Robert Lane McCollum is running for PSC President

Conservative businessman Robert Lane McCollum has announced he will run for President of the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) in the March 5 Republican primary.

McCollum will be challenging incumbent PSC President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh.

McCollum had previously announced that he would run for Tallapoosa County Probate Judge. He announced on Monday that he will not be seeking that office. Earlier this year, he explored possibly running for Congress against incumbent Mike Rogers (R-AL03).

McCollum previously ran for PSC Commissioner in 2022, ultimately losing in the Republican primary runoff to incumbent Commissioner Chip Beeker.

“I have decided to leave the race for Tallapoosa County Probate Judge, and instead challenge Twinkle Cavanaugh for President of the Alabama PSC,” McCollum said. “A conservative state like Alabama cannot stand four more years of swamp creatures like Twinkle raising their utility bills year after year. Alabamians want a PSC President that looks out for them and not the special interests. Twinkle isn’t that person.”

McCollum is a private business owner in Dadeville, Alabama.

“I learned in 2022 that people getting rich on the backs of hard-working Alabamians will stop at nothing to keep a conservative political outsider off of the PSC, “McCollum said. “Twinkle never saw a light bill she didn’t want to raise, and that stops now. Tallapoosa County will be in excellent hands with Judge Talmadge East, but Alabama can’t take anymore.”

The upcoming Alabama Republican Primary will be held on March 5, 2024. Republican candidate qualifying opens on October 16. Candidate qualifying for the Alabama Democratic Party is expected to open on September 29.

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