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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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Jeana Ross, Alan Miller advance to GOP runoff in House District 27 special election • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Former Alabama Secretary of Early Childhood Education Jeana Ross and Arab City Councilman Alan Miller are headed to a runoff for the Republican nomination for Alabama House District 27 in Marshall County.  Ross, who lives in Guntersville, had 1,404 votes (39.23%) in unofficial returns Tuesday evening. Arab City Councilman Miller had 737 votes (20.59%) as […]

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What Marilyn Lands’ win says, and what it doesn’t • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

One thing is clear from Marilyn Lands’ House District 10 victory: Abortion still motivates Democrats. Lands turned a seven-point loss in 2022 into a 25-point romp on Tuesday. And for the first time since 2002 – when then-Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman almost pulled off a shocking re-election upset – Alabama Democrats came out of an […]

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Alabama’s Britt blasts Biden on economy, immigration in GOP State of the Union reply • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

First-term U.S. Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama delivered the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, and laid blame on Biden for a host of national and international crises — what she said is chaos at the border, in cities, in the economy and among U.S. allies. Britt stuck […]

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Katie Britt and the unreality of Alabama immigration rhetoric • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Imagine if Alabama politicians started treating geothermal energy as a crisis. And not just criticizing particular practices or businesses. We’re talking about a heat pump apocalypse. Introducing legislation to criminalize steam. Storming library board meetings and demanding the removal of any book with the phrase “hot springs.” Using Hot Springs, Arkansas as a snickering shorthand […]

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A voter’s guide to the House District 27 special election • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Voters in Marshall County will go to the polls Tuesday to effectively select a new state representative. Six Republicans will compete for the party nomination in House District 27. With no Democratic opponent, the Republican candidate who wins — either with 50% in the primary or in the run-off — will become the presumptive representative. […]

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How to stop a gambling bill • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama

Think of all the issues the Alabama Legislature had us vote on over the last 10 years. In 2014, it was a measure to ban foreign laws in the state. Not because the Canadian military was massing at the Tennessee border. It was a wink-wink-nod-nod version of a failed proposal to ban Shariah law in […]

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A voter’s guide to the House District 10 special election • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama

Voters in southern Madison County go to the polls Tuesday to choose a representative for Alabama House District 10. Madison City Councilman Teddy Powell, the Republican nominee, will face Democratic nominee Marilyn Lands, who ran in 2022, in a rare competitive battle for a seat in the Alabama Legislature. Elijah Boyd, who appeared as a […]

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Huntsville-area voters to choose state representative in rare competitive race • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Next Tuesday will feature something rare in Alabama: a competitive legislative election. The contest will take place in House District 10, covering south Huntsville, southern Madison County and parts of Madison. Madison City Councilman Teddy Powell, the Republican nominee, will face Democratic nominee Marilyn Lands, who ran in 2022. The seat opened after former Rep. […]

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