A new "Business Partners for Rick Pate" coalition announced on Monday that it is actively recruiting other business leaders from across the state to support the Republican lieutenant governor candidate because Pate is the "only one in the field who has founded, expanded and operated a business."

Pate is running against Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, Dr. Nicole Wadsworth and Opelika pastor Dean Odle in the Republican primary for lieutenant governor in 2026. Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth is term-limited from seeking re-election.

"The business community needs a doer, not a talker serving as lieutenant governor, and Rick Pate is the only candidate who has signed the front of a paycheck so others can sign the back," said coalition member Ken Upchurch, chairman and CEO of W.K. Upchurch Constr

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