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Riggs Walker

Republican · AL

Riggs Walker is a former Jefferson County deputy district attorney and the 2026 Republican nominee for Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5.

Campaign Finance Information — Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5

Campaign Finance Information · Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 · November 3, 2026

Data last updated September 2, 2026

Raised
$17,514
Spent
$5,954
Cash on hand
$15,677

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
  • $1,000-$4,999$11,000
  • $500-$999$3,000
  • $250-$499$1,350
  • $100-$249$750
  • $1-$99$75

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

Track record

Track record — General

General · 1 record

  • The Alabama REALTORS Political Action Committee endorsed Walker for the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5, on the slate it announced ahead of the May 19, 2026 Republican primary.

    March 26, 2026

    Source: yellowhammernews.com · researched July 31, 2026

Track record — Legal Competence

Legal Competence · 3 favorable

  • Walker spent roughly six years as an Assistant Attorney General for Alabama representing the State in cases before the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the Alabama Supreme Court and the federal courts, after about two decades as a Jefferson County deputy district attorney.

    February 24, 2026Favorable on Legal Competence

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

  • Walker served as a deputy district attorney in the Birmingham Division of Alabama's 10th Judicial Circuit from 1999, prosecuting thousands of felony cases including capital murder, murder, assault, burglary, robbery and theft, after clerking for Circuit Judge William A. Shashy in the 15th Judicial Circuit in 1998-1999 and clerking in the Alabama Attorney General's office in 1997-1998.

    May 26, 2018Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: birminghamwatch.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Represented the State of Alabama as a Jefferson County deputy district attorney before the Alabama Supreme Court in Ex parte McCormick (932 So. 2d 124). The 2005 case interpreted Alabama's Split-Sentence Act and how judges may split sentences longer than 15 years.

    November 23, 2005Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: courtlistener.com · researched July 31, 2026

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Profile last researched July 4, 2026.