Conservative businessman and Republican candidate for Alabama House District 10 is hopeful that the voters will replace the current Democrat occupying the seat in this year’s election.
Republican Aaron Thomas, who’s family owns several restaurants across North Alabama, announced his candidacy for the Alabama District 10 House seat last year.
The small business owner is going up against incumbent State Rep. Marilyn Lands (D-Madison), who won in 2024 after campaigning against Alabama’s abortion ban.
Thomas told WVNN‘s “The Yaffee Program,” that the voters in his district need a representative who will actually work with the majority party and get things done.
“We have a very limited amount of time to fix some of these infrastructure issues that we have, because we’re kind of being strangled by our own success just a little bit,” Thomas said. “And we’ve got a Democrat that’s trying to represent us with a super majority, and she’s largely ostracized the Republican super majority. And so essentially having her there is essentially having no voice and no vote for us up here.”
The candidate believes he is better suited to help pass needed legislation that will impact Madison County.
“It’s one thing to say that you can pass legislation if it’s cosponsored by, you know, a fellow Republican, which is great. It’s one thing if you can, pass the easy legislation,” he explained. “But there’s going to come a time where we have to pass really difficult legislation.”
“You know, for instance when we bring the number one role of a legislator is to bring home the bacon for their for their district,” he added. “And in order to do that, you’ve got to be able to articulate a reason why, for instance, road dollars need to be spent up here instead of elsewhere in the state. And if you have a Republican super majority, and you have a Democrat that’s trying to represent you, you really just don’t have that adequate representation to be a part of that team environment down there.”
Thomas also thinks that one way to help the people in his district would be to abolish the state’s tax on groceries.
“One of the things that we have to, we have to look at, is we have to look at different taxes that are unnecessary. For instance, I mentioned the grocery tax,” he said. “We need to take a hard look at that and say, okay, you know, how can we be fiscally responsible and also make sure that we’re not taxing basic living necessities to begin with.”
Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on X @Yaffee
