Manufacture Alabama Endorses Three Statewide Candidates

Birmingham, AL, October 15, 2026 —

Manufacture Alabama has announced endorsements for three candidates running for statewide offices ahead of the general election, citing priorities that include energy reliability, investment and job creation.

The endorsed candidates are John Wahl for lieutenant governor, Jim Zeigler for Public Service Commission Place 2, and Corey Hill for commissioner of agriculture and industries. The announcement describes the endorsements as additional, but does not identify any candidates endorsed previously.

The three races involve different areas of state government: the lieutenant governor’s office, a seat on the Public Service Commission and the office overseeing agriculture and industries. Manufacture Alabama’s stated priorities—reliable energy, investment and jobs—are the themes identified in the endorsement announcement. It did not provide further details in the information available about how those priorities relate to each candidate or specific proposals from the candidates.

The announcement comes ahead of the general election, but the date of the announcement and the election date were not provided. The information also does not specify whether the endorsements were accompanied by financial contributions, campaign activity or statements from the candidates. No direct quotations were included.

The endorsements place the organization’s support behind candidates in three statewide contests. Further details about the reasons for each endorsement, the candidates’ positions and any response from the campaigns were not provided.

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