Robertson Carries 44 Alabama Counties With 41% of Vote

Republican Attorney General candidate Katherine Robertson emerged from Tuesday’s Republican primary with a strong Statewide performance, carrying 44 of Alabama’s 67 counties and securing not quite 41% of the vote ahead of next month’s runoff election.

This places Robertson in a June 16 runoff against former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell in one of the State’s most closely watched Republican contests. According to preliminary election returns from the Secretary of State‘s website, Robertson received 189,183 votes (40.53%) Statewide, while Mitchell finished with roughly 160,616 (34.41%) votes. Blount County District Attorney Pamela Casey received 116,931 (25.05%) of the 466,730 votes cast in the race.

“Our campaign performed well in every corner of the State, and the momentum that leading the primary by an impressive margin brings has our supporters energized to finish the job,” Robertson said.

“When viewed from any angle, our position is the dominant one, and I will continue sharing our message of enforcing law and order, fighting the woke agenda, supporting President Trump, and daring to defend our rights with the Republican voters across Alabama.”

A closer look at the county-by-county results shows Robertson built support across both urban and rural Alabama. Her campaign said she carried all six of the State’s largest counties by population — Madison, Mobile, Baldwin, Jefferson, Montgomery, and Tuscaloosa — while also posting strong numbers throughout the heavily Republican Interstate 65 corridor and many rural counties.

The outcome marked a notable milestone for Robertson, who is making her first run for Statewide office after serving nearly a decade as Chief Counsel to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall.

Before joining Marshall’s office in 2017, Robertson worked at the U.S. Department of Justice and later served as legislative counsel to former U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The Republican primary for AttorneyGeneral grew increasingly expensive and contentious in the final weeks before Election Day, with Robertson and Mitchell trading attacks over conservative credentials, campaign finance, and national political issues.

Robertson’s campaign also pointed to fundraising as a sign of momentum heading into the runoff. According to campaign finance reports filed with the Alabama Secretary of State during the final week before the primary, Robertson raised $482,877 during that stretch, compared to Mitchell’s reported $11,000.

Mitchell, however, entered the race with significantly higher overall fundraising totals across the full election cycle, according to previously reported campaign finance data.

The winner of the June 16 Republican runoff is expected to become the favorite in the November General election in heavily Republican Alabama.