M ONTGOMERY, Ala. ( WSFA) - The race for Alabama’s next governor is heating up with the addition of Doug Jones, the only Democrat in the last decade to win a statewide election. The former U.S. senator confirmed his candidacy on social media Monday after filing the necessary paperwork to launch his bid.

New polling shows the different levels of support Republican candidate Tommy Tuberville and his Democratic rival Doug Jones have in Alabama's gubernatorial election.

Doug Jones said Alabamians want a governor who "treats this state with grace and dignity and not just like a rest stop on the way to the Florida beach."

Attorneys in Alabama are making their case for why they should be the state chief law enforcement officer. There are three candidates so far for attorney general.