State Auditor Jim Zeigler currently leads the Republican primary for Secretary of State, but he says the margin is “way too close.”
Zeigler has 34.4% and Rep. Wes Allen has 28.2% in the McLaughlin & Associates poll paid for by the Alabama Forestry Association. According to the poll, a whopping 37% of voters remain undecided. 500 likely Republican voters were polled June 6-9.
The Forestry Association has endorsed Allen.
Zeigler says the race has boiled down to “Zeigler and the taxpayers vs. the Montgomery special interest groups.
“My six-point lead could be wiped out by hundreds of thousands in special interest money against me on TV and social media,” Zeigler said.
In the May 24th first primary, Zeigler led with 43% to Allen’s 39%.
The two will meet in a faceoff hosted by Eagle Forum of Alabama Monday at the Gardendale Civic Center at 6:30 p.m. It is open to the public and is free. It also features the two runoff candidates for State Auditor, Stan Cooke and Andrew Sorrell.
The runoff is June 21, 2022.
