thousands of criminals into American communities. It puts law-abiding citizens and undocumented immigrants at risk. I will fight against any movement of a city or county in Alabama to become a sanctuary jurisdiction, and that risk your safety by becoming one. Opioid Crisis Fact: In 2017, 60,000 Americans died from drug overdoses and two-thirds were linked to opioids. Two deaths a day occur in Alabama due to an overdose. Alabama has the highest number of opioid prescriptions per person than any other state! Almost everyone in Alabama knows someone whose family has been impacted by opioid addiction or an overdose. As a prosecutor and nurse I know we cannot prosecute our way out of this crisis. It will require a multi-discipline approach of prevention through education, medication-assisted treatment, and law enforcement. Research shows that 40% of people who take opioids for more than 30 days become addicted. I’m proud to have successfully advocated for mandatory controlled substance prescribing education for physicians starting January 1, 2018, and mandatory checks that trigger the Alabama Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database in order to combat doctor shopping and drug diversion. If we do not make a positive impact now, we can expect an increase in ‘pills to needles’ abuse. Heroin addiction will continue to rise as well because the DEA links 80% of heroin addiction to prescription drug abuse. Fentanyl deaths will continue to rise. There were 247 drug overdoses in Jefferson County, Alabama alone in 2016, an increase of 12% over 2015. The trend in this public health issue is alarming and touches people of all ages, but especially people in their 30-50s, which yields a lot of ‘collateral damage’ with the number of children impacted. Pro- Life I oppose abortion. Life begins at conception and should be protected. I am committed to protecting the rights of unborn children except in cases of rape, incest or threat to the life of the mother. As a mother of three daughters and a nurse, I care about the health of the unborn baby and the mother. I support women’s safety through education and funding of community health centers, so they have real choices and can avoid unwanted pregnancies. As Attorney General I would support and defend the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks. I will fight liberal attempts to allow abortion on demand and fight to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funding of abortion. Federalist - States' Rights As Attorney General, I will fight to protect our States’ rights, under the Tenth Amendment from federal government overreach. This includes fighting for our religious liberties that have been under constant attack from liberals and out –of- state groups. We cannot allow big government policies and the liberal agenda to supersede the laws that Alabama lawmakers have put in place and which reflect our values. It is the responsibility of the state to enforce the Constitution to manage the federal government. While serving as Alabama’ Chief Deputy Attorney General in 2016, we fought and won an injunction against Obama’s transgender bathroom mandate that would have required Alabama schools to allow students access to restrooms and locker rooms based on their gender “identity” rather than their sex, or we would have lost federal funding. We must push back against these liberal agenda items that seek to destroy the moral fiber of our country. “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. -Patrick Henry Stop Human Trafficking Fact: Human trafficking is the second most profitable illegal activity in the world and the superhighways – I-20 and I-65 – run through Alabama making it a target rich environment for this form of modern day slavery. I have prosecuted sex trafficking cases and I know it is happening to children and adults here in Alabama. In the past 10 years, over 377 victims have been identified where the use of force, fraud or coercion to get labor or commercial sex act has occurred. I will work with state, local and federal law enforcement officials to provide training and prosecution to combat human trafficking. I will work to form an alliance with schools and private businesses to increase awareness of the issue and to prevent and detect trafficking along our interstate highway corridors.	”
—Alice Martin for Attorney General

See also

• Attorney General of Alabama
• Alabama Attorney General election, 2018

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