Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville’s campaign for the U.S. Senate received an endorsement from the Dothan chapter of the International Brotherhood of Police Officers on Wednesday.
“As someone who believes deeply in backing the blue, I am deeply honored to receive the backing of the men and women who wear the blue,” Tuberville said in a statement.
Yellowhammer News reviewed the official letter that was mailed to the Tuberville campaign that notified them of the endorsement. It confirms that the executive board of the lodge “did vote and affirm that we endorse Mr. Tommy Tuberville.”
The competition for law enforcement endorsements is heating up in Alabama’s Senate primary with just over a month until votes are cast. Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions was recently endorsed by eight Alabama sheriffs while U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (AL-01) has accumulated five sheriff endorsements over the length of his campaign.
In a related piece of good news for Tuberville’s campaign, the former coach also won the straw poll taken at the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce’s Issues and Eggs breakfast. The coach received 39% of the votes in the room compared to 33% for Sessions and 27% for Byrne.
“It is humbling to earn the support of small business owners who sign the front of a paycheck so others can sign the back,” Tuberville commented.
On March 3, Alabama Republicans will go to the polls and select from Tuberville, Sessions, Byrne, State Rep. Arnold Mooney (R-Indian Springs) and former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore.
Henry Thornton is a staff writer for Yellowhammer News. You can contact him by email: [email protected] or on Twitter @HenryThornton95.
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