CULLMAN, Ala. – As the primary draws near for the special-called election to fill the seat of resigned Alabama House District 12 Rep. Corey Harbison, The Tribune took its usual look at the publicly available campaign finance records of each candidate filed with the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. Republican candidates are presented in alphabetical order. Only one Democratic candidate qualified, and so will not be subject to a primary vote, but his information is included after the Republicans.
Information was taken directly from the Secretary of State’s website, preserving the exact spelling of each name as contained in the finance reports. The only corrections made were commas added to monetary sums $1,000 and up that lacked them in the reports.
Cindy Myrex led the Republicans in fundraising, though substantial amounts of her campaign money came as in-kind contributions or loans from herself. Cullman City Councilman Clint Hollingsworth far outpaced Myrex in contributions from political action committees. Both of the frontrunners received large contributions locally, and Drinkard Development – which routinely supports local campaigns, hedged its bets by contributing to both Hollingsworth and Myrex. Traditions Bank threw its support – and two large donations – firmly to Myrex, while a number of other local businesses and business leaders went for Hollingsworth.
Heather Doyle (Republican)
Month of May
Contributions
- SELF – $100.00 cash plus $1,085.00 in kind
Candidate has reported no other contributions or expenditures
Clint Hollingsworth (Republican)
Month of May
Contributions
- JOHN MULLINS, CULLMAN – $5,000.00
- KREPS LAW FIRM LLC, BIRMINGHAM – $750.00
- FINIS ST JOHN IV, TUSCALOOSA – $5,000.00
- CHAD WITCHER, CULLMAN – $5,000.00
- SV&B PAC, MONTGOMERY – $5,000.00
- KEVIN R BROWN, HANCEVILLE – $250.00
- NATHAN ALLRED, CRANE HILL – $100.00
- ALLRED CONTRACTING & FRAMING INC, CRANE HILL – $750.00
- N & A HOLDINGS INC, CRANE HILL – $250.00
- CHRISTOPHER MCNEEL, CULLMAN – $240.00
- DAVID G MOSS JR., CULLMAN – $200.00
- RONALD PIERCE, CULLMAN – $500.00
- FLETCHER ENTERPRISE LLC, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- JOSHUA CARETTI, HANCEVILLE – $25.00
- J NEIL GUEST, CRANE HILL – $100.00
- BRIAN HEATHERLY, VINEMONT – $150.00
- ERIC NIXON, CULLMAN – $50.00
- LESIA YORK, CULLMAN – $500.00
Total for May: $24,865.00
Expenditures
- LOWES, CULLMAN – $866.20
- ALGOP, BIRMINGHAM – $1244.24
- DOOR DASH, SAN FRANCISCO, CA – $98.60
- CHEVRON, CULLMAN – $62.03
- GRUMPYS, CULLMAN – $98.20
- CHEVRON, CULLMAN – $30.07
- MARVINS, CULLMAN – $10.88
- LOWES, CULLMAN – $516.23
- LOWES, CULLMAN – $431.64
- LOWES, CULLMAN – $351.76
- BULLSEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, JACKSON, MS – $1,980.02
- PREMIER BANK OF SOUTH, CULLMAN – $10.00
Total May expenditures: $5,699.87
June 1-20, 2025
Contributions
- NORTH ALABAMA PAC, HUNTSVILLE – $5,000.00
- SPECIALTY PHARMACY, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- DRINKARD DEVELOPMENT LLC, CULLMAN – $5,000.00
- JOHN APEL, CULLMAN – $500.00
- LOGAN DOSS, HOOVER – $250.00
- B&R METER SERVICE LLC, CULLMAN – $250.00
- WILLIAM BONDS, VINEMONT – $200.00
- DAVID BRANSCOMB, CULLMAN – $100.00
- DENNIS BROWN, CULLMAN – $100.00
- WAYNE BURDEN III, CULLMAN – $500.00
- JOHN CABRI, CULLMAN – $100.00
- PAUL CABRI, CULLMAN – $100.00
- JOSHUA CARETTI, HANCEVILLE – $500.00
- AUSTIN CRIDER, CULLMAN – $400.00
- MATTHEW DELLINGER, CULLMAN – $750.00
- DR. WAYNE B FULLER, CULLMAN – $100.00
- FULLER, WILLINGHAM, & CARTER LLC, CULLMAN – $500.00
- JAMES HOOVER, CULLMAN – $500.00
