Alabama Attorney General Republican candidate Troy King announced Saturday his campaign is back on.
King paused his campaign after news broke that the wife of his opponent, Steve Marshall, passed away last week.
He said on Facebook his campaign will be a discussion of political records and qualifications, adding his family has been attacked and he does not want that to happen to Marshall in the wake of Bridgette Gentry Marshall’s death.
King’s post as follows:
Paige and I continue to pray for the Marshall and Gentry families. Our hearts go out to them in this unbearable time of tragedy.
After a week of pausing our campaign, we will, today, begin to air advertisements on television and radio. My commercials will, as they always have, focus on the issues and my qualifications to be the Republican nominee for Alabama Attorney General, as compared to the qualifications of my opponent.
I want to be very clear. I will not speak of Mr. Marshall’s family. I believe there is no place in any political campaign for questions of or attacks on anyone’s spouse or children. During my political career, my family has been attacked and I know what a horrible and unfair toll that takes on your family. I would never do that to anyone else.
I commit that I will keep my campaign to a discussion of our political records and our Republican qualifications and allow the voters to decide this race on the merits alone.
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