She’s Alabama’s longest continually serving governor. And her party is ignoring her.

By: Brian Lyman

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: August 24, 2026

Words: 876

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Gov. Kay Ivey released her farewell video last week.

Her office didn’t bill it that way. But it had all the beats of a political goodbye. Slow piano music? Check. Nonstop lectern appearances? You got ‘em. Lots of waving and finally walking away? Oh yeah.

One would expect a production like this in December or January, when Alabama’s longest continually serving governor leaves office. Not in August, when Ivey …

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