A state senator has dropped a challenge to his one-vote defeat in the Republican primary. The Alabama Republican Party said state Sen. Tom Whatley withdrew before the latest re-hearing in the dispute. Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey is the Republican nominee in the race. He will face Democratic nominee Sherri Reese in November. The party had declared the race a tie after deciding to count the ballot of a woman who said she was wrongly left off voter rolls. But the party granted a rehearing after state law enforcement officials said she had not completed the registration process when she went to get a driver’s license
A state senator has dropped a challenge to his one-vote defeat in the Republican primary.
The Alabama Republican Party said state Sen. Tom Whatley withdrew before the latest re-hearing in the dispute.
Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey is the Republican nominee in the race. He will face Democratic nominee Sherri Reese in November.
The party had declared the race a tie after deciding to count the ballot of a woman who said she was wrongly left off voter rolls. But the party granted a rehearing after state law enforcement officials said she had not completed the registration process when she went to get a driver’s license
