Longtime Alabama Insurance Agent Announces Run for Governor

Longtime Alabama insurance agent and former congressional candidate Ken McFeeters announced he is running for governor of Alabama next year, casting himself as a political outsider and accusing his opponent U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville of being a “part of the establishment.”

Tuberville announced his highly anticipated candidacy for governor a week earlier. Tuberville is expected to be a strong candidate in the race to replace Republican Gov. Kay Ivey, who cannot run again because of term limits. Others potential GOP candidates reportedly decided to run for other offices after Tuberville officially entered the race.

McFeeters ran for congress in 2024, winning 6% of the vote in the Republican primary, according to AL.com. McFeeters runs an insurance agency just outside of Birmingham that he founded in 1981 and was the president of the mid-Alabama Republican Club, he said in his announcement. He has lobbied lawmakers and has worked to end what he and other agents have called unfair tax breaks for Alfa Insurance and State Farm.

If elected, McFeeters said he plans to hire military personnel for Alabama schools, take steps to protect family farms, and prioritize independent production of medicine and energy.

McFeeters immediately tried to distance himself from Tuberville, a famed football coach of Auburn University who became a U.S. senator in 2020 after casting himself as a political outsider closely aligned with President Donald Trump.

“Alabama deserves better than a puppet of the globalists,” McFeeters said. “We need a governor who will fight for the people, not for the money.”