Former Rep. Jerry Carl is hoping to win back his seat in Alabama. But contender and State Rep. Rhett Marques looks like the true MAGA candidate in the race.
Alabama primaries are March 19th.
Former Congressman Jerry Carl is downplaying the prospects of President Trump endorsing his ongoing bid to return to office in Alabama’s First Congressional District.
At a recent campaign outing in Atmore, Carl said, “Everyone’s asking is Donald Trump going to get involved in our campaign. I doubt it. I doubt it.”
“I think he’s probably going to stay out of this one. It’s not to his benefit. But we’ll see, we’ll see,” he added.
Carl also noted he was endorsed by Trump in two previous races. Both of those endorsements came before a summer 2022 interview in which Carl criticized Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021.
WPMI reported in July 2022 that Carl referred to January 6 as “an embarrassing day for the country.”
Carl stated Trump’s actions on January 6 were “questionable at best.” The former Congressman also called for the prosecution of “people that tore things up” that day — individuals Trump has now pardoned after returning to office.
Carl has condemned these individuals on multiple public occasions.
In July 2021, Carl was quoted by Alabama Media Group as saying, “I was there. Do you minimize it? Do you minimize a 100 people or more coming into the people’s house and tearing it up? No. It was a horrible event. … I’m not minimizing it. I was angry. I’m still mad about it.”
On January 6 itself, Carl released a video statement that was covered by WKRG. In that video, Carl spoke directly into the camera and said, “What we saw today was not representative of democracy, of who we are as Americans.”
“It was not the MAGA movement I know, but rather a mob determined to tear our government apart,” he continued. “[W]hat happened today as no place in America.”
Carl has been badly outraised in his 2026 race by State Rep. Rhett Marques (R-Enterprise), who has the endorsement of U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-AL) and Manufacture Alabama.
During his current campaign, Carl referred to Trump as a “lame duck.”
“This will be Trump’s last two years in office,” he said.
Additional Republican primary candidates in AL-01 include Joshua McKee and Austin Sidwell.
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