State Rep. Jennifer Fidler (R-Silverhill) announced her bid for reelection to the Alabama State House District 94.
During her first campaign, Fidler ran on election integrity, the rights of the unborn, balanced growth, education improvement, health care choices, clean water initiatives, agriculture, the heritage and culture of communities, and constitutional rights. She said that during her first term, she has been proud to support those priorities and serve the people.
"I feel like we need that steadfast representation of our district, and I feel like I can do that and give that to the people and be that voice, that conservative voice. I feel like I have got the heartbeat of the community," she told 1819 News. "So, I think I can do a great job of representing the people's voice in that and being that conservative voice for the district."
Fidler has voted on voter accountability, a reduced grocery tax, eliminating taxes on hearing aids and reducing debt on the Alabama trust fund. She has sponsored tourism grants, a peanut bill, a living shorelines bill, liberty learning measures and is currently co-sponsoring a bill to help veterans.
Fidler said she learned how things work and how she could do things for her district. For example, she sponsored a trip for all fourth graders to go to Montgomery to see the Capitol.
"I'm able to sponsor things through those community education grants," said Fidler. "I'm able to sponsor some of our tourism activities throughout our district. I mean, I had no idea I'd be able to do that and be able to do those things for our community."
"I've learned things about just and how government works, how to get the bill, how to get support for our bill, how to make sure that I have the connections and relationships across the board, across party lines," she continued. "You really do have to have connections, and I don't really feel like I understood that fully the first time I ran."
After learning how things worked, Fidler took the job seriously. Fidler was on the front lines of Alabama's fight to protect citizens from the impact of the immigration crisis. She sponsored a wire transfer bill to impose a 4% wire transfer fee on international money sent from Alabama. Fidler listened to locals about how immigration policies were negatively impacting teachers and students.
"I visited all the schools in the district and one of the things that really stood out to me was how the English language learning instruction in our lower socioeconomic schools was just really taking a huge strain on the teachers and in the classroom," Fidler told 1819 News. "I was seeing in one instance or 26%, 24% of the kids were non-English speaking children. How can a teacher adequately teach a classroom when 25% don't understand English? And I mean, I heard that from teachers, and then I went out to the schools and I saw it firsthand."
After speaking out about what she saw, she faced backlash. She said some school leaders did not want the public to know how many non-English-speaking students were in the classroom because it could have negatively impacted American students. Still, she kept asking questions.
"What does that do to the classroom? Do we have enough resources to actually teach those students?" she asked. "And what they were doing was pulling out those kids, and they were having the older kids from different grades come down and teach, you know, making sure that the younger ones were speaking English."
"Now that is a direct result of open borders, and people who don't have children in the schools didn't understand it," she continued. "It was even a shocker for me when I first heard it because I was like, 'No, you know, there's no way. But you get out there, and you start talking and being in the middle of the parents and the teachers and the principals. I've heard it firsthand, and something needed to be done about that."
Fidler said the Baldwin County area was hit the worst by illegal immigration, likely due to the overall growth in the county. She attended multiple city council meetings where citizens voiced more concerns. With every issue, Fidler said it was important to ask the right questions and seek answers, even going all the way up to the federal government to find out who was in charge.
Fidler vowed to remain a voice for the people. Fidler said she wants to continue town halls, social media posts and radio appearances to keep her local community engaged.
She currently serves on five legislative committees: Public Safety and Homeland Security, Local Legislation, City and County Government, Agriculture and Forestry, and Urban and Rural Development.
The primary election will be held on May 19, 2026, and the general election will be held on November 3, 2026.
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