Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson head to general election • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson are headed to the November general election after winning runoffs Tuesday in Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District. As of 10:26 p.m. Tuesday, Figures, an attorney, had 21,926 votes (61%) while House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, had 13,990 votes (39%) in unofficial returns. In the Republican runoff, […]
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WSFA airs GOP, Democratic runoff debates in AL District 2 Congressional race | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MOBILE, Ala. (WSFA) – WSFA 12 News aired runoff debates for candidates in both the Republican and Democratic runoff races over the course of two days. Four candidates are seeking to win their party’s nomination Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District general election. The Republican runoff aired Monday and featured businessman and former state Sen. Dick Brewbaker […]
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To boost Trump, GOP attorneys general charge into battle over state election rules • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
With less than six months before voting begins, the legal jousting over the rules for the 2024 election is already underway. And former President Donald Trump’s campaign is getting support from allies who have stayed mostly under the national radar: red-state attorneys general. In court filings made in recent months, these chief state legal officers […]
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4,600 people received erroneous voting information • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Montgomery County Board of Registrars said Tuesday that 4,600 voters in Montgomery County received incorrect information about which congressional district they resided in ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Zane Snipes, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Registrars, said Tuesday that postcards reminding people of their voting precincts and districts misidentified people as living […]
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Caroleene Dobson calls for action on U.S.-Mexico border • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
This is the last in a series of profiles of candidates in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. Read the profiles here. Real estate attorney Caroleene Dobson said the border needs to be addressed “right now.” A Republican candidate for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District primary, Dobson, like other GOP candidates in the race, is focused on the […]
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A voter’s guide to the Alabama 2nd Congressional District primaries • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Voters in Alabama’s redrawn 2nd Congressional District will choose nominees for the seat on Tuesday, and they don’t lack options. Eighteen candidates — 11 Democrats and seven Republicans — are running in the new district, which runs through the southern part of Alabama’s Black Belt, and takes in Montgomery and northern Mobile County. The district […]
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Immigration dominates GOP candidate forum for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Immigration was front and center at forum in Montgomery Thursday for Republican candidates in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. Candidates at the forum hosted at the Alabama Cattlemen’s Association also said, along with Alabama Republican Party Chair John Wahl, who introduced the candidates, that it’s important the party keeps the seat and maintains a majority in […]
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At least 21 candidates qualify for Alabama 2nd Congressional District race | #elections | #alabama
The race to fill Alabama’s new 2nd Congressional District will be a crowded one. At least 21 candidates – 13 Democrats and eight Republicans – had entered the race by the time qualifying ended at 5 p.m. on Friday. As of 5 p.m. Friday, the Democratic candidates were: James Averhart, a retired U.S. Marine and […]
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Alabama’s 2nd District voters seek progressive representation, new poll reveals key issues | #elections | #alabama
Voters in Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District are expressing a strong desire for a representative who champions a progressive agenda, focusing on issues such as voting rights, the rising cost of living, and the affordability of health care. This sentiment is highlighted in a new poll released today by the SPLC Action Fund and […]
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