Earlier this week, State Rep. Andrew Sorrell (R-Muscle Shoals) announced his bid for the State Auditor post on the ballot in 2022. With the seat’s current occupant, State Auditor Jim Zeigler, term-limited, the position could be the most competitive on the statewide November 2022 ballot.
Sorrell, a freshman in the Alabama House of Representatives, will give up his House District 3, which spans Colbert, Lawrence and Lauderdale Counties, including Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, Tuscumbia and a small portion of downtown Florence.
On Tuesday, Tuscumbia Mayor Kerry “Bubba” Underwood announced he would seek the GOP nod for that seat.
“My experience as Mayor has given me an opportunity to see what more needs to be done for Northwest Alabama,” Underwood said in a statement. “And the opportunity to do more while serving and representing the citizens of District 3 would be a great honor.”
Underwood, an accountant and owner of a CPA firm in downtown Tuscumbia, has been in practice since 2004.
“My experiences working in municipal government and being a small business owner will be a useful tool at the statehouse,” he added. “I’ll make sure folks in our district know they have a strong voice in Montgomery.”
The district could be one of the few swing districts remaining in Alabama. In 2018, Sorrell defeated Democrat Chad Young by five points, just under 1,000 votes out of nearly 18,000 votes cast. Prior to Sorrell, the seat was held by Marcel Black, a Democrat who had been in the office since 1990.
@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Alabama, the editor of Breitbart TV, a columnist for Mobile’s Lagniappe Weekly, and host of Mobile’s “The Jeff Poor Show” from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. on FM Talk 106.5.
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