Less than a year into the second administration of President Donald Trump, Republican candidates for state and national office in 2026 are already sounding a sense of urgency that the clock is running out.

That emerged as a recurrent theme among a group of nine candidates who spoke Monday at a meeting of the Mobile County Republican Executive Committee. The nine represented a wide range of offices: Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch; U.S. Rep. Barry Moore and Ala. Attorney General Steve Marshall , who are running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Tommy Tuberville ; Jerry Carl , who’s running to regain a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives; Ala. Lt. Gov. candidate Nicole Wadsworth; former Alabama Supreme Court justice Jay Mitchell , who’s running to follow Marshall as

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