Republican Katie Britt announced that her campaign has released a new ad in her 2022 bid to serve as Alabama’s next U.S. Senator. Britt, the former chief of staff for the retiring Senator Richard Shelby, is in a close race with Mo Brooks and Mike Durant. The hotly contested Senate seat should have seemingly gone to Brooks, who won the coveted Donald Trump endorsement early on. However, the former president revoked his endorsement of Brooks in March.
The ad, entitled “Shoot Straight,” is a 30-second spot that highlights Britt’s staunch support of the Second Amendment.
“I’m Katie Britt. Growing up in the Wiregrass, I learned to respect our Second Amendment and always shoot
straight,” Britt says in the ad. “As Alabama’s next Senator, I’ll stop Joe Biden’s radical agenda dead in its tracks: reckless spending, job-killing tax hikes, runaway inflation, vaccine mandates, open borders for illegal immigrants, and abortion on demand. I approve this message because I am ready to take on Joe Biden.”
“The Second Amendment is a critical check against the timeless tyranny of government,” stated Britt in a press release. “Our Founders wisely knew that the Second Amendment will always be necessary to protect our God-given, inalienable right to defend ourselves, our families, our freedom, our homes, and our communities. As the Biden Administration continues to put law-abiding, hardworking Americans in their crosshairs, we must stand firm and preserve the country we know and love for our children and our children’s children. In the Senate, I will always fight to defend our Second Amendment rights and our Christian conservative values.”
Britt is a first-time candidate who has spent most of her career in the private sector, including fighting for small and rural businesses as president and CEO of Alabama’s business council and practicing law. She is a native of Coffee County and now lives in Montgomery with her husband and their two children.
According to Emerson College Polling in late March, Durant is currently leading in the Republican Primary with 33%, followed by Britt with 23%, and Brooks with 12%. No other candidate reached double digits. Twenty-six percent of voters are undecided.
