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Katherine Robertson

Republican · AL · Chief Counsel to the Alabama Attorney General

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Katherine Robertson is the Republican nominee for Alabama Attorney General and has served as chief counsel to the Alabama Attorney General.

Where Katherine Robertson stands, based on their records

Opposes

Women's Reproductive Rights (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)

Campaign Finance Information — Attorney General

Campaign Finance Information · Attorney General · November 3, 2026

Data last updated September 2, 2026

Raised
$6,041,428
Spent
$5,985,129
Cash on hand
$57,541

Contribution-size amounts cover itemized cash contributions only; the raised total also includes non-itemized cash, in-kind contributions, and other receipts.

Direct contributions by size
  • $5,000+$5,585,773
  • $1,000-$4,999$365,000
  • $500-$999$39,867
  • $250-$499$13,154
  • $100-$249$9,274
  • $1-$99$2,981

Source: Alabama FCPA Reporting System · 2026 cycle · fcpa.alabamavotes.gov

Track record

Track record — Women's Reproductive Rights

Women's Reproductive Rights · 1 oppose

  • Robertson co-authored a published opinion piece with Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill arguing that Vice President Kamala Harris was not the right choice for women voters, criticising her convention framing of women's interests around abortion and faulting the Biden administration's record on women's rights.

    September 6, 2024Opposes Women's Reproductive Rights

    Source: yellowhammernews.com · researched July 31, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 oppose

  • Robertson published a Washington Post opinion piece and gave a follow-up interview urging Alabama school districts still operating under federal desegregation orders to seek the Attorney General's help in ending them, arguing the orders forced hundreds of schools to weigh race in gifted placement and teacher hiring and that this harmed students.

    April 2, 2026Opposes Civil Rights

    Source: 1819news.com · researched July 31, 2026

Track record — General

General · 6 records

  • The Club for Growth PAC endorsed Robertson in the Alabama attorney general race five days before the Republican primary; its president cited her work as Chief Counsel opposing federal regulatory action, on free speech, and on school choice. The group had not contributed money to her campaign at the time of the endorsement.

    May 15, 2026

    Source: aldailynews.com · researched July 31, 2026

  • The Alabama Farmers Federation's political action committee, Alabama FarmPAC, endorsed Robertson for Attorney General as part of its slate of statewide endorsements for the 2026 elections, announced in Montgomery after a FarmPAC meeting that interviewed more than two dozen candidates.

    September 30, 2025

    Source: alfafarmers.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Robertson has served for nearly a decade as chief counsel to Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, after earlier work with the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions.

    June 11, 2025

    Source: apnews.com · researched July 4, 2026

  • Robertson announced her attorney general campaign in June 2025 at an event with Attorney General Steve Marshall, who endorsed her to replace him.

    June 10, 2025

    Source: apnews.com · researched July 4, 2026

  • Robertson addressed the Etowah County Republican Club in Rainbow City, describing the Attorney General's Office as the state's last line of defense against federal overreach and warning that accepting federal funds ties Alabama to conditions it cannot refuse; the report recorded that in 2016, as vice president of the Alabama Policy Institute, she had written a report arguing that Alabama was selling its sovereignty in exchange for federal money.

    March 17, 2025

    Source: 1819news.com · researched July 31, 2026

  • Named chief counsel to the Alabama attorney general in March 2017, moving up from senior advisor. In that role she was the attorney general's liaison to the Alabama State House and to Washington. She began her career at the U.S. Justice Department in its intergovernmental and public liaison office, then served as legislative counsel to U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions on the Senate Judiciary Committee, handling crime, drug and national security matters.

    March 29, 2017

    Source: alabamaag.gov · researched July 31, 2026

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Profile last researched July 4, 2026.