- LESLEY JENKINS, BREMEN – $250.00
- BARRY MCGRIFF, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- DAVID MOKHTARI, HARVEST – $500.00
- ERIC NIXON, CULLMAN – $500.00
- CONNOR OJARD, ARLEY – $250.00
- NATALIE TIELKING, CULLMAN – $500.00
- TRUK PAC, MONTGOMERY – $2,500.00
- RYAN WATERS, HANCEVILLE – $500.00
- ROB WERNER, CULLMAN – $500.00
- NEWPAC, MONTGOMERY – $2,500.00
- SAVEPAC, MONTGOMERY – $2,500.00
- TELPAC, MONTGOMERY – $2,500.00
- SARAH BROWN KENT, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- LAYNE LOWERY, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- KEITH CARTER, CULLMAN – $100.00
- SAVEPAC, MONTGOMERY – $10,000.00
- ST JOHN & ST JOHN, CULLMAN – $250.00
- JONATHAN B ECHOLS, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- DEVIN ERRETT, CULLMAN – $25.00
Total contributions: $43,225.00
Expenditures
- SOCIAL MEDIA VISUAL, CULLMAN – $500.00
- DUCHESS BAKERY, CULLMAN – $127.88
- HYPE DESIGN CO, CULLMAN – $100.00
- FLAVORS BAKERY, CULLMAN – $120.00
- CREATIVE DESIGN & SCREEN PRINTING, HANCEVILLE – $5,960.25
- LOWES, CULLMAN – $129.32
- PASQUALE’S PIZZA & PASTA, CULLMAN – $219.90
- CREATIVE DESIGN & SCREEN PRINTING, HANCEVILLE – $153.00
- TJ MAXX, CULLMAN – $166.46
- TJ MAXX, CULLMAN – $111.05
- DUCHESS BAKERY, CULLMAN – $100.06
Total expenditures: $7,687.92
June 21-27, 2025
Contributions
- AUTO-PAC, MONTGOMERY – $1,000.00
- HH TECHNOLOGIES INC, BREMEN – $1,000.00
- GREGORY PETERSON, CULLMAN – $500.00
- SV&B PAC, MONTGOMERY – $1,000.00
- JEREMY WOOTEN, VINEMONT – $2,000.00
- BARON HOSPITALITY INC, HOOVER – $1,000.00
- SPENCER BOOZER, CULLMAN – $250.00
- NELL DUNLAP, CULLMAN – $100.00
- TANKERSLY RENTALS, CULLMAN – $500.00
- TELPAC, MONTGOMERY – $1,000.00
Total contributions: $8,350.00
Expenditures
- ETHOS CRAFT BREWING, CULLMAN – $1,883.99
- LOWES, CULLMAN – $374.87
Total expenditures: $2,258.86
June 28-July 4, 2025
Contributions
- LEADERSHIP PAC, TUSCALOOSA – $1,000.00
- JUSTIN PRUETT, CULLMAN – $250.00
- SVBPACII, MONTGOMERY – $5,000.00
Total contributions: $6,250.00
Expenditures
- JIM N’ NICKS, CULLMAN – $367.25
- SOCIAL MEDIA VISUAL, CULLMAN – $2,675.00
- BULLSEYE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, JACKSON, MS – $10,936.02
Total expenditures: $13,978.27
Dan McWhorter (Republican)
Month of May
Contributions
- SELF – $2,046.00 cash plus 2,419.39 in kind
Total contributions: $4,465.39
No May expenditures
June 1-20, 2025
Contributions
- SELF – $1,000 cash plus $67.48 in kind
Total contributions: $1,067.48
Expenditures
- To Self – $1,101.54
No other expenditures
June 21-27, 2025
No contributions reported; $130.75 in non-itemized expenditures reported
June 28-July 4, 2025
Contributions
- SELF – $2,000.00
- SUSAN MEADOWS, IRONDALE – $1,000.00
Total contributions: $3,000.00
Expenditures
- U PRINTING, VAN NUYS, CA – $230.18
No other expenditures reported
Cindy Myrex (Republican)
Month of May
Contributions
- ALABAMA CHRISTIAN CITIZENS, MUSCLE SHOALS – $500.00
- CALVIN MIZE, CULLMAN – $400.00
- SCOTT ROBERTS, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- TRADITIONS BANK, CULLMAN – $5,000.00
- KIMBERLY COOK, VESTAVIA – $200.00
- GERARD KASSOUF, BIRMINGHAM – $250.00
- SHERRY MYREX, BREMEN – $500.00
- AMY SHELTON, CULLMAN – $500.00
- JUSTIN DYAR, CRANE HILL – $2,500.00
- DENIECE R HAND, BREMEN – $500.00
- HOOPER ENTERPRISES OF CULLMAN LLC, CULLMAN – $2,000.00
- MICHAEL MAJERIK, BREMEN – $1,000.00
- BLAND, HARRIS & MCCLELLAN, PC ATTORNEY’S AT LAW, CULLMAN – $5,000.00
- GERALD ROLLO, BREMEN – $208.65
- CLANCY JOHNSON, CULLMAN – $1,500.00
- RANDY JOHNSON, CULLMAN – $500.00
- FARMPAC, MONTGOMERY – $5,000.00
