State Sen. Sam Givhan thinks that if Tommy Tuberville runs for re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2026 — he’ll be the only show in town. But if he runs for Governor of Alabama, he might run into some issues.

In an interview with WVNN’s “The Dale Jackson Show” on Thursday morning, Givhan (R-Huntsville) said that Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth is exclusively interested in running for the state’s highest office and that Tuberville’s decision could send shockwaves up and down the ballot in 2026.

When asked if Tuberville can win any race he chooses, Givhan said, “Not necessarily.”

“If he wants to be U.S. Senator, I don’t think he will have any credible competition. Okay, somebody’s going to want to run to see their name on a ballot. I mean, it just usually happens, it doesn’t always happen, but usually happens, but you know, it just gives them a chance to raise money and say he’s got a campaign, and he increase his war chest and and go from there. But he will have no credible competition — no one that will be funded to run against him. I mean, the one of the few that could self fund is now Ambassador, and so she she’s out of play.”

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Givhan was referencing former 2022 candidate for Governor, Lynda Blanchard, who was recently appointed by President Trump to serve as a U.S. Ambassador.

He dug in on the possibility of a Tuberville ’26 gubernatorial scenario.

“So, as far as governor, you know, the first thing, we still got a question, because owning a house in Alabama is not enough. I mean, you gotta’ live here seven years. And that’s, you know, you don’t have to live here a day to run for U.S. Senate. So, that’s going to be a hurdle,” Givhan said.

“And one of the you know, fears I started having was, what if he did flush every credible candidate out of the race? And you only had crackpots in and then they challenged it on residency, and the party removed him, and then you only got crackpots.”

In the case of an open U.S. Senate race in Alabama in 2026, Givhan said he was “pretty confident” that Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall would run and have a good shot. He also said there were rumblings of Speaker of the House Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) making a bid as well.