He’s still a longshot. But recent polls show Lew Burdette’s focus on Alabama-centric issues is resonating with some voters, as the three more well-funded Republican frontrunners battle it out over the airwaves for the Tuesday primary.
Burdette, 62, of Vestavia Hills, is hopeful that more people are feeling the same way as Tuesday’s primary fast approaches. A political novice who entered the governor’s race as a longshot candidate, Burdette has climbed comfortably into fourth place in recent polling and is hopeful to make a push at the frontrunners before the primary.
The governor’s race on Tuesday will focus primarily on whether Ivey can receive enough votes to avoid a June 21 runoff. Polling suggests she’s not quite at the 50% needed to avoid the runoff, although plenty of voters remained undecided.Burdette, along with Opelika pastor Dean Odle, are viewed somewhat as spoilers whose candidacy have been bolstered by grassroots campaigning.Burdette dismisses any notion that his candidacy is considered a spoiler.
Odle, pastor at Fire and Grace Church in Opelika, said his campaign opted to save its limited campaign resources on advertising closer to the primary, while traveling “53,000 miles across the state.” “Lew Burdette is interesting because he seems to be running a campaign explicitly trying to avoid nationalization,” said Warner. “If that propelled him enough to make a runoff, that would certainly tell us something about voters’ appetite for a focus on local issues.”
“Sometimes I don’t understand what voters are looking for,” said Hillyer. “It makes no sense that Alabama voters seem to reward the garbage so many candidates hurl their way, rather than demanding real substance. That said, I do sense a late but growing frustration with how awful so many of the gubernatorial campaigns have been, which is why, I think, there is at least a mini-surge for Lew Burdette, who is actually talking about state issues.
He also has other plans, including campaign finance reform that would include require more transparency from donors. His campaign slogan is “Alabama Deserves Better.”
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