Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is leaving the Senate as he embarks on a quest to become the next governor of the state.

The senator made his announcement official on Tuesday evening when he appeared on Fox News and spoke to host Will Cain.

“As you know, I coached, and it was a great time. We made some great friends. It’s been a lot of fun,” the senator, who had a successful career at Auburn University as a football coach, said.

“So a few years ago, I decided to give back to this great country and fight. President Trump was a guy that really was behind me in doing the Senate race. He’s been behind me ever since and today I will announce that I will be the future governor of the great state of Alabama,” Tuberville said.

“I’m doing this to help this country and the great state of Alabama,” the senator said. “I’m a football coach. I’m a leader. I’m a builder. I’m a recruiter, and we’re going to grow Alabama.”

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“We’re going to bring manufacturing to this state. We’re going to stop this illegal immigration. We’re going to make education better again, and we’re going to do everything possible to make sure our kids… stay in this state and work,” he said.

The senator has been endorsed by President Donald Trump to succeed the term-limited Republican Governor Kay Ivey.

Alabama Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth announced last week that he would not seek the position which all but assures that Tuberville will be the next governor of the deep red state.

The last Democrat to hold the position of governor was former Gov. Don Siegelman who served one term from January 18, 1999, to January 20, 2003.

Since then, the governorship has remained in Republican control with Govs. Bob Riley, Robert Bentley and Ivery each serving two terms.

The senator said that while he prepares to campaign for governor, he still has work ahead of him in the Senate, like passing President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill.”

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But House Speaker Mike Johnson is warning that a handful of Senate Republicans may “tank” President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” by stripping out key measures from the bill that are directly important to the president’s agenda.

During an interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation,” Johnson also warned that the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate may take out the measure in the House-passed bill that restricts activist judges from issuing nationwide injunctions on every single case.

“Before I let you go, I want to ask you about another provision that was tucked into this bill. Democrats say it is weakening separation of powers and punishing the courts. It’s a specific provision that would restrict a federal court’s power to enforce injunctions with contempt, unless there was a bond attached to it. Sounds really weedy, but it’s causing a lot of outcry. If this might get stripped out in the Senate anyway, why did you bother to stick it in?” Brennan asked.

“Well, we bothered to stick it in because that’s our responsibility in Congress. It is about separation of powers. And, right now, you have activist judges, a handful of them around the country, who are abusing that power. They’re issuing these nationwide injunctions. They’re — they’re engaging in political acts from the bench. And that is not what our system is intended for. And people have lost their — their — their faith in our system of justice. We have to restore it. And bringing about a simple reform like that is something that I think everybody should applaud,” Johnson responded.

Later in the interview, Johnson slammed a false talking point from liberals that the “Big Beautiful Bill” will take away Medicaid from people.

“We have not cut Medicaid, and we have not cut SNAP. What we’re doing, Margaret, is working on fraud, waste, and abuse,” he said.