MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s place of work launched shots of her greeting South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at an airport on Friday a day just after it dismissed rumors that Ivey was getting overall health concerns just months ahead of the normal election.

The 4 photos showed Ivey, 77, with Noem beside a small jet that landed at the regional airport in Montgomery, where by Noem was amid the speakers scheduled to address an Alabama Republican Get together fundraising dinner.

Ivey was past viewed in public on Aug. 2 at a groundbreaking ceremony. On Thursday, Ivey’s workplace mentioned she remained “healthy and cancer-free” as it knocked down rumors that she was owning medical problems.

Even now, the governor’s office environment did not respond to queries asking about Ivey’s impending routine, her whereabouts this week and irrespective of whether she experienced been in the medical center in the past 4 months.

Ivey, who quickly won the GOP gubernatorial nomination without a runoff in May, declared in 2019 that she experienced been diagnosed with early phase lung most cancers and would undergo radiation therapies. In 2020, she reported the cancer appeared to be gone and that her health care provider viewed as her absolutely free of the ailment.

Ivey is a hefty favourite above Democratic gubernatorial nominee Yolanda Bouquets in the November typical election.