DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR ALABAMA STATE TREASURER
On the Change Ticket · November 3, 2026
CHANGE ALABAMA CAN COUNT ON
Alabama's Treasurer safeguards billions in public money. With thirty years in banking, Roz Houston is now running to protect yours — with transparency, discipline, and a plan for every Alabama family.
YOUR TREASURER / WHAT THE OFFICE DOES
ALABAMA’S STATE TREASURER
is the state's banker.
The office holds and invests every dollar the state takes in. It manages Alabama's debt and bonds, safeguards the Alabama Trust Fund, oversees the college savings and disability savings programs families count on, and holds the unclaimed money waiting to be returned to the people it belongs to.
It is the job of managing billions of dollars that belong to you.
ROZ HOUSTON
has done that job for thirty years.
She has run a $12 billion balance sheet across retail, wealth, and commercial banking. She sat on the deal team that executed the $15 billion sale of BBVA's U.S. operations to PNC — one of the largest bank transactions in recent American history. She served in the C-suite of two global banking firms, answerable to regulators on two continents. American Banker named her one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking. Fortune named her to its Most Powerful Women list. She has held securities licenses including Supervisory Principal, along with licensure in life, health, and annuities.
But credentials are only half of it. Public money is different from private money, because it isn't the bank's and it isn't the Treasurer's — it belongs to Alabamians.
Roz is running to manage it in the open: with transparency about where it goes, accountability for how it performs, and a clear answer to one question every time a decision gets made:
Does this work for Alabama families,
or for someone else?
THE OFFICE AT A GLANCE
The Alabama Trust Fund
The state's oil and gas royalties, held in trust for future generations
Cash & Bond Management
State funds, investments, payments, and Alabama's debt
College Counts &
Alabama ABLE
529 college savings and tax-advantaged accounts for people with disabilities
Unclaimed Property
Forgotten accounts, uncashed checks, insurance proceeds — returned to their owners
BIO / MEET ROZ
Meet Roz
Rosilyn “Roz” Houston is the youngest of seven. She'll tell you she was giving her older siblings instructions before she could talk properly, and that nobody has managed to stop her since.
She grew up in California and came to Alabama for a job. She and her husband Ron moved to Birmingham when she took responsibility for BBVA Compass's East Retail Region — 133 branches and 1,100 employees across Alabama and Florida. It was to be an assignment. It became home.
Roz is an ordained Elder, and she leads the way she was taught to lead: leadership is stewardship. You are accountable for what has been placed in your care, and you answer to the people it belongs to. That principle held in a bank boardroom, and it will hold in the Treasurer's office.
Roz is a cancer survivor. So is her son.
That is why she gave years to the boards of the American Cancer Society and Smile-A-Mile, the Birmingham organization that walks alongside Alabama children facing cancer and the families carrying them through it. It's also why she reads a budget the way she does. Behind every line item is a family hoping the system works.
She has served this state's institutions the way people who intend to stay do. She chaired the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and stepped in as interim CEO for sixteen months when it needed steady hands. She's a graduate of Leadership Birmingham, and was selected for Leadership Alabama — an invitation her work assignments at the time wouldn't let her accept. She has served Girls Inc., Teach For America, and the American Heart Association.
She holds a B.A. and earned an M.A. in Management from the University of Redlands, with executive education from Babson, The Wharton School, and Pepperdine. She is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, The Links, Incorporated, The Executive Leadership Council, and the National Black MBA Association.
She's running for Treasurer for a straightforward reason: Alabama's money should be managed by someone who knows how — in the open, for the people it belongs to.
THE STAKES / WHY THIS RACE
“Alabama deserves a State Treasurer who protects taxpayer dollars, demands transparency, and makes smart, responsible investments that build a stronger future for our families.”
— Roz Houston
THIS IS THE OFFICE ALMOST NOBODY WATCHES. That's EXACTLY why it matters.
The Treasurer moves billions of dollars with very little attention paid. No headlines, no controversy, no one asking hard questions. And an office that no one is watching is an office that answers to no one.
CONSIDER HOW LONG IT’S BEEN since Alabama had a say.
In 2014, the Treasurer ran unopposed.
In 2018, no Democrat appeared on the ballot.
In 2022, no Democrat appeared on the ballot.
THE LAST TIME ALABAMIANS COULD CHOOSE A DEMOCRAT FOR STATE TREASURER WAS 2010. Sixteen years ago.
That's not a party problem. It's an accountability problem. When an office goes uncontested, the people who hold it stop having to explain themselves — to anyone.
THIS YEAR, Alabama has a choice.
Roz Houston is running to open the books, explain the decisions, and put thirty years of financial expertise to work for the people who own the money.
PRIORITIES / WHERE ROZ STANDS
To protect taxpayer dollars, increase financial transparency, promote responsible investment practices, and ensure Alabama's financial resources work for every citizen — not special interests.
PROTECTING TODAY.
INVESTING WISELY.
BUILDING TOMORROW.
PROTECTING TODAY. INVESTING WISELY. BUILDING TOMORROW.
