Jim Zig Zeigler
Republican · AL
Jim Zig Zeigler is a former Alabama State Auditor and the 2026 Republican nominee for Alabama Public Service Commissioner, Place 2.
Where Jim Zig Zeigler stands, based on their records
Supports
Cost of Living Reduction (1 record)
Campaign Finance Information — Public Service Commissioner, Place 2
Campaign Finance Information · Public Service Commissioner, Place 2 · November 3, 2026
Data last updated September 2, 2026
- Raised
- $226,504
- Spent
- $179,313
- Cash on hand
- $8,437
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+$167,000
- $1,000-$4,999$17,500
- $500-$999$1,000
- $250-$499$1,600
- $1-$99$50
Source: Alabama FCPA Reporting System · 2026 cycle · fcpa.alabamavotes.gov
Track record
Track record — Cost of Living Reduction
Cost of Living Reduction · 1 support
Zeigler opposed the proposed Mobile River bridge toll, and toll opponents won when Governor Kay Ivey said in 2019 that the project was dead.
August 28, 2019Supports Cost of Living Reduction
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 4, 2026
Track record — General
General · 7 records
Zeigler and his wife Jackie campaigned against Alabama's proposed Amendment One, which would have replaced the elected state school board with a board appointed by the governor; voters defeated the amendment in the March 3, 2020 primary.
March 3, 2020
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 31, 2026
Zeigler posted a photograph on Twitter comparing Congresswomen dressed in white to the Ku Klux Klan, drawing nationwide condemnation, and publicly defended the post.
March 2, 2017
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 31, 2026
Zeigler filed ethics complaints in 2016 against Governor Robert Bentley and Rebekah Caldwell Mason; the Ethics Commission later found probable cause against Bentley, who resigned in 2017 after pleading guilty to campaign-finance misdemeanors.
March 25, 2016
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 4, 2026
Zeigler gave a September 2015 speech to the League of the South, which the Southern Poverty Law Center described as a hate group.
September 27, 2015
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 4, 2026
Following the 2015 Charleston church shooting, Zeigler advocated that parishioners take guns to church.
June 20, 2015
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 4, 2026
As State Auditor in 2015, Zeigler filed lawsuits against the Alabama attorney general and Baldwin County schools seeking to stop taxpayer money from being spent on political campaigns; the suits were dismissed.
May 4, 2015
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 4, 2026
Zeigler served on the Alabama Public Service Commission from 1974 to 1978 before later serving as Alabama State Auditor from 2015 to 2023.
January 19, 2015
Source: en.wikipedia.org · researched July 4, 2026
Race Jim Zig Zeigler is in:
- Public Service Commissioner, Place 2 · November 3, 2026 · Alabama
Profile last researched July 4, 2026.