Building Alabama's future through collaboration, not division. Join independent voices committed to democratic values and practical problem-solving. See About Us.

The Yellowhammer Party is Alabama's home for independent candidates and voters who believe democracy works best when we collaborate across differences. We're not a national party – we're your neighbors, committed to Alabama's future.

Here's our dividing line: If you support MAGA and the current version of the Republican Party that embraces authoritarianism, then run as a Republican. If you reject that path, then you can run as a Yellowhammer.

We welcome conservatives, libertarians, progressives, and everyone in between that are committed to democratic governance over authoritarian impulses. We also reject extreme left authoritarianism, though in Alabama, the immediate threat to democracy comes primarily from the MAGA movement.

We don't fight culture wars. We focus on solving real problems for Alabama families. Our candidates come from different backgrounds and hold varied policy positions, but they share a commitment to:

• Evidence-based policymaking over performative politics and the "culture war"

• Rejecting MAGA authoritarianism and political extremism

• Upholding democratic norms and institutions

• Transparent, accountable governance

• Collaborative problem-solving

• Putting people before party politics

We get asked this a lot, especially by conservatives who share many traditional Republican values. Here's our answer:

The current Republican Party, dominated by MAGA, has moved away from democratic principles toward authoritarianism. If you support that direction, you should absolutely run as a Republican – that's the intellectually honest choice.

But if you believe in:

• Democratic accountability over loyalty to one leader

• Constitutional checks and balances

• Evidence-based governance over conspiracy theories

• Traditional conservative values like fiscal responsibility and limited government

• Principles of individual freedom

• Or policies focused on solving problems rather than fighting culture wars

...then the Yellowhammer Party gives you a home. We're building something different, not Republican-lite, not Democrat-adjacent, but genuinely independent and focused on what works for Alabama.

For the same reason we don't run as Republicans: party accountability comes with national strings attached.

The Democratic Party, like the Republican Party, is a national organization with expectations, funding streams, and political calculations that often put party interests ahead of Alabama interests. When you run as a Democrat, you're expected to support the national party platform, even on issues where Alabama needs different solutions.

We're building something where your accountability is to voters first, not to party leadership in Washington, Montgomery, or anywhere else. If you're a progressive who wants to focus on healthcare access, education funding, and economic opportunity without being bound to every national Democratic position, Yellowhammer gives you that freedom.

Democrats are welcome in our party, but you're running as an independent problem-solver, not as an arm of the national party apparatus.

The Yellowhammer Party lets candidates run on what works, whether for you that's expanding Medicaid (a "Democratic" idea), supporting nuclear energy (often a "Republican" idea), or improving rural broadband (everyone's idea) without carrying the baggage of national party politics.

Trent Ford is a problem-solver with a Master's in Computer Systems and Software Design who applies the same methodical, results-focused approach to policy that he uses in technology.

Running as an Independent with the Yellowhammer Party, Trent embodies the solutocratic principle: evaluating policies by their results, not their party labels. "I'm accountable to God first, then to you, not to some national political party," he says.

As a Christian centrist who rejects MAGA authoritarianism, Trent is focused on practical solutions for District 7: lower power bills through nuclear energy, modernized schools that are not being defunded, expanded rural healthcare access, and smart AI regulation.

Campaign: votefortrentford.com | votefortrentford@gmail.com