Joe Siegelman, candidate for Alabama state attorney general, says politics cannot influence role

State Attorney General candidate Joe Siegelman made several stops throughout the Wiregrass Thursday – all a part of his belief that public service and campaigning are about the people.

“There’s no alternative to seeing people face to face, eye to eye and making sure they get the sense that you are real … and you care about them and the issues that affect them,” he said in an Eagle interview at the Wiregrass Angel House. “I know of no other way than to be in front of people and have that personal contact. (I) want to make sure the people of Alabama know that there is a choice in the attorney general’s office this year.”

Siegelman, a Democrat, is campaigning against Republican Steve Marshall, the current AG after former Gov. Robert Bentley appointed him to the position in February 2017. While Siegelman officially has a “D” by his name, the son of former Gov. Don Siegelman said politics and parties should not matter when it comes to the particular office he seeks.

“What that office needs more than anything is independence,” he said. “The attorney general doesn’t make the law, can’t change the law, (has) limited opportunities to interpret the law. As soon as a political agenda gets in the way in making decisions, you’re not going to be doing the job that you’re supposed to do.”

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