The Alabama Forestry Association has thrown its support behind Katherine Robertson in the 2026 race for Alabama Attorney General.
Robertson, who serves as Chief Counsel for Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, has held her current position for nearly a decade.
According to AFA, her background includes serving as Vice President at the Alabama Policy Institute and earlier as a clerk and counsel to former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
AFA President & CEO Chris Isaacson praised Robertson’s background and longstanding ties to the industry.
“I have known Katherine since early on in her career when she worked with Senator Sessions, and over the course of that friendship, I have come to deeply respect her intellect and tenacity and commitment to the integrity of the values she learned from growing up in rural Alabama,” Isaacson said.
Issacson added that Robertson’s work on federal regulatory issues has shaped her reputation.
“Our members have had the pleasure of watching and participating in her career and recognize that her understanding of issues critical to forestry makes her uniquely qualified for this important next step. Her participation in the state’s fight to reign in the overreach of the Federal Government, whether it was the proposed listing of the dusky gopher frog or curbing the onslaught of COVID mandates, is appreciated and we are proud to support her as she seeks to be Alabama’s next Attorney General.”
Robertson thanked the AFA for their endorsement.
“I couldn’t be prouder to receive the endorsement of the Alabama Forestry Association in my campaign for Attorney General,” she said.
“As a daughter of the Black Belt and with family roots in forestry, my relationship with foresters has always been extra special. But it’s not just our shared love of the woods that is meaningful, it’s our shared commitment to protecting the private property rights of Alabamians and further ensuring that government does not deprive landowners here—like my family—from utilizing their forestland the way that they see fit. During my tenure at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, we have played a consequential role in thwarting federal overreach into private property use. The Alabama Forestry Association knows what they’re getting with my leadership—they know that I have no plans of slowing down.”
Robertson lives in Birmingham with her husband, Ryan, and their two children. A Selma native and eighth-generation Dallas County resident, she graduated from Auburn University before earning her law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law.
Robertson is seeking the Republican nomination for Attorney General in the May 19, 2026 primary election.
Sherri Blevins is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You may contact her at [email protected].
