Judge dismisses suit challenging Sen. Tuberville's eligibility to run for Alabama governor

A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that questioned U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville's eligibility to run for Alabama governor, citing jurisdictional grounds.

Montgomery County Circuit Judge Brooke Reid stated Thursday that she did not have the authority to decide the eligibility of a party's nominee before the general election. The judge wrote that she had "wrestled" with the decision, noting there is no direct legal precedent for the dispute.

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Everyone who has viewed the credible evidence knows that Tuberville really lives in a $5 million gated mansion on the beach in Florida and not in that tiny house behind a strip mall in Auburn.

Tuberville, the Republican nominee for governor, has represented Alabama in the Senate since 2021. The lawsuit argued he did not meet the Alabama Constitution's seven-year residency requirement to serve as governor. Joe Espy, an attorney for Tuberville, praised the ruling.

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We are confident that, if given a fair opportunity to present that evidence in court, we could easily establish that Tuberville is lying about where he lives and is ineligible to serve as governor.

Jordan Doufexis, chairman of Tuberville's campaign, called the residency allegation a "bogus lawsuit" pushed by allies of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Doug Jones. He noted the decision came from a Democratic judge who "followed the law and rejected a bogus lawsuit aimed at hijacking the election before Alabama voters could decide."

Barry Ragsdale, an attorney for the two voters who filed the suit, plans to appeal. "Everyone who has viewed the credible evidence knows that Tuberville really lives in a $5 million gated mansion on the beach in Florida and not in that tiny house behind a strip mall in Auburn," Ragsdale said. He expressed confidence that they could "easily establish that Tuberville is lying about where he lives and is ineligible to serve as governor."

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Doug Jones' residency hoax just got sacked for a loss as a Democrat judge in Montgomery dismissed yet another desperate lawsuit from 'DC Doug's' Democrat proxies.

Property tax records show Tuberville and his wife own a Florida beach home valued at $5.6 million. His campaign states Tuberville resides in Auburn, Alabama, at a 1,551-square-foot property appraised at about $291,780. The senator's name was added to the Auburn property's deed in 2024.

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who followed the law and rejected a bogus lawsuit aimed at hijacking the election before Alabama voters could decide.