{"id":273828,"date":"2025-06-05T00:54:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T00:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/most-of-tubervilles-initial-fundraising-haul-came-from-large-donations\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T00:54:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T00:54:32","slug":"most-of-tubervilles-initial-fundraising-haul-came-from-large-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=273828","title":{"rendered":"Most of Tuberville\u2019s initial fundraising haul came from large donations"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Last week, Tommy Tuberville\u2019s campaign for governor issued a statement<\/a> that it had \u201craised $2,064,723 during its first 24 hours, far surpassing its initial goal and shattering the previous Alabama record.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackie Curtiss Cox, the campaign\u2019s fundraiser, wrote that she had \u201cnever seen momentum like this in my more than ten years in Alabama politics.\u201d Tuberville stated in a post on X<\/a> that the initial round of fundraising was \u201cjust the beginning of our fight to put Alabama first.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cox also stressed that \u201cthese were not from PAC donations \u2014 every dollar came from small business owners, entrepreneurs, workers, and retirees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mandatory campaign finance reports filed by the campaign, though, reveal the vast majority of these day one funds, over 90 percent, came from \u201cmajor contributions:\u201d donations of $20,000 or more. There is no legal maximum on how much someone can give to a principal campaign committee for state elected office in Alabama, but campaigns must report all major contributions within two business days.<\/p>\n

The average major contribution for Tuberville\u2019s first day was over $62,000, with the highest single contribution being a $175,000 donation from one Chad Witcher. The per capita income in Alabama, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is $34,835, around half of that average.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt turns out Alabama business owners have a vested interest in who their next governor is \u2014 go figure,\u201d Mallory Jaspers, the communications director for Tuberville\u2019s campaign Coach for Governor, wrote in a statement to APR.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only story here is that Coach Tuberville\u2019s campaign is shattering Alabama\u2019s previous fundraising records,\u201d she continued. \u201cCoach Tuberville is thankful for every single dollar he has received from friends, business owners, and individuals from across the state and looks forward to becoming Alabama\u2019s next governor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Over a third of the major contributions Tuberville\u2019s campaign received on May 27 came directly from businesses, not individuals. And some of the companies and individuals that have donated to Tuberville\u2019s campaign regularly benefit from state government contracts.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Caddell Construction, which donated $25,000, was awarded the $623 million contract<\/a> to build the new \u201cmega prison\u201d in Elmore County, a project whose cost has only grown<\/a> over the last couple years.<\/p>\n

Prison healthcare company NaphCare also donated $100,000 to Tuberville\u2019s campaign. NaphCare does not appear to have any current contracts with Alabama\u2019s state government following a 2003 lawsuit, but regularly contracts with several other state governments.<\/p>\n

Limestone Building Group, which donated $10,000 on May 30, is currently in the process of building a multi-purpose building for the Limestone Correctional Facility, the largest state prison currently operating.<\/p>\n

While a few of the biggest donations Tuberville has received were from businesses, including ones without obvious ties to Alabama\u2019s state government, the majority of major contributions were still from wealthy individual donors.<\/p>\n

Some of these individual donors, though, are the owners or leaders of businesses that receive public contracts. Allen Harris, CEO of Bailey-Harris Construction, donated $25,000 to Tuberville\u2019s campaign. Bailey-Harris Construction\u2019s public list of projects<\/a> shows the company is regularly awarded construction contracts for projects on the campuses of Alabama\u2019s public universities, primarily Auburn University and the University of Alabama.<\/p>\n

Another man who contributed $50,000, Jordan F. Vaughn, is a doctor who specializes<\/a> in treating \u201cvaccine-injured patients or those experiencing Long COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vaughn cohosts a podcast every Tuesday, \u201cAmerica Out Loud PULSE<\/a>,\u201d for conspiracy website America Out Loud News, where he and his cohost sing the praises of Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and claim COVID-19 vaccines cause cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to Vaughn\u2019s podcast, the site also publishes debates about whether the Twin Towers should have collapsed<\/a>, arguments that the government manufactures extreme weather events<\/a>, and tales of telepathy<\/a> among nonverbal autistic children.<\/p>\n

In an email to APR, Vaughn explained he \u201cdonated to Tommy Tuberville\u2019s campaign because I wholeheartedly agree with his views and values.\u201d He did not directly answer a question about whether his views on vaccines contributed to his decision to donate.<\/p>\n

According to the monthly campaign finance report Tuberville filed yesterday, the campaign ended May with a balance of $3,051,735.91. So far the campaign has only reported spending $6,540.64 on administrative payments to Republican fundraising platform WinRed and fundraising expenditures charged by \u201cfull-service marketing and creative agency\u201d TAG LLC.<\/p>\n

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