Zeigler ran for state auditor in 2014. In the Republican primary, Zeigler faced Dale Peterson, candidate for Agriculture Commissioner in 2010; Adam Thompson, Deputy Chief of Staff in the Alabama Secretary of State's office; and Hobbie Sealy, former Deputy Conservation Commissioner. Zeigler won a runoff against Peterson, and defeated Miranda Joseph, the Democratic Party nominee, in the general election. In 2015, Zeigler filed lawsuits against Luther Strange, the Attorney General of Alabama, and Baldwin County, Alabama schools to stop them from spending taxpayer money on political campaigns. The suits were dismissed. Following the Charleston church shooting in June 2015, Zeigler advocated that parishioners take their guns to church. Zeigler gave a speech to the League of the South, termed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, in September 2015. In March 2016, Zeigler filed an ethics complaint against Robert J. Bentley, the Governor of Alabama, for allegedly using state funds in an extramarital affair. A year later the Ethics Commission found "probable cause" against Bentley. And three days later, Bentley resigned. On March 2, 2017, Zeigler became embroiled in nationwide controversy and condemnation when he posted a picture on Twitter comparing Congresswomen dressed in white to the Ku Klux Klan. Zeigler defended his post, saying that when the Congresswomen wore white as a symbol of Women's Suffrage at a speech by President Trump, "when they did that, they opened themselves up to criticisms and questions about that." In November 2017, following the allegations of child molestation made against Republican Roy Moore, Zeigler was quoted as saying: "Even if you accept the Washington Post's report as being completely true, it's much ado about very little." Zeigler argued that relationships between grown men and teenage girls were acceptable because "take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus." Multiple Biblical scholars disputed his defense, noting that the exact ages of Joseph and Mary at the time they were betrothed or married remain uncertain, as they are not included in the Bible. In addition, Jesuit priestJim Martin tweeted that "...comparing the allegations against Roy Moore in any way to Joseph and Mary is disgusting." In January of 2019, Zeigler came under fire for comments aimed at U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, calling her choice of clothing while on the Senate floor "improperly attired." In 2019, Zeigler led a successful grassroots movement to block a proposed toll bridge on Interstate 10 across the Mobile Bay. In the March 3 2020, Alabama Republican Presidential Primary, Jim Zeigler lost to Governor Kay Ivey for the Place 1 Delegate at the Republican National Convention. In February of 2020, Jim Zeigler and his wife Jackie successfully teamed up to fight the proposed Amendment One which would have replaced the elected school board, which his wife is a member of, with one appointed by the governor. Amendment One was soundly defeated in the March 2020 primary.
