‘AI watchman’ Jim Zeigler defeats incumbent to win Republican nomination for PSC

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Incumbent Public Service Commissioner Chris Beeker (left) faces former State Auditor Jim Zeigler (right), in Tuesday's Republican primary runoff for Place 2 on the commission. (Photos courtesy Chris Beeker, John Sharp /jsharp@al.com)

Jim Zeigler received the GOP nomination to return to the Alabama Public Service Commission on Tuesday, nearly 52 years after he first won a seat on the state’s utility regulator as a 24‑year‑old University of Alabama graduate who had just completed an on‑campus battle with the institution’s “Machine.”

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