GUNTERSVILLE — The 2026 election has already garnered a lot of speculation, including who might run for Alabama Attorney General to fill the shoes of term-limited Steve Marshall. At the top of the list of potential contenders is Katherine Robertson, Marshall's current chief counsel.
On Thursday, during a Marshall County Republican Women meeting in Guntersville, Robertson was asked about her future career plans and what it would mean to possibly be the state's first female attorney general.
"That's not my pitch, that I'm a woman, right? My pitch is — if I were to have a pitch," she said.
"Moms know a thing or two about what the public thinks about things and where the issues are. Lately, that's all been way more at the forefront than you would ever think in this job. When I started this job, I thought it was all going to be about drugs and guns and dead bodies and that kind of stuff, and there's a lot of that, unfortunately. But, the issues we've been fighting are things I could have never imagined when I started my career 20 years ago. And you know, thankfully, those those big ticket things are starting to dwindle out. All the bad stuff seems to be dissipating, and thank goodness. The fights are way different than you would ever think from now in the AG's office."
When asked if her mind was made up about running, she said, "I'm trying to decide."
A native of Dallas County and graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Robertson has worked with the AG's office since 2016 after serving as vice president of the Alabama Policy Institute.
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