House District 11 candidates: Who’s paying whom?

CULLMAN, Ala. – Understanding where candidates’ funding comes from and where it goes can help voters understand what candidates believe and which causes they support, what kinds of people they represent and, in some cases, who might be expecting representation from them.

In 2020, The Tribune began the “Who’s paying whom” series, publishing the financial records of candidates. By the way, The Tribune is not uncovering secrets; candidates are required to file finance reports with the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office throughout their active campaigns, and those reports are freely available to the public through the Office’s elections website, fcpa.alabamavotes.gov. The Tribune used those reports to create the following lists of major donors and amounts.

For the Alabama House of Representatives District 11 Special Election, candidates formed their campaign committees in March, and have been required to report contributions and expenditures from March until the beginning of August. While candidates might receive many small contributions from individuals, usually friends or business associates, the following lists focus on contributions of $500 or more. Multiple contributions from a single source are totaled for the list; if small contributions from a single source (one business or political action committee (PAC), or individual contributions by a married couple) add up to $500 or more, they are included. All expenditures claimed by the candidates are listed. Lists were current as of April 25, 2025, the end of the last reporting period.

Names of contributors are taken directly from the Alabama Secretary of State’s website, and may contain spelling errors if they were misspelled in the reports. Where the name of a PAC or other group does not make evident the nature of the group, The Tribune offered brief definitions based on information in the Alabama Secretary of State’s database.

Candidate Donald Gene Fallin (Republican) 

Fallin is the sole member of his campaign committee.

March

Contributions:

• KENNETH BRADLEY, Bay Minette AL – $500
• RONALD APEL, Vinemont – $5,000
• KENNETH N BROWN, Cullman – $2,500
• NOAH GUDEL, Bremen AL – $500
• GARRY MARCHMAN, Vinemont – $500
• JOHN A RILEY, Cullman – $5,000
• ROBERT ARMFIELD, Niceville FL – $500 
• DAVID FORD, Madison AL – $500
• MATTHEW HANSEN, Manhattan KS – $1,000
• TIMOTHY MITCHELL, Highland Mills NY – $500
• ROBERT EISIMINGER, Fairfax Station VA – $2,500
• RANDY C JOHNSON, Cullman – $2,500
• WILLIAM M TRUST, Milan NY – $2,500
• DIAMOND PLAZA PROPERTIES, Vinemont – $1,000
• BILL FLOYD, Cullman – $1,000
• BOBBY ROCHA, Opelika AL – $1,000
• ALABAMA COAL COOPERATIVE, Cullman – $2,500
• ALABAMA VETERANS (conservative veterans PAC formed to oppose legislation that would allow the governor to appoint the head of the Alabama Veterans Administration), Montgomery AL – $4,000
• ROBIN CUMMINGS, Cullman – $500
• WILEY KITCHENS, Vinemont – $500

$38,886 total, including smaller contributions, plus $11,244 loaned to campaign fund by Fallin himself.

Expenditures:

• ALABAMA REPUBLICAN PARTY – $1,244 (qualifying fee)
• I360 (political analytics and marketing), Arlington VA – $450
• WKUL, Cullman – $3,000
• BOOSTERS (promotional goods), Montgomery AL – $3,746.82
• RED STATE STRATEGIES (Republican campaign support), Birmingham AL – $2,000
• LOWES, Cullman – $91.91
• RONALD FALLIN, Cullman – $400

April (through April 25, 2025)

Contributions:

• JR STRICKLAND, Hanceville – $1,000
• GERRICK WILKINS, Hoover AL – $1,000
• KYKENKEE (business), Vance AL – $3,000
• CORNERSTONE PATRIOTS (PAC made up of certain Cullman County Republicans), Cullman – $1,000
• GABRIEL ARGO, Cullman – $500
• ALABAMA VETERANS PAC, Montgomery AL – $6,800
• STEVEN KING, Blountsville AL – $500
• FRANK TATE, Aniston – $1,000
• CHARLES SPIVEY, Auburn AL – $500
• BEN MOULTRIE, Trinity AL – $1,000
• AMBER SPENCER and JASON SPENCER, Falkville AL – $500
• 1776 PAC (promoting conservative education reform), Falkville AL – $2,150

Expenditures:

• THE PROSPER GROUP (conservative political digital media services), Greenwood IN – $10,000
• RED STATE STRATEGIES (Republican campaign support), Birmingham AL – $16,039.59
• ECONO PRINTING SERVICE, Tarrant AL – $196.45
• BOOSTERS (promotional goods), Montgomery AL – $2,184
• NL PRODUCTIONS (photo and video), Birmingham AL – $850
• CULLMAN QUICK COPY, Cullman – $32.70
• BLOUNT COUNTIAN (AIMEE WILSON), Oneonta AL – $350
• WRJL FM, Eva AL – $1,450
• I360 (political analytics and marketing), Arlington VA – $450
• OUR TOWN RADIO, Oneonta AL – $107.18

As of April 25, 2025, Fallin’s campaign fund contained $26,265.35.

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Candidate Michael Heath Albright (Republican) 

Allbright is listed as the sole member of his campaign committee, though the “Email Address of Candidate” given on his committee formation paperwork filed with the Secretary of State is that of a CPA tax manager named Quinn Roe at Tuscaloosa-based accounting firm Way Ray Shelton & Co. 

