With an apparent victory in spearheading a movement that stopped the Alabama Department of Transportation’s construction of an Interstate 10 Mobile Bay Bridge financed in part by tolls in his back pocket, speculation has been rampant State Auditor Jim Zeigler could seek a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The departure of incumbent U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Fairhope) to run for Alabama’s U.S. Senate seat up in 2020 has created a soon-to-come vacancy in Alabama’s first congressional district. Included among the announced GOP candidates are Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl, State Rep. Chris Pringle (R-Mobile), restauranteur Wes Lambert and former State Sen. Bill Hightower.

Zeigler, who is not an announced candidate, addressed the speculation during an appearance on Huntsville radio’s WVNN during an interview with fill-in host Will Hampson. Zeigler told Hampson that he had not decided as of yet.

“No, I have not, and it looks like we have got a large field of candidates – this is for the seat the Bradley Byrne is vacating,” Zeigler said on “The Jeff Poor Show.” “He is not running for reelection because he is running for U.S. Senate in the first district of Alabama. It’s got Mobile, Baldwin, Escambia, Alabama, Monroe, Washington, and south Clarke County in that district. The deadline for everybody to make a decision about running for something in 2020 is a month away, November 8. Obviously, we’ll know something by that time.”

@Jeff_Poor is a graduate of Auburn University, the editor of Breitbart TV and host of “The Jeff Poor Show” from 2-5 p.m. on WVNN in Huntsville.