Dean Odle believes that God is calling him to run for Lieutenant Governor

Pastor Dean Odle is running for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, in the 2026 election. Odle spoke recently with Brandon Moseley and Christopher Peeks on the Brandon and Christopher Show (BCS) Podcast. "I just try to do what the Lord leads me to do and obey Him," Odle said.

In 2022 Odle (despite the COVID shutdowns) ran as a political newcomer for Governor of Alabama against popular incumbent Governor Kay Ivey (R) and lost.

"I spent the next year and a half to two years trying to convince the Lord that, to talk him out of it, that I didn't want do it and so but I didn't want to end up like Jonah so I just feel it's what the Lord wants me to do," Odle told Brandon and Christopher.

In the last election Odle forcefully expressed his views that the COVID-19 vaccine was not safe.

"Last time I was speaking truth to our political leaders truth that they didn't want to hear truth that a lot of the media censored me for," Odle said. "I lost my YouTube channel terminated at that time you know I was censored all over the place because I was talking about you know the early treatment protocols for COVID and, of course, some other things."

Lieutenant Governor does not have the same powers as governor in the Alabama system, but Odle said that he is good with that.

"The Lord said, Lieutenant Governor, and I'm okay with that," Odle said. "That would be an interesting position because you're President of the Senate, you appoint a lot of.....board members on different commissions. And also, you get to be part of the committee, the small committee that gets to decide what's going to be in the next legislative session....The lieutenant governor has a tremendous bully pulpit to speak to the press and try to influence our legislators in a certain direction or influence the governor in a certain direction. And I'm okay with being, I don't have to be number one, I can be number two. I'm not just wanting to be a hotshot, I just want to be involved. And as a minister, as a Christian, I just try to do what the Lord leads me to do and obey Him."

Odle is openly skeptical about how Alabama elections are run.

"I believe firmly that we've got to get rid of the voting machines and go to paper ballots and hand counting like they do in Germany and France and Canada and about a hundred other countries so that there can't be any manipulation of our votes," said Odle. "I've had some cyber experts like Clay Parikh, who is the 20-year cyber forensics expert who testified in Haines v. Merrill and many other court cases across the country as an expert witness. He's documented the anomalies in the 2022 election. It's not just because I was affected, or Lindy, or Tim, but this idea that Alabama elections machines and systems are totally secure, and perfect, and wonderful, and the gold standard like Wes Allen and John Merrill will try to claim, when they have Chinese components in them."

Secretary of State Wes Allen is also running for Lieutenant Governor and former Secretary of State John Merrill is rumored to be a candidate. Odle is not a fan of John Merrill.

"John Merrill is a liar," Odle said. "The voting machines do connect to the Internet. And in the court case, Hanes v. Merrill, you can look at the lawyers who handled it, the Alabama Law and Liberty lawyers, on their website about Hanes v. Merrill, that court case, which I was there for the whole eight hours of testimony that day. Of course, John Merrill didn't show up, but in his depositions, he had to back off when they pressed him. He was running around the state and running around saying, the machines don't connect to the Internet. Well, guess what? He had to backtrack on that and admit that they did. Do connect to the internet and send their results into the county courthouses via the internet."

The Lieutenant Governor position used to wield the power to make committee assignments and assign bills to committees. Those powers were taken away by the Senate when Steve Windom – the first Republican to hold the position was elected. Dean was asked if those powers (which a Republican Senate did not restore to Republican Lt. Governors Kay Ivey and Will Ainsworth) should be restored to the office.

"I do believe it should be, the full power should be restored as it was, because I say, I believe that would be fair," said Odle. "If the speaker has that power in the house, then the president of the Senate ought to have that power as well."

Odle remains an outspoke vaccine skeptic.

"I'll be honest with you that you hadn't heard of any so-called measles outbreak until the whole thing of seeing RFK Jr. get confirmed and some of his positions on vaccines and the problems with vaccines," said Odle. I think the timing of the outbreak is quite interesting. It may actually even be intentional. We have found, though, with the measles and with polio and with a lot of other things, that outbreaks actually will be, they'll, you know, jump up and they'll happen when there's been a lot of vaccinations in that area." "I understand the principle of a vaccine. The problem is how they are manufactured and what is allowed to be in the vaccines." "I could spend a whole hour just talking to you about the damage being done by the COVID vaccines. And the more boosters a person gets, the more they're likely to develop cancer or blood clots."

The Republican primary is on May 26, 2026.