Tuberville's Alabama Governor Bid Survives Residency Challenge

WHO:

ABC News - U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville is the Republican gubernatorial nominee for Alabama.

ABC News - Ken McFeeters is Tuberville’s former primary opponent who filed a residency challenge.

ABC News - President Donald Trump has endorsed Tuberville.

WHAT:

ABC News - The Alabama Republican Party dismissed a residency challenge to Tuberville's gubernatorial bid.

ABC News - Tuberville won the Republican gubernatorial primary with 85% of the vote, while McFeeters received 9%.

ABC News - Tuberville's campaign released heavily redacted Alabama income tax returns from 2018 to 2024 as evidence of meeting the residency requirement.

WHERE:

ABC News - Tuberville's primary residence is a home in Auburn, Alabama, appraised at about $291,780.

ABC News - Tuberville and his wife own a beach home in Florida valued at $5.6 million.

ABC News - The Alabama Republican Party leaders are holding a hearing in Hoover, Alabama.

WHEN:

ABC News - The Alabama Republican Party leaders are scheduled to meet on Sunday for a closed-door hearing regarding Tuberville's residency.

ABC News - Tuberville registered to vote in Alabama on March 28, 2019.

ABC News - Tuberville voted in Florida in November 2018.

WHY:

ABC News - McFeeters filed the challenge arguing that Tuberville does not meet the Alabama Constitution’s seven-year residency requirement.

ABC News - Tuberville has faced accusations of living in Florida rather than Alabama.

HOW:

ABC News - Tuberville's campaign claims he meets the residency requirement and has called the challenge a joke.

ABC News - Tuberville's property records indicate both his Auburn and Florida homes have been placed in a revocable trust.

(UPDATED June 15, 2026 04:21 UTC)

Senator Tommy Tuberville has secured the Republican gubernatorial nomination for Alabama, with President Trump endorsing his campaign. Tuberville won the primary with an impressive eighty-five percent of the vote, while his former opponent Ken McFeeters received just nine percent, but McFeeters has filed a residency challenge claiming Tuberville does not meet the state's seven-year residency requirement. The Alabama Republican Party has dismissed this challenge and is set to hold a closed-door hearing on Sunday to further discuss Tuberville's residency status, as his campaign insists he meets all necessary requirements.