Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell criticized on Tuesday one of his political opponents, Katherine Robertson, for receiving multiple large out-of-state campaign donations so far in the 2026 race to be Alabama’s next attorney general.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a candidate for U.S. Senate, is term-limited from seeking re-election to his current role. Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey, along with Mitchell and Robertson, are all vying to be the Republican nominee for attorney general in 2026.
Robertson, chief counsel to Marshall, reported raising more than $360,000 in August, with 71% of her August contributions coming from outside the state, according to the Mitchell campaign.
“The chief law enforcement officer of this state must work for the people of Alabama–not out-of-state billionaires and dark money groups,” Mitchell said. “Voters need to ask themselves: what does all this out-of-state cash want from the next Alabama Attorney General?”
Mitchell has also criticized Robertson for taking $1.1 million in “out-of-state, dark money contributions from untraceable sources with no donor list and no tax filings” from a Nashville-based nonprofit called First Principles Action and $150,000 from “Florida billionaire Hugh Culverhouse Jr.–a donor with a well-documented history of pro-abortion funding and public contempt for the state of Alabama.” The Robertson campaign has described Culverhouse as a “Trump mega-donor who has a long history of supporting pro-life conservatives across the country, including President Donald Trump, Senator Katie Britt, Speaker Mike Johnson, and now Katherine Robertson."
Mitchell’s campaign reported raising $371,095 in August and emphasized that 99.9% of those dollars came from Alabama.
“My opponent’s campaign is being propped up by outsiders who want to buy Alabama’s top law enforcement office. Our campaign is proud to be powered by grassroots Alabama supporters, not Washington insiders or shadowy special interest groups. Alabamians know I will look after the interests of our state and our people–nothing else,” Mitchell said.
Robertson responded to Mitchell’s comments in a statement to 1819 News on Tuesday.
“Mr. Mitchell takes issue with anyone who supports my campaign,” Robertson said. “I have said before, and will say again, it is a high honor to have been supported early in my race by First Principles Action. This network has supported some of the most effective Republican Attorneys General in the nation in their America-first campaigns. For my work and record to be noticed amongst a sea of talented Republican attorneys—me, a small town girl from Selma, Alabama—tells me that I’ve done something right. Regardless of what my opponents choose to make this race about, I am running on my qualifications and experience. I am the only candidate in this race ready to lead from Day 1.”
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