Every dollar Alabama collects passes through the Treasurer's office before it goes anywhere else. That means safeguarding the Alabama Trust Fund, managing the state's cash and debt with discipline, and making sure public deposits held in banks are fully secured. It is the most basic duty of the office, and it is the one Roz has spent thirty years doing.
Protect taxpayer dollars.
Alabamians should be able to see how their money is managed without filing a request or knowing who to call. Roz will publish the office's investment decisions, performance, and costs in plain language — because an office that explains itself is an office that can be held to account.
Increase transparency and accountability
This office has done this work before, and it should again. When families understand credit, savings, and how to spot a scam, they keep more of what they earn. Roz will make financial education a working priority of the Treasury, in partnership with schools, churches, and community organizations across all 67 counties.
Promote financial literacy across Alabama.
The Treasurer has one obligation when investing public funds: the strongest, safest return for the people who own the money. Not politics, not favors, not fashion. Roz will manage Alabama's investments the way she managed multibillion-dollar portfolios in banking — on the numbers, with the risk understood and disclosed.
Invest Alabama’s money wisely.
The Treasury runs CollegeCounts for families saving for school, Alabama ABLE for people with disabilities, and holds unclaimed property waiting to be returned to its rightful owners. Roz will make sure Alabamians actually know these programs exist — and can get to their own money without a fight.
Ensure every dollar works for Alabama families.
ON THE TRAIL / OUT ACROSS ALABAMA
Roz has been across this state listening. Church basements and coffee shops, chambers of commerce and living rooms, county Democratic meetings and kitchen tables. Alabama's money belongs to Alabamians, and she intends to hear from them before she manages a dollar of it.
YOUR VOTE / MAKE YOUR PLAN
Until Election Day
Counting down to Election Day.
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · Polls open 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE?
Two minutes now saves you a wasted trip on Election Day.
Registration in Alabama closes Monday, October 19 — fifteen days before the election. If you've moved, changed your name, or haven't voted in a while, check now.
HOW TO VOTE IN ALABAMA
Alabama has no early voting. You vote in person on Tuesday, November 3, or you vote absentee — and absentee requires a reason. Plan accordingly.
Polls open 7:00 AM and close 7:00 PM.
Bring a valid photo ID.
If you're in line at 7:00 PM, stay in line — you have the right to vote.
Problems voting? / ¿Problemas para votar?
1-866-OUR-VOTE (1-866-687-8683).
1-866-VE-Y-VOTA (1-888-839-8682).
Free, nonpartisan, staffed by volunteer attorneys. / Gratuita, no partidista, atendida por abogados voluntarios.
IN PERSON — Tuesday, November 3
You must have a reason:
you'll be out of the county
you're ill or have a disability
you work a shift that overlaps ten or more hours of poll hours
you're a caregiver
a student away from home
a poll worker
or covered by military and overseas provisions.
ABSENTEE — if you qualify
DEADLINES TO REMEMBER
REGISTER TO VOTE
Monday, October 19, 2026
ABSENTEE APPLICATION, RCVD BY MAIL BY
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
ABSENTEE APPLICATION, HAND-DELIVERED
Thursday, October 29, 2026
RETURN BALLOT, IN PERSON
Monday, November 2, 2026, by 5PM
RETURN BALLOT, RCVD BY MAIL BY
Tuesday, November 3, 2026, by NOON
ABSENTEE VOTERS: Your absentee affidavit must be signed in front of a notary or two witnesses over 18. An unwitnessed ballot doesn't count. Don't seal it alone at your kitchen table.
GET INVOLVED
We’re in the final sprint. This is where it’s decided. Knock doors, make calls, staff an event, or put a sign in your yard.
THE CHANGE TICKET / VOTE THE WHOLE BALLOT
ROZ ISN’T RUNNING ALONE.
For the first time in decades, Alabama has a candidate for nearly every statewide office. Not placeholders, not protest candidates — a full ticket, running everywhere, so that no office goes uncontested and no voter opens a ballot with only one name on the line. That's the answer to the problem.
WHEN THERE’S NOTHING TO VOTE FOR, PEOPLE STOP VOTING. This year, there's something on every line.
Governor - Doug Jones
Lt. Governor - Phillip Ensler
Attorney General - Jeff McLaughlin
Secretary of State - Wayne Rogers
State Treasurer - Rosilyn Houston
State Auditor - Violet Edwards
Agriculture Commissioner - Ron Sparks
VOTE THE WHOLE BALLOT.
The governor's race gets the attention. The offices underneath it manage your money, run your elections, and enforce your laws.
When you're in the booth, KEEP GOING. Fill in every line.
GET INVOLVED.
THIS IS THE PART THAT DECIDES IT
Not the ads. Not the polling. The people who knock on a door, make ten calls, or tell five friends about an office they didn't know was on their ballot.
Tell Roz's team how you'd like to help and they'll put you to work — canvassing, phone banking, event support, or whatever you're good at, we’ll pull up a chair for you.
DONATE FOR ROZ.
Every Dollar Here Does More
This is a statewide race running on a fraction of what the other side will spend, for an office many voters can't name. Money spent here isn't buying attack ads — it's buying the chance to tell people the job exists and who's qualified to do it.