Doug Jones talks to voters in town hall in the capital city
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WAKA) – We are just 83 days from the November midterm elections when voters will elect new leaders to statewide offices in Alabama, which will include the governor’s race.
Former U.S. Senator and Democrat Nominee for Governor, Doug Jones, was in the capital city tonight hosting a town hall and talking to voters on a myriad of issues like affordability, healthcare, flock cameras and much more.
Over a hundred Alabamians came out to here directly from Jones and the campaign. Voters were able to ask Jones direct questions and learn more about what policy will look like under Jones’ leadership.
Jones also told voters that he believes they can win in November like they did in the 2017 special election when he defeated Republican Roy Moore. However, what Jones touched on the most was affordability and AI data centers, which has become a hot button issue recently.
Jones also attacked President Trump’s tariff policies and blamed the administration for some of the economic issues that Alabamians face. However, Jones said there were steps he could take to help alleviate costs for people in Alabama.
“We’re going to try to address it through whatever we can do in the state. We can’t control the tariffs, which has caused a major problem for farmers and other folks in Alabama. We can do things like dealing with power company rates, utility rates, looking at insurance, we want to raise the minimum wage, and get people good healthcare. If they’re not having to spend a ton of money on healthcare because they can get insurance or Medicaid, then that is going to help the affordability issues too,” said Democratic Nominee for Governor, Doug Jones.
Jones also told Action 8 that he and U.S. Senator and Republican Nominee for Governor, Tommy Tuberville, couldn’t disagree more on the issue of AI data centers as well.
“We want a one-year moratorium. We can pause the data centers and put some guardrails up to protect communities. I just came back from Lowndes County where I had a press conference. That is the epitome of what is wrong in Alabama and with state government. Those folks are getting one of those things foisted on them, and they have no clue what it’s about. Nobody said anything to them. Nobody gave them a heads up, and now they’re just trying to throw them a bone to try to explain what’s happening. We need more transparency, our communities need to be protected, and we need to make sure that the communities have a strong say at the very beginning,” Jones said.
Finally, when Jones was asked by a voter if he would commit himself to serious reform of the state’s constitution, he gave a simple answer, yes. Jones said that he wants more power to be put in the hands of mayors, city councils, and local leaders across the state to create change in Alabama.
The governor’s race and all other statewide races will be decided in the midterm elections, which will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd of this year.