- BOYD J HARRISON MD PC, HALEYVILLE – $250.00
- WENDY CHILDERS, CULLMAN – $500.00
- RANDY CHILDERS CONSTRUCTION LLC, CULLMAN – $500.00
- JAMES SCOTT, JASPER – $250.00
- ZACHARY WOOD, CULLMAN – $250.00
- RITA KAY FREEMAN, HANCEVILLE – $1,000.00
- LIBBY GILL, CULLMAN – $500.00
- K NICOLE SMITH, CULLMAN – $300.00
- SELF – $4,618.56 in kind
- RICKY MYREX, CULLMAN – $8,997.95 in kind
Total contributions: $43,725.16
Expenditures
- SOMARYDESIGNS, JASPER – $306.38
- TAZIKIS MEDITERRANEAN CAFE, CULLMAN – $371.52
- CHAMBERS FARM AND GARDEN SUPPLY, CULLMAN – $449.62
- TAZIKIS MEDITERRANEAN CAFE, CULLMAN – $883.20
- QUALITY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, CULLMAN – $350.00
- TAZIKIS MEDITERRANEAN CAFE, CULLMAN – $3,424.24
- EMILY HAYLES, HOLLY POND – $200.00
- QUALITY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, CULLMAN – $1,850.00
- CULLMAN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, CULLMAN – $325.00
- NEIGHBORHOOD RESEARCH AND MEDIA, RODANTHE, NC – $545.00
- C & C GRAPHICS, CULLMAN – $722.12
Total expenditures: $9,427.08
June 1-20, 2025
Contributions
- RHONDA ABBOTT, BREMEN – $200.00
- JOHN ROBERT ELLIOTT, ARLEY – $500.00
- MELINDA EDWARDS, CRANE HILL – $500.00
- JOANNA ELLARD, CULLMAN – $300.00
- CATHY FINE, SPRINGVILLE – $200.00
- FINE HOME INSPECTION SERVICES LLC, HANCEVILLE – $250.00
- CLARK HAYNES, CULLMAN – $300.00
- KIM HAYNES, CULLMAN – $200.00
- AMANDA REED, HUNTSVILLE – $200.00
- HAL SMALLWOOD, CRANE HILL – $250.00
- TRADITIONS BANK, CULLMAN – $7,500.00
- DIAMOND PLAZA PROPERTIES LLC, VINEMONT – $500.00
- FREE STATE BOAT DOCKS INC, DOUBLE SPRINGS – $5,000.00
- THREE PEARS SHOE OUTLET INC, CULLMAN – $1,000.00
- ROBERT WILSON, CULLMAN – $1,900.00
- DRINKARD DEVELOPMENT, LLC, CULLMAN – $2,500.00
- VICKIE L HARBISON, CRANE HILL – $250.00
- R&D LAKE PROPERTIES, DECATUR – $2,000.00
- THOMAS WESSEL, BREMEN – $250.00
Total contributions: $23,800.00
Expenditures
- C & C GRAPHICS, CULLMAN – $722.12
- BOOSTERS, MONTGOMERY – $740.00
- SOMARYDESIGNS, JASPER – $350.38
- CHAMBERS FARM AND GARDEN SUPPLY, CULLMAN – $449.62
- STRATEGIC IMPACT, LEXINGTON, KY – $9,221.60
- CHAMBERS FARM AND GARDEN SUPPLY, CULLMAN – $163.50
- HANKS SPORTS BAR & GRILL, CULLMAN – $600.00
- ALI BURLESON, CULLMAN – $502.50
- BOOSTERS, MONTGOMERY – $4,229.68
- FREEDOM MEDIA GROUP, LEEDS – $5,050.00
- TENNESSEE VALLEY SIGN & PRINTING, SCOTTSBORO – $1,302.55
- DUCHESS BAKERY, CULLMAN – $120.19
- PUBLIX, CULLMAN – $332.75
- SEVEN DAUGHTERS SCOOPS, CULLMAN – $131.40
- VISUAL ANTHONY LLC, CULLMAN – $6,862.50
- SEVEN DAUGHTERS SCOOPS, CULLMAN – $525.60
- BRANDIN’ IRON, CULLMAN – $880.04
- POPS PLACE ANTHONY BAILEY, HANCEVILLE – $600.00
- STRATEGIC IMPACT, LEXINGTON, KY – $7,885.87
- QUALITY OUTDOOR ADVERTISING, CULLMAN – $650.00
- C & C GRAPHICS, CULLMAN – $3,132.94
Total expenditures: $44,453.24
June 21-27, 2025
Contributions
- ARTHUR EDGE III PC ATTORNEY AT LAW, BIRMINGHAM – $250.00
- HH TECHNOLOGIES INC, BREMEN – $1,000.00
- JAO WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOLDINGS LLC, CULLMAN – $2,500.00
Total contributions: $3,750.00
Expenditures
- FREEDOM MEDIA GROUP, LEEDS – $6,312.50
- TONYA PUTMAN, GARDENDALE – $495.00
- THE BUTCHERS MEAT CO CHUCK WAGON, VINEMONT – $1,200.00
- KERNAL KULLMAN, CULLMAN – $327.10
- POPS PLACE ANTHONY BAILEY, HANCEVILLE – $665.00
- OFFICE MAX, CULLMAN – $197.82
- NEIGHBORHOOD RESEARCH AND MEDIA, RODANTHE, NC – $4,500.00
Total expenditures: $13,697.42
Myrex reported that on July 2, 2025, she made a major contribution in the form of a $20,000.00 loan of her own money to the campaign.
