ICYMI: Club for Growth PAC, Alabama Freedom Fund Release New Poll and 2 Ads in AL-SEN Race

Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, Club for Growth PAC-endorsed Rep. Barry Moore (31%) leads Attorney General Steve Marshall (26%) and Jared Hudson (13%), according to new polling in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race. The poll also found that just 31% were aware of President Trump’s endorsement of Moore in the race. Additionally, Club for Growth Action’s affiliated Alabama Freedom Fund launched two new ads as part of a $1.25 million buy across TV, streaming, and radio in Birmingham and Huntsville. Caleb Taylor covered the release as an exclusive for 1819 News.  

Click here to watch The First, an Alabama Freedom Fund ad highlighting President Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Barry Moore for Senate.  

Click here to view Mother, an Alabama Freedom Fund ad that exposes Attorney General Steve Marshall as an Obama Democrat and slams his soft-on-crime record.  

Click here to read the full polling memo from Club for Growth PAC.  

STORY EXCERPTS: 
The Alabama Freedom Fund began running ads on Wednesday touting President Donald Trump’s endorsement of U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) and reminding voters about Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall’s past as a Democrat. 

The Alabama Freedom Fund is bankrolled by Club for Growth Action, a conservative advocacy group that endorsed Moore for U.S. Senate in January shortly after he got Trump’s endorsement.  

The $1.25 million ad buy from the Alabama Freedom Fund spans TV, streaming and radio in the Birmingham and Huntsville media markets. 

One of the ads labels Marshall as someone who has spent most of his life as a “soft-on-crime Democrat.” 

“So after Steve Marshall spent most of his life as a soft-on-crime Democrat, why would we ever make him Senator?” the ad asked. 

Democrat Gov. Don Siegelman appointed Marshall as Marshall County District Attorney in 2001. Marshall later changed his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican in 2011. Republican Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Marshall to be Alabama Attorney General in 2017. 

The second, by the Alabama Freedom Fund, features Trump’s endorsement of Moore. 

“Barry has never stopped fighting for Trump’s agenda. As Senator, he’ll fight even harder. Barry Moore (is) completely and totally MAGA with Trump’s complete and total endorsement,” the ad states. 

Primary elections in Alabama are scheduled for May 19.