March

Contributions:

• ALABAMA IN-HOME ASSISTANCE LLC, Cullman – $5,000
• GRADETECH, LLC, Blountsville AL – $1,000
• EDITH C MOBLEY, Cullman – $1,000
• SCHWAIGER CONSTRUCTION, Cullman, $500
• WINDMILL FARM, Holly Pond – $2,000
• ALABAMA POULTRY TRUST, Montgomery AL – $1,000
• AMERICAN PHARMACY COOPERATION INC., Bessemer AL – $2,500
• AUTO PAC (promoting retailers of new cars and trucks), Montgomery AL – $1,000
• EDDIE CANADAY, Cullman – $5,000
• FAIRNESS PAC INC (promoting public utilities), Montgomery AL – $1,000
• PETROLEUM & CONVENIENCE MARKETERS OF ALABAMA PAC, Montgomery AL – $1,000
• RETAILERS OF ALABAMA PAC, Montgomery AL – $1,000
• THE BLOOM GROUP (general political lobbying services), Montgomery AL – $500
• ALA FORESTRY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE, Montgomery AL – $5,000
• ALABAMA LENDERS PAC, Pelham AL – $500
• ALABAMA PHARMACY ASSOCIATION PAC, Montgomery AL – $1,000
• BIPAC (promoting “pro-industry pro-development” environment), Montgomery AL – $2,500
• COSBY COMPANY LLC, Selma AL – $500
• DEGCO PAC (founded by a Montgomery attorney who declined to define the purpose), Montgomery AL – $1,000
• HARE, WYNN, NEWELL & NEWTON, LLP, Birmingham AL – $2,000
• SV&B PAC (“promotion of good government”), Montgomery AL – $7,500
• THE JONES GROUP, Montgomery AL – $500
• ALABAMA GROCERS ASSOCIATION SACK PAC, Birmingham AL – $1,000
• ALABAMA HOUSE MAJORITY PAC (promoting election of conservative Republicans), Rainsville AL – $5,000
• ROBERTSON FARMS, Cullman – $500
• ADAMS AND REESE ALABAMA PAC (promoting certain candidates without specific definition), Mobile AL – $1,000
• CATHERINE FULLER, Montgomery AL – $1,000
• GRIFFITH, LOWRY & MEHERG LLC, Cullman – $1,000
• ROAD PAC (promoting road building contractors), Montgomery AL – $1,000
• LILCAD DIVERSIFIED, LLC, Holly Pond – $500
• PROGRESS PAC (promoting Alabama’s Gulf Coast region), Montgomery AL – $7,500
• WAYNE BURDEN III, INC., Cullman – $500

$65,275 total including smaller contributions, plus $6193.48 in loans or in-kind contributions from Albright himself.

Expenditures:

• I360 (political analytics and marketing), Arlington VA – $450
• CAMPAIGN VERIFY, Washington DC – $95

April

Contributions:

• COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, Orange Beach AL – $500
• GREGORY S WINDHAM, Cullman – $1,000
• BUCK AND BULL LEATHER, Holly Pond AL – $1,000
• B & T TIMBER, Holly Pond AL – $3,000
• DUSTY GIBBS, Hanceville AL – $500
• BARRY MCGRIFF, Cullman – $1,000

On April 21, 2025, Allbright loaned his campaign $25,000 in personal funds.

Expenditures:

• TOWN OF BLOUNTSVILLE, Blountsville AL – $600; record also shows a payment of $30,000 to Blountsville that was refunded on the same day. That appears to have been a misprinted payment that was supposed to have been $300.00.
• STEPHANIE MORTON (“digital creator”), Cullman – $195
• ERIC DUNKIN (building contractor), Cullman – $1,450
• COLEY SCREEN PRINTING, Hanceville AL – $599
• WKUL-FM, Cullman – $4,984
• C&C GRAPHICS, Cullman – $2,279.04
• I360 (political analytics and marketing), Arlington VA – $450
• WALKER BRO’S, Baileyton AL – $979.59
• THE CULLMAN TRIBUNE, Cullman – $1,800

As of April 25, 2025, Allbright’s campaign fund contained $89,018.37.

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Candidate Alexandria Braswell (Democrat) 

Braswell is the sole listed member of her campaign committee.

March

Contributions:

Braswell received no contributions of $500 or more. She received small individual donations totaling $1,292.85 from three Cullman residents, one from Birmingham, one from Guntersville, one from Blountsville, one from Crane Hill and one from Durham, NC. Additionally, Braswell loaned the campaign $800 of her own money.

Expenditures:

• NEXT DAY FLYERS, Nan Nuys CA – $321.56
• STICKER MULE, Amsterdam NY – $121.50
• ALABAMA DEMOCRATIC PARTY, Montgomery AL – $517.43 (qualifying fee)
• ETHOS CRAFT BREWING, Cullman – $11.82
• BLOOM WINERY, Cullman – $38.64

April

Contributions:

• WILLARD MCMUNN, Fort Payne AL – $600
• Two other small contributions, plus $50 from the Cullman County Democratic Committee
• Braswell’s second April report listed $210.80 in non-itemized cash contributions but no contributors.

Expenditures:

• 3PATHS MARKETING (small business marketing and website hosting), Madison AL – $375
• IONOS INC (e-commerce and website hosting), Philadelphia PN – $12
• ACT BLUE (Democratic party fundraising), Somerville MA – $4.89

As of April 25, 2025, Braswell’s campaign fund contained $3,997.67.

Contributors by type and location

Each contribution, of any amount, was counted; multiple contributions by the same donor were counted separately.

Gov. Kay Ivey set the special primary election for Tuesday, May 13, 2025, and the special general election for Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.