Charles Barkley, former NBA basketball player, contemplated running for Governor of Alabama - Barkley spoke out for many years as a Republican. In 1995, he considered running as a 1998 Republican candidate for Alabama's governor. In 2006, he altered his political stance, saying, "I was a Republican until they lost their minds." In 2007, he publicly supported Barack Obama for President. In 2008, Barkley announced that he would be running for Governor of Alabama in 2014 as an Independent. He later backed off that idea.
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