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What to expect in Alabama’s congressional primary runoffs | #elections | #alabama

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political dispute will return to the polls Tuesday to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber this November. Shomari Figures, a former top aide to Attorney […]

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Figures, Dobson win runoffs in redrawn Alabama district | #elections | #alabama

Shomari Figures, a former Obama administration White House official, won the Democratic nomination in Alabama’s 2nd District on Tuesday in a runoff election. Figures, who more recently worked for the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, had 58 percent of the vote when The Associated Press called the race at 9:47 p.m. He […]

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Alabama Legislature Moves To Keep Joe Biden On The Ballot In November | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

President Joe Biden is likely to appear on the ballot in Alabama after both committees in chambers of the Alabama state legislature passed legislation without opposition extending the deadline for parties to submit their officially nominated presidential tickets from Aug. 15 to Aug. 23 on Wednesday. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, warned […]

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UAW Membership Vote OK’d For Two Mercedes-Benz Plants In Alabama | #elections | #alabama

Non-union workers at Mercedes-Benz plants in Vance (pictured) and Woodtock, Alabama will vote on UAW … [+] membership in May. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images The UAW’s chances of organizing a non-union, foreign-owned U.S. plant just doubled. As workers at a Volkswagen auto plant in […]

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Autoworkers at Alabama’s Mercedes-Benz Plant File for a Union Election | #elections | #alabama

Mercedes-Benz workers in Vance, Alabama, will vote on whether to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). On Friday, the UAW filed for an election to represent all 5,200 of the plant’s hourly employees, after the union said a supermajority of workers at the company’s mammoth plant signed union cards in three months. Jeremy Kimbrell, a […]

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Alabama House committee approves bill to ensure ballot access for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama

The Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections committee Wednesday approved a time extension to place President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the state ballot in November. HB 448, sponsored by House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, would extend the deadline to certify candidates for the November general election from Aug. 15 to […]

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FULL RESULTS: Alabama’s primary runoff races | #elections | #alabama

CENTRAL ALABAMA RACES | DISTRICT 2 CONGRESSIONAL RACEVoters across the state cast ballots in dozens of primary runoff races Tuesday to choose who would represent them in office.People in Congressional District 2 returned to the polls to select the nominees in a U.S. House contest that could help decide control of the narrowly divided chamber […]

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General election matchup set in potentially historic race for new Alabama district, CNN projects | #elections | #alabama

Former US Justice Department official Shomari Figures will win the Democratic primary runoff in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, CNN projects, a seat that was redrawn under a new map that could result in two Black House members from Alabama serving together for the first time in history. Figures is projected to defeat state House Minority […]

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Alabama: Voters to decide primary runoffs in new Congressional District | #elections | #alabama

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama voters decided primary runoffs on Tuesday for the state’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District, setting up a potentially historic November race that could play a part in the battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, defeated […]

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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, […]