Marshall, who is in his second and final term in office, has joined the race for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat, which Sen. Tommy Tuberville is leaving to run for governor. The economy, farmer advocacy are issues the AG hopes to make his mark as a senator.

He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation’s capital than other cities. Its historically majority Black population wasn’t electing its own city council and mayor until 1973,