Mobile Mayor endorses black candidate, accuses GOP opponent of "racial...
I run a website dedicated to Alabama politics and have received a scoop on the Mobile Mayor's race. Longtime mayor Mike Dow has endorsed county commissioner Sam Jones (who is black) to succeed him....
View ArticleMobile, AL and Tuscaloosa, AL elect new Dem mayors!
Runoffs for mayor were held in Mobile and Tuscaloosa today. In both cities the retiring mayors have been institutions (Al Dupont as mayor of Tuscaloosa since 1981 and Mike Dow as mayor of Mobile since...
View ArticleFormer AL Gov Siegelman (D) to run for gov again
After publicly toying with it for months on a "listening tour", former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman (D)-(1999-2003) announced he will run to reclaim the office he lost to Bob Riley in 2002.
View ArticleAL Gov Riley (R) Surges in Post-Katrina Poll
Alabama Governor Bob Riley (R) has been on the politcal ropes much of his term. His push for a $1.2 billion tax increase to fund schools was defeated with 70%. He has seen his standing erode with the...
View ArticleUS Sen Jeff Sessions (R-AL) caught using Katrina to press for estate tax repeal
Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions has always been an unabashed conservative Republican. So when the Senate GOP leadership shelved the upcoming estate tax repeal vote in the wake of Katrina, he went into...
View ArticleRoy Moore to Launch Next Crusade
Today, Monday Oct. 3, fmr. Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore will reveal his political plans in his hometown of Gadsden, Alabama.
View ArticleAlabama Dem Party Energized, Starts New Blog!
I am a long time member of DailyKos and used to publish a blog on Alabama politics before taking a position with the Alabama Democratic Party as Communications Director. The Alabama Democratic Party...
View ArticleAL Dem wins Swing District in Legislative Special Eleciton
When longtime Democratic State Rep Nelson Starkey died late last year, the Alabama Republican Party made it clear they wanted to take over his swing seat. GOP Gov Bob Riley interfered in the race in...
View ArticleAlabama Democratic Sheriff Solves Conflict with Prayer
Democratic sheriff Mike Blakely is the top cop in Limestone county, but last Sunday he called upon a higher power to help settle a dispute. After being called to settle a Sunday morning dispute at a...
View ArticleAlabamians Fed Up With Bush/GOP Incompetence and Corruption
A revelatory set of recent polling questions shows an Alabama public deeply dissatisfied with President Bush and national and state GOP leadership. For the first time in four years, more Alabmians...
View ArticleAL Dems Fight GOP Power Grab!GOP Tries to Hijack Elections
Yesterday the Alabama Democratic Party filed a "motion to intervene" to keep Alabama Republicans and the Bush Justice Department from transferring the responsibility of election administration from an...
View ArticleAL GOP Nominee Has KKK and Other Hate Connections Exposed!
The Montgomery Advertiser: has exposed a Republican nominee for Civil Appeals Court (a position voted on by everyone in the state) for her ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Terri Willingham Thomas, a...
View Article50 State Strategy - Alabama Success Stories
2006 was a monster year for Alabama politics. Every 18 years the calendar conspires to put a huge majority of Alabama's elected offices on the ballot at once. 2006 saw elections for Governor,...
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