In news first broke by Apryl Marie Fogel guest host of the Dan Morris show on News Talk 93.1 (12pm-3pm), Over 190 citizens have started a Facebook group named “Draft Jackie Zeigler for State Auditor.”
Attorney Frank Thiemonge of Daphne is the administrator of the group. He stated, “For six years, Alabama’s State Auditor has served as a valuable monitor of government waste, mismanagement, and corruption. Now, Auditor Jim Zeigler is term-limited and cannot run again.
“We do not need to lose the check and balance of the State Auditor. Help us draft Jackie Zeigler to run in May 2022 for State Auditor. Jackie is highly qualified in her own right, as an elected State School Board member and voice of the people.”
Jackie Zeigler is the elected school board member from southwest Alabama’s first district. She was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020. She has voted to repeal the controversial “Common Core” standards. She was elected in 2020 as Vice Chairman of the board by the other members.
In 2020, she was State Chair of Vote No on Amendment One. It would have eliminated the right to vote for state board of education members and made them all appointed by the governor. It was defeated with a 75% ‘no’ vote.
Mrs. Zeigler says she has “made no decision on running for State Auditor.”
“I will carefully watch the results of this group,” she stated. The Republican primary is now set for May 24, 2022, with the general election in November 2022.
*Editors note: Apryl Marie Fogel is the owner and publisher of Alabama Today. She writes opinion content under the ATBlog tag.
