{"id":146433,"date":"2025-03-20T21:23:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/after-apr-exposed-david-coles-fraud-tubervilles-residency-next-in-the-crosshairs\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:23:35","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:23:35","slug":"after-apr-exposed-david-coles-fraud-tubervilles-residency-next-in-the-crosshairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433","title":{"rendered":"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/p>\n

\n

The head of the Alabama Republican Party made it clear Tuesday: if U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville makes a run for governor, the \u201cspecifics\u201d of his residency won\u2019t be ignored. Years of Senate reimbursement filings, legal documents and public records will be dragged into the spotlight \u2014 and they\u2019ll likely show exactly where \u201cCoach\u201d calls home when he\u2019s not in Washington.<\/p>\n

Appearing on The Jeff Poor Show<\/em>, ALGOP Chairman John Wahl said he didn\u2019t believe there was a \u201cbasis right now for a challenge on residency,\u201d citing Tuberville\u2019s nearly six years in the Senate and his yearlong campaign across the state prior to taking office. But despite Wahl\u2019s claim, Tuberville didn\u2019t take office until January 2021 \u2014 which means he\u2019s been a senator for just over four years, not six.<\/p>\n

But Alabama law doesn\u2019t care about campaign stops or press tours. It requires a candidate for governor to have lived in the state for seven consecutive years prior to qualifying. And that\u2019s where things could get interesting for Tuberville, who has been dogged by residency questions since he first floated the idea of running for governor.<\/p>\n

APR reported Tuesday<\/a> that Tuberville doesn\u2019t personally own property in Alabama. He\u2019s said \u2014 including in a 2023 interview following reporting from The Washington Post<\/em> <\/a>\u2014 that he lives in Auburn. The home in question is on Cherry Street, a 1,500-square-foot house valued just under $400,000, owned by his wife, Suzanne, and son, Tucker.<\/p>\n

But should anyone file a challenge, Tuberville would have to do more than point to an address on paper. He\u2019d have to prove \u2014 first to ALGOP officials and possibly to a court \u2014 that his primary residence is the modest Auburn home and not the $6 million, 4,000-square-foot beachfront mansion in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s a steep climb. In Alabama, residency for the purpose of qualifying for office isn\u2019t about a name on a deed. Courts have been crystal clear: your primary residence is where you sleep, eat and keep most of your possessions.<\/p>\n

The Alabama Republican Party has been down this road before \u2014 and it wasn\u2019t pretty. It was APR\u2019s dogged investigation<\/a> into Rep. David Cole\u2019s phony residency claims that ultimately led to his undoing. Cole, a freshman representative from Madison, claimed he lived in District 10 but in reality lived elsewhere. To skirt the law requiring candidates to reside in the district for a full year prior to qualifying, Cole rented \u201cspace\u201d at a friend\u2019s home and used that address as his own.<\/p>\n

\n
Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Under oath, he admitted he never stayed there and had no possessions there. The Alabama Attorney General\u2019s Office launched a voter fraud investigation based on APR\u2019s reporting, using Cole\u2019s own testimony and public records to prove the truth. Cole pleaded guilty to felony voter fraud, served 60 days in jail and resigned in disgrace.<\/p>\n

The Republican Party tried to shield him from the consequences of his dishonesty, brushing off a valid challenge during the primary. But in the end, the law prevailed.<\/p>\n

In his radio interview, Wahl made a glib comment, saying, \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be interesting to see what happens,\u201d and added, \u201cBut I think the big question is, does Tuberville actually pull the trigger and run for governor, more than whether he\u2019s qualified or not?\u201d<\/p>\n

But is that really the most interesting thing, as Wahl suggests? Or is it the black letter of the law that matters?<\/p>\n

In Tuberville\u2019s case, that black letter of the law could become unavoidable. Legal documents filed by the Tubervilles in recent years list their residence as Old Beach Road in Santa Rosa, Fla. Years of Senate reimbursement filings and public records likely show exactly where he spends most of his time when not in Washington.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s managed to skate by for years, thanks to the gray areas in federal-level residency rules. But if he runs for governor, the rules are clear, the scrutiny will be intense, and the law \u2014 as we\u2019ve seen before \u2014 doesn\u2019t play favorites.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The head of the Alabama Republican Party made it clear Tuesday: if U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville makes a run for governor, the \u201cspecifics\u201d of his residency won\u2019t be ignored. Years of Senate reimbursement filings, legal documents and public records will be dragged into the spotlight \u2014 and they\u2019ll likely show exactly where \u201cCoach\u201d calls home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":146434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11763],"tags":[61651,11100,27635,61655,3701,26482,11178,61652,44688,61654,61653],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-146433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alabama","tag-algop-chairman-john-wahl","tag-apr","tag-coles","tag-crosshairs","tag-david","tag-exposed","tag-fraud","tag-rep-david-cole","tag-residency","tag-tubervilles","tag-u-s-sen-tommy-tuberville"],"yoast_head":"\nAfter APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The head of the Alabama Republican Party made it clear Tuesday: if U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville makes a run for governor, the \u201cspecifics\u201d of his residency won\u2019t be ignored. Years of Senate reimbursement filings, legal documents and public records will be dragged into the spotlight \u2014 and they\u2019ll likely show exactly where \u201cCoach\u201d calls home […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-20T21:23:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T21:23:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433\"},\"wordCount\":701,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ALGOP Chairman John Wahl\",\"APR\",\"Coles\",\"crosshairs\",\"David\",\"EXPOSED\",\"Fraud\",\"Rep. David Cole\",\"residency\",\"Tubervilles\",\"U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Alabama\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433\",\"name\":\"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-20T21:23:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs - Som2ny Network","og_description":"The head of the Alabama Republican Party made it clear Tuesday: if U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville makes a run for governor, the \u201cspecifics\u201d of his residency won\u2019t be ignored. Years of Senate reimbursement filings, legal documents and public records will be dragged into the spotlight \u2014 and they\u2019ll likely show exactly where \u201cCoach\u201d calls home […]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-03-20T21:23:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs","datePublished":"2025-03-20T21:23:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433"},"wordCount":701,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg","keywords":["ALGOP Chairman John Wahl","APR","Coles","crosshairs","David","EXPOSED","Fraud","Rep. David Cole","residency","Tubervilles","U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville"],"articleSection":["Alabama"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433","name":"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-20T21:23:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Tommy_Tuberville_official_portrait-e1689979224116.jpg","width":1024,"height":576},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=146433#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"After APR exposed David Cole\u2019s fraud, Tuberville\u2019s residency next in the crosshairs"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146433"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=146433"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=146433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}