Dakarai Larriett - candidate for the United States Senate to represent Alabama - spoke to CalCoDems at the December meeting!

Members of the community gathered at Calhoun County Democratic Headquarters on Thursday, December 18, for our annual holiday dinner and guest speaker. The meeting was opened with a Christian prayer by Jim Justice to celebrate Christmas, followed by Lucile Bodenheimer speaking the Jewish prayer for the first night of Hanukkah and lighting the first Hanukkah candle. After a delicious pitch-in dinner, we heard our guest speaker: Dakarai Larriett, seeking the Democratic nomination for US Senate in 2026. Dakarai talked briefly about his background and reasons for running, then opened the floor to questions. 

Learn more about Dakarai at https://dakarailarriett.com/

DAKARAI LARRIETT. FROM ALABAMA. FOR ALABAMA.

A SERVANT LEADER - A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN - AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY - WHAT I STAND FOR - HEALTHCARE - EDUCATION - SAFE COMMUNITIES - JOBS & OPPORTUNITY - 2ND AMENDMENT -

NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENSE - FAITH

WHAT I STAND FOR

“Alabama deserves leaders who put service over self and country over party. We’ve had enough political division and chaos. It’s time to focus on real solutions that benefit everyday Americans.”

Son of a U.S. Army veteran, successful entrepreneur, longtime community volunteer, Dakarai Larriett is — above all a proud Alabama native, deeply committed to serving the citizens of his home state. 

During his childhood, his father’s service led the family from Alabama to bases in Washington, California, Oklahoma and Germany. They returned home when Dakarai was in elementary school, and in the 6th grade he enrolled at Birmingham’s WJ Christian — a magnet school for gifted students. An honors student at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, he earned a full scholarship at the University of Alabama — where he studied business and economics, graduating Magna Cum Laude. 

“Education has always been a central issue in my family. My mother is a public-school teacher. She taught my sister and me at home, wherever we lived during my father’s service. When we moved to Germany, she even taught at the school on our base.”