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State Senate / State Senate · District 2

Rudolph Drake

A Florida judge found he stalked a woman and issued an injunction against him in 2022.

Democrat · Opponent: John Roberts (R)

On the record

  • A judge found he stalked a woman

    A Duval County, Florida judge entered a final injunction for protection against stalking against Drake on May 24, 2022. After a hearing, the court found the petitioner “is a victim of stalking.” The civil order ran one year and barred contact except through a court-approved third party.12

  • Accused of threatening to shoot her

    The petitioner's sworn petitions (November 2021 and May 2022) alleged threats, forced entry into her home, following her to another state and texting her family, and that he “threatened to put a bullet in my head if he didn't have anything to lose.” These are allegations in the filings.12

  • His party has nothing to say

    Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Bobby Singleton did not respond to Yellowhammer News' request for comment on the injunction.1

  • Bernie and Kamala donor

    Federal records show contributions to Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign and the Harris Victory Fund in 2024.3

Fact check

Gas tax vs. roads

What they say

Wants to suspend Alabama's gas tax, and in the same breath promises better roads and less traffic for District 2.45

The record

The gas tax is the road money. The Rebuild Alabama portion alone sent about $344 million in a single year to state, county and city road and bridge projects. Cutting off the funding for roads is a creative way to fix them.6

From the court file

Court order text: the Court finds, based on the specific facts of this case, that Petitioner is a victim of stalking.
Exhibit A Final judgment, Section II (Findings). Duval County, Fla., Case 16-2021-DR-004298, May 2022.
Handwritten petition describing threats, trespassing, following, and a threat to put a bullet in her head.
Exhibit B Petitioner's handwritten sworn statement, November 2021. Allegations, not court findings.

Follow the money

  • Funded through ActBlue

    Rudolph Drake raises campaign money through ActBlue, the Democratic Party's fundraising platform. ActBlue is under investigation by three U.S. House committees, whose chairmen said in April 2026 that it “deliberately obstructed” their probe into whether illicit and foreign donations got through its system. In 2025 the President also ordered a Justice Department investigation. ActBlue denies wrongdoing.789

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Sources

  1. Yellowhammer News, Sept. 29, 2026
  2. 1819 News
  3. FEC individual contributions: Rudolph Drake
  4. Alabama Reflector, June 1, 2026
  5. Alabama Reflector, May 1, 2026
  6. 1819 News: Rebuild Alabama revenue
  7. Rudolph Drake ActBlue donation page
  8. House Judiciary Committee, Apr. 14, 2026: GOP chairmen accuse ActBlue of obstruction
  9. WBUR, Apr. 25, 2025: Trump orders Justice Department probe of ActBlue