Alabama Governor Candidates Split on Medicaid Expansion Ahead of Vote

Alabama Reflector profiled the two major-party gubernatorial nominees ahead of Tuesday's election to replace term-limited Gov. Kay Ivey. Democratic nominee Doug Jones, a former U.S. senator, has made Medicaid expansion a central plank of his agenda, alongside a data center moratorium and affordability measures, though he would likely face a Republican-controlled Legislature. Republican nominee Tommy Tuberville, the state's senior U.S. senator, has released a "playbook" focused on expanding the state's school voucher program, auditing state agencies, cutting the state workforce, and lowering income taxes, with no mention of Medicaid expansion. The election is November 3.

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