June 28-July 4, 2025
Contributions
- JUSTIN DYAR, CRANE HILL – $2,500.00
- ALABAMA VETERANS PAC, MONTGOMERY – $1,100.00 in kind
- TOTAL CASH CONTRIBUTIONS $3,600.00
Expenditures
- SEVEN DAUGHTERS SCOOPS, CULLMAN – $1,149.75
- ALL STEAK RESTAURANT, CULLMAN – $2,644.50
- WKUL-FM, CULLMAN – $550.00
- NEIGHBORHOOD RESEARCH AND MEDIA, RODANTHE, NC – $1,140.00
Total expenditures: $5,484.25
Matthew Glover (Democrat)
Glover is unopposed in the Democratic primary, and is not currently required to file weekly finance reports. On his two filed monthly reports, most of the funds have come from outside Cullman County, and the majority of his donors are from out of state.
Month of May
Contributions
- SHALIN MODY, HUNTSVILLE – $500.00
- SUSAN MCKENNEY, GUNTERSVILLE – $517.34 in kind
- SELF – $100.00 loan
Total contributions: $1,117.34
Expenditures
- PREMIER BANK OF THE SOUTH, CULLMAN – $3.00
No other expenditures reported
Month of June
Contributions
- WHITNEY CARDEN, CRANE HILL – $100.00
- MICHAEL SANDERS, CULLMAN – $25.00
- DEREK BAILEY, DECATUR – $50.00
- BRIAN SORRELLS, TUSCALOOSA – $100.00
- ELIN WARING, BRONX, NY – $5.00
- CLAIRE ADIS, WHITE PLAINS, NY – $1.00
- MARGARET HAUSMAN, BLOOMINGTON, IN – $10.00
- DARRELL JONES, PORT TOWNSEND, WA – $4.54
- PATRICIA MARTINEZ, DAYTONA, FL – $1.00
- NATHAN GILBERT, ROCK CREEK – $25.00
- GILBERTO ARMENDARIZ, MONUMENT, CO – $1.82
- JAYME O’CONNELL, ALAMO, CA – $4.54
- MICHELLE SCHULTZ, COLUMBUS, OH – $2.27
- DANIEL WADE, TIGARD, OR – $3.18
- MARC JENSEN, FORT BRAGG, CA – $4.54
- KAREN PARKER, WINNETKA, IL – $45.45
- MARTHA TRIPP, BREWSTER, MA – $22.73
- MARILYN WILLIAMS, CULLMAN – $100.00
- NICHOLAS GONZALEZ, ARLINGTON, VA – $10.00
- ANNA COOK, SANTA YNEZ, CA – $9.09
- MARSHA S STURDEVANT, BIRMINGHAM, AL – $25.00
- MAE ARANT, DURHAM, NC – $2.27
Total contributions: $552.43
Expenditures
- WALLGREENS, CULLMAN – $52.22
- PREMIER BANK OF THE SOUTH, CULLMAN – $3.00
- NEXT DAY FLYERS, VAN NUYS, CA – $95.13
- ACTBLUE, SOMERVILLE, MA – $17.87
Total expenditures: $168.22
Election details
Gov. Kay Ivey set special election dates for Alabama House District 12. This seat was previously held by Rep. Corey Harbison, R-Good Hope, who resigned April 15, 2025.
The Special Primary Election for this seat will be Tuesday, July 15, 2025; the special primary runoff, if necessary, will be Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2025; and the special general election will be Tuesday, Oct.28, 2025.
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