Outside groups poured millions into Alabama’s U.S. Senate primary to stop Attorney General Steve Marshall. His campaign’s answer: a grassroots operation that made 1.7 million voter contacts across all 67 counties in a matter of months.
The Marshall campaign for U.S. Senate rolled into Tuesday’s Republican primary with a ground operation its campaign manager called unmatched in the state: more than 1.6 million volunteer phone calls, nearly 70,000 doors knocked, and over 11,000 handwritten letters mailed to primary voters.
The math works out to reaching the average GOP primary voter at least three times.
“While out-of-state special interests have spent millions in dishonest attacks on a true conservative, Steve Marshall’s campaign has answered with something money can’t buy: the trust of Alabama Republicans who have watched him deliver real results as their Attorney General,” said campaign manager Dalton Dismukes.
Dismukes pointed to Marshall’s successful fight at the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the court-imposed congressional map as the latest example of Marshall delivering where others only talk.
“Some people talk a big game, but Steve Marshall gets big things done,” Dismukes said. “Steve Marshall has become a national name because he hasn’t just fought for us. He’s won for us, too.”
The message from the Marshall camp is simple: outside money picked a fight with the wrong state.
“Even as out-of-state money hopes to buy this election, Alabama conservatives know Steve Marshall is the Alabama First candidate in this race,” Dismukes said. “There’s no greater ground game in the state of Alabama than Steve Marshall’s, and on Tuesday, Alabama Republicans are going to prove it.”
Steve Marshall’s Senate campaign is backed by FarmPAC, Alabama Builders and Contractors, Alabama sheriffs, and the state’s district attorneys. He faces U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), who holds President Trump’s endorsement, and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson.
The primary election for Alabama is tomorrow, Tuesday, May 19.
Sawyer Knowles is a capitol reporter for Yellowhammer News. You may contact him at [email protected].
