Walt Maddox Announces Gubernatorial Run
October 5, 2017Walt Maddox officially running for governor
October 5, 2017Walt Maddox will run for AL governor: ‘We have to draw line in sand and fight for Alabama’
TUSCALOOSA, AL (WBRC) – The 44-year-old mayor of Tuscaloosa launched his 2018 campaign for governor with the release of a video announcement on social media and email Thursday morning.
“I believe the issues I care most about; education, healthcare, infrastructure, I believe we can put together a plan that can solve our problems,” Mayor Walt Maddox, a Democrat, told WBRC.
Maddox, who has served as mayor since 2005, said the state faces crisis.
“Look at any indicators of quality of life. We’re 46th, 47th, 48th, a 49th in everything that matters. It’s been that way for 44 years. We have to draw a line in the sand and fight for Alabama,” Maddox said.
“In Tuscaloosa, we succeeded during the worst economy since the Great Recession, one of the worst natural disasters in Alabama history by focusing on results-oriented government, Maddox said.
