Former Sen. Doug Jones, the only Democrat to win statewide office in Alabama in years, is now looking to mount another upset.
Jones previously defeated scandal-plagued Republican Roy Moore in a stunning shake-up in 2017, and served in the Senate for three years before he was unseated by current Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.).
On Monday, Jones announced that he was launching another longshot bid, this time for the state’s gubernatorial seat.
“We’re going to do everything we can to bring the people back to the state capital of Montgomery, Alabama,” Jones said in a video announcement on X.
Jones’s campaign for governor will once again pit him against Tuberville, a former Auburn University football coach and Trump loyalist who declared his candidacy for the governor’s office earlier this year.
