U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville told CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill late Tuesday that is running for a second term in the U.S. Senate. Tuberville said he looks forward to being in the Senate majority for the first time in his stent in Washington.
“Yeah, I’m running. Yeah, I’m getting on up there. I don’t know how many more times I’ll run, but I enjoy it,” Tuberville was quoted as saying, adding: “I want to find out what it’s like to be in the majority. When you’re in the minority, you just get kicked in the mouth every day, you know. And we’ve been kind of sat on the back bench. Now it’s time to take over, see what can be done with President Trump.”
Tuberville is effectively ending speculation about a potential gubernatorial run in 2026 and tamping down on the once-high possibility of him joining the Trump administration at some level, most recently suggested to be at the Department of Transportation. Tuberville’s Communications Director confirmed the authenticity of the Senator’s comments to Yellowhammer News late Tuesday afternoon
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Tommy Tuberville, who is up in 2026, told me he’s running for a second Senate term, putting speculation that he wouldn’t run to rest.
“Yeah, I’m running. Yeah, I'm getting on up there. I don't know how many more times I'll run, but I enjoy it.”
Tuberville added: “I want to find…
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 12, 2024
Tuberville’s indication comes one day ahead of a historic Senate leadership vote that will decide the future of the Republican conference after Leader Mitch McConnell’s departure from the role for the first time in decades. Tuberville is up for re-election to his six-year term in the Senate in 2026.
As previously reported, a Republican majority in the Senate will qualify Tuberville for committee chairmanships on which he currently serves, including the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Armed Services, Veterans Affairs, as well as the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee.
“Sen. Tuberville will help President Trump secure the border, strengthen the military, protect our farmers and veterans, and restore Title IX protections for women and girls everywhere,” Mallory Blount Jaspers said in a statement last week. “Sen. Tuberville has also spoken with President Trump several times about the importance of moving Space Command back to its rightful home in Huntsville.”
Grayson Everett is the state and political editor for Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on X @Grayson270
