(FOLEY, Ala.) On October 28, 2026, OgGov.news interviewed Alabama House of Representatives District 96 Republican candidate Danielle Duggar. District 96 includes Daphne, Spanish Fort, Montrose, Belforest, Blakely, Bromley, and Stapleton. It covers the northern Eastern Shore of Baldwin County and includes portions of Mobile County.
Photo credit: Danielle Duggar Campaign
Mrs. Duggar begins by explaining her role over the past several years:
“I spent most of my adult life raising children. I started at 19 and will wrap up in seven years raising them. Although you're never really done as a mom. We did homeschool for a while. We did public school. We've done private school. We've done it all. Homeschooling is a lot of fun, and there's a lot of flexibility. I greatly admire the parents who can continue to do that year after year. My boys were quite rowdy, and it got a little exhausting after a while. So we often ended up in a private Christian school, which I can't say enough good things about the classical Christian education. If you're ever interested in talking about it, please come to me. I'd love to share with you all the great things that they're learning: Latin, debate, rhetoric and logic. This is wonderful, and they do put a lot of emphasis on civic participation and our government and how it works, which is much needed in our schools today,” she said.
Continued Education and Experience:
Danielle further explains, “So after raising my kids, I went back to school, finished my education, I got a master's degree in American history. And then I went and got another graduate certificate in learning design and technology. The plan was to build online courses. Which I did. I built a few of them. I built one on the Alabama legislative process, which I think I presented to some of you here. I really enjoyed doing that. I really enjoyed teaching, but my heart was with civic engagement. So I found my dream job at the time, which was doing legislative analysis for a national nonprofit. So what I do in that role, we do legislative analysis and advocacy. We track bills in all 50 state houses plus DC, and we analyze the bill. We let the folks in that state know what it does, how it changes their existing law, how it might change its administrative code, and what the effect of that bill will be if it passes. And we give them talking points, we give them arguments that they can use to support or oppose the bill, and if they want to reach out to their lawmaker. That's what I've done for a living for the last three years. I greatly enjoyed it. I love the advocacy side of it. I love the education side of it. Being a former educator, I really love that side of it. And now that is going to help me transition into my new role in the legislature.”
She further expounds, “So I am the Republican nominee for the Alabama House District 96. That's Daphne, Spanish Fort, Montrose, Belforest, Blakely, Bromley, and Stapleton. It covers the northern Eastern Shore of Baldwin County and includes portions of Mobile County. If you hear your town, please vote for me on November 3. And please let your neighbors know and your friends and your church family. Please just let everyone you know how important it is to come out and vote all the way down the ballot, even for our little local races or house or county races. We need you all to come and vote all the way down the ballot Republican.”
Bipartisan and Cultural Contrast:
“In my race in particular, I have a pretty woke, far left Democrat opponent. He is a transgender Democrat. He is a man, and he identifies as a woman. He has all kinds of ideas about what we should and should not have in our libraries. He fully supports having books in the library that would educate children about gender ideology, letting them know they have a choice. In his opinion, he is fully supporting having books that mention homosexuality in the libraries or in our schools. Counseling for kids, gender-affirming care—he calls it, ‘women's healthcare.’ Abortion. These are things that most of us, Democrat or Republican, don't agree with far left radical ideologies, and that's the kind of thing that we really need to make sure we're not voting for this November. By not showing up to vote, you're voting for that. Please let your friends and family know that I do have a transgender Democratic opponent. His ideas are quite a radical departure from what you and I grew up with. I greatly appreciate your support. I'm a conservative Republican. I want to make sure that I'm protecting individual freedom and liberty every day when I'm in the State House. That's my mission. We’re not just conservative socially, but fiscally as well,” she said.
Data centers and solar farms:
Duggar says, “As you know, I did oppose the solar farm in Stockton, Alabama, Baldwin County, because the citizens in Stockton didn't want it. My opinion is that we've got to find a way, whether it's through legislation or some process, where the community gets a say in whether or not they want it. I've spoken with John Knapp in House District 65. And he said that some of his communities in Washington County do want them. So it really depends on whether it's good for the area.”
Baldwin County is not the same as Washington and some other counties:
“In Baldwin County, we don't really have good spots for that. We have a lot of agriculture, and then we have a lot of suburbs and places where people are living. You don't want to put an AI data center, especially like a mega site center, next to residential communities. There's noise pollution, and it's going to increase. It's going to use up the water and increase the water and energy demands. So in Baldwin County, people there may not want it. In Washington County, some of those areas don't have a lot of industry and don't have a lot going on up there. They could use the revenue from it.
"I say let the communities decide. Let the people who live in the communities decide, not just the county commission or the municipality. Let the people vote on whether or not they want it coming in. And then I support the legislative efforts that some of the House members are discussing to curtail some of the abuses of those data centers; i.e., forcing them to cover all of their operating costs, and for it to not be subsidized for the increase in energy consumption, not to increase rates for the ratepayers. Just to make sure that the people aren't suffering from it. If they can do closed-loop water systems, where the data center is not consuming millions and millions of gallons of water, if we can put guardrails on it, and then it can be done safely without draining natural resources or polluting the area with sound or noise, and the community wants it, then so be it. I think as long as it's done responsibly and with the vote of the people, then I would support that. But if we're subsidizing their energy consumption, if we're paying for them to increase the power grid so they can run power to the data center, if we're paying higher water costs because they're sucking our reservoirs and consuming our water, and it's noise pollution, and the people in the area don't want it, then that's a hard ‘pass.’”
Alabama Constitutional Amendment 2:
“I did some reading on it. ‘Amendment 2 would allow two or more neighboring counties to combine their public school systems into one system if their county school boards agree. Before merging, the state Board of Education would have to study how the change would affect students, families, transportation, school operations, finances and taxes. This study must be made public before the merger is finalized. The Amendment also includes a provision allowing voters in the affected counties to vote on the merger.’ I'm good with that. If the people want it and it's voted on, and they've done the study and given the voters all the information, then definitely let them do it.”
Conservative Republican focused on individual freedom, small government, reduced regulation, and protecting Christian conservative values.
“In reference to the government, we want to keep the government small, keep the government out of your business, reduce regulations, reduce that burden on our businesses and our people. I feel that's very important. We are so blessed in Alabama. After working in all 50 states and seeing what these people deal with, we are so blessed in Alabama that we do have common sense. We do have lawmakers who care about us, who have family values, who have Christian conservative values, and we just need to make sure that we vote the right people into office who are going to protect that, because we have a gem here. We have tremendous economic opportunities with our development and industry coming in … just huge opportunities for growth in this state. And if we really pay attention to education, and we really pay attention to protecting our people, Alabama is going to be the shining star of the United States.
For any questions, comments, or concerns, you can contact Danielle Duggar at 251-210-7040 and DanielleDuggar.com.
To add to or correct any information in this report, please reach out to me at tracey.g@lead4earth.org
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