The Montgomery Advertiser published its endorsement today: “Strange is by far the better Republican candidate.”
Alabama Attorney General Troy King is seeking the Republican nomination to return to office, but the people of Alabama would be better served if his Republican opponent is the party’s nominee.
Normally, experience in office is a good thing, but King’s experience shows he is not suited for the job.
King’s own poor judgment caused him to have to step aside from the largest criminal investigation of public corruption in Alabama during his tenure as the state’s chief prosecutor. King had to recuse himself from participating in a corruption probe by his office and federal prosecutors of the state’s two-year college system. Why? King had asked the head of the two-year system — the prime target of the probe — to hire the family member of a friend.
Then he later raised questions about his independence by allowing a gambling center operator to throw a party in his honor, and then later allowing his office to issue an opinion favoring the center.