Two area candidates for the Alabama Legislature have received endorsements from the National Rifle Association for the upcoming November 6, 2018, general election.
Jamie Kiel, Republican candidate for House District 18, and Sen. Larry Stutts, the Republican incumbent in Senate District Six, both received the NRA endorsements.
In a September 24th press release, Stutts announced he had been endorsed by the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund. Stutts said the NRA-PVF “praised his defense of the Second Amendment and attention to firearm-related issues during his time in office.”
Stutts has an “A” rating from the NRA-PVF representing that he is a “solid pro-gun/pro-hunting candidate who is an advocate for the right to keep and bear arms.”
Interestingly, Stutts’ opponent, Rep. Johnny Mack Morrow, the Democratic nominee for Senate District Six, has an “A+” rating from the NRA, a higher rating than Stutts, yet he did not receive the group’s endorsement.
Kiel, who faces Democratic nominee Eddie Britton next month in the general election, also received a local endorsement from the Franklin County chapter of BamaCarry, a pro-active Second Amendment group.
“I am pleased to receive the endorsement of these two exceptional organizations,” Kiel said. “I am a firm supporter of the Second Amendment, and will vote accordingly as the Representative of District 18.”
Although he did not receive the NRA endorsement, Britton is an active member of the NRA and describes himself as pro-Second Amendment and as a legislator whose voting record will support the same.
Originally published by Franklin Free Press by John Pilati