Trent Ford

Trent Ford graduated from Winfield City High School. Ford earned a graduate degree from Jacksonville State University in 2021.

Ford's career experience includes working as an entrepreneur.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm Trent Ford, born and raised in Alabama, running as a Yellowhammer Independent for Alabama House of Representatives District 7. My wife and I are Christians who actively serve our church, I volunteer on the tech team and she sings in the choir. I live by Matthew 22: love God and love your neighbor. You cannot love your neighbor and remain indifferent to whether they can afford to keep the lights on. I'm not a career politician. I'm an entrepreneur who has worked blue collar and white collar jobs from remodeling to government contracts to software design. I hold a Master's degree in Computer Systems. While others argue, I fix things. I'm running because when I see a broken system, I can't unsee it, and I believe the people of District 7 and Alabama deserve someone who will actually fight for them, not for a party.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

High power bills are crushing Alabama families. This is not a culture-war issue (and it shouldn't be), it's a budget problem we can fix. Alabama has the highest average residential power bills in the nation. Ford supports expanding solar and nuclear power to increase supply. More supply means price stabilization and lower bills for Alabama families.Data Centers: Data centers get approved in secret, with elected officials signing NDAs so they can't tell residents what's coming. Ford would ban NDAs, require full public disclosure before approval, make data centers pay their own infrastructure costs instead of shifting them to ratepayers, and set proper zoning standards statewide. AI: Surveillance pricing on groceries, charging more to some people than others based on collected data and purchase history, should be illegal.Alabama has one of the most regressive tax systems in America. The poorest 20% pay 11.9% of income in taxes; the richest 1% pays 5.4%. That's backwards. The state grocery tax was cut from 4% to 2%, but local taxes still add up at the register. Alabama is one of only eight states still taxing groceries, and the only one giving millionaires the federal income tax deduction. Iowa was the other, but Iowa ended it in 2022. Closing that loophole frees roughly $800-833 million a year, which is more than enough to eliminate the grocery tax and still have hundreds of millions left for schools, hospitals, and infrastructure. A single mom at Dollar General shouldn't pay a higher percentage of her income in taxes than a millionaire.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Energy affordability (nuclear and solar expansion), tax fairness for working families, AI regulation and workforce protection, data center zoning, public education funding, rural hospital access, occupational licensing reform, second chances for people rebuilding their lives, and conservation and stewardship.