The Alabama Republican Party has removed Daniel Boman, a disbarred lawyer who is facing a theft charge, from the ballot as a candidate for Congress in the 5th District.

Boman said the state party’s candidate committee notified him of its decision Sunday night, a couple of hours after he met with the panel for a hearing in Birmingham.

Boman, 49, said he accepted the decision and hopes to be a Republican candidate again.

Boman was challenging U.S. Rep. Dale Strong, R-Huntsville, for the nomination in the March 5 primary. The removal of Boman from the ballot leaves Strong without a Republican opponent. No Democrats have qualified in the district, either.

“I’m definitely disappointed, but like I said, not mad, not upset,” Boman said Monday. “I believe in our democratic process on all levels and I respect their decision and will look forward to changing their mind in the future and look forward to rejoining the Republican Party as a candidate one day.”

The Alabama State Bar suspended Boman from practicing law in 2019 because of racist and misogynistic language he used during a phone call threatening a lawsuit against an appliance company in 2017.

In 2020, Boman consented to disbarment after allegations of misappropriating funds from an estate and engaging in unauthorized practice of law. Boman has pleaded not guilty to a charge of first-degree theft in Lamar County after a 2021 indictment involving more than $2,500 from an estate. No trial date is scheduled.

The state Republican Party has not commented on Boman’s candidacy because of what Alabama GOP Chair John Wahl said is a longstanding policy of not commenting on candidate challenges.

Boman was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2010 as a Republican. He switched parties in 2011 and lost his reelection bid after his district was redrawn. In 2012, Boman was the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 4th District and lost to the incumbent, U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville.

Boman said he has consistently supported Republicans since 2016.

“I still financially support the Republican Party and I’m going to continue to do that,” Boman said. “I still help Republican candidates as far as financially and with their actual campaigns. I’m not bitter at all. I respect the decision. And I’ve made some poor choices.”

Boman said Wahl told him the door was not closed on his return because the Republican Party believes in redemption.

“I think John Wahl is a man of his word,” Boman said. “And I think that in time, whether it’s in 2026 or whether it’s in 3036, that at some point in time, there will be redemption. And I’m going to do the things that I need to do to between now and then to just hopefully make it sooner rather than later.”