Moody Music Building

Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his "stand in the schoolhouse door" to oppose the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement.

Residents of Tuscaloosa probably had one of two things on their minds over the weekend. First, there was the Alabama Crimson Tide’s college football win over the Georgia Bulldogs in Atlanta. Then, there’s another matchup this coming Wednesday. That’s when Republican Presidential candidates will converge on the University of Alabama for the fourth debate of the primary season ahead of the election next year.

Three senior members of a super PAC backing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis left the group on Saturday, the latest sign of instability within the 2024 hopeful's political operation just six weeks before the Iowa Republican caucuses. This occurs just days ahead of the GOP Debate in Tuscaloosa.

Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the powerful Koch network, formally endorsed Nikki Haley's presidential campaign on Tuesday, promising to commit its nationwide coalition of activists — and virtually unlimited funds — to helping Haley defeat former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary contest. Haley will be among the GOP Presidential hopefuls appearing in Tuscaloosa next Wednesday for the latest Republican Primary Debate at the University of Alabama’s Moody Music Building.