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GOP senator mistakenly leaks private info while trying to prove he doesn't live in Florida

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), a prominent ally of President Donald Trump, has been dogged throughout his campaign for governor of Alabama by claims that he secretly lives in Florida and may have even illegally voted there . So his campaign has released a series of records to prove his residency in Alabama. However, according to Lagniappe, those documents weren't thoroughly redacted, exposing personal information about Tuberville's taxes and income not previously known to the public. The report specifically zeroed in on "the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Alabama Form 40 state income tax returns released by the campaign," because "it was clear there was no redaction in the first line for Alabama Income Tax Withheld for any of those years." And what they show is that Tuberville paid no state income tax in Alabama during those periods. "Tuberville, who earned millions in salary and contract buyouts as a former collegiate football coach, reported no income tax withheld in that box for those three years, but also listed his Alabama Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) as just $37,816 in 2018, $11,806 in 2019 and $137,854 in 2020," noted the report. By contrast, he reported $132,330 for 2018, $85,925 for 2019, and -$92,884 for 2020 on his federal Adjusted Gross Income forms. Once he was elected to the Senate, those figures shot up to over $600,000 in his first year, "propelled by stock trades and real estate investments." Real estate made a massive portion of his income, according to the report: "That line item shows $453,375 in gains in 2021, $617,111 in 2023 and $829,129 in 2024." The documents go on to show "substantial interest and dividend income, ranging from about $49,000 to $83,000 annually." All of this comes as Tuberville has been hit by legal challenges to his residency from other GOP candidates.