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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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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Who’s not discussing the Alabama IVF ruling? State judicial candidates. • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling declaring frozen embryos human beings set off an uproar in the state and around the nation. But one group has remained largely silent on the issue. The Alabama Reflector reached out to judicial candidates at all appellate levels, including chief justice, about the Feb. 16 ruling. Nearly all declined comments […]
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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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Judges to rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in 2024 elections | #elections | #alabama
A three-judge federal court will rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in next year’s election, after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters.More than two years have passed since lawsuits were first filed claiming Alabama’s congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.After a three-judge […]
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Anthony Daniels makes media buy in crowded Democratic primary for newly drawn District 2 | #elections | #alabama
U.S. House District 2 candidate Anthony Daniels (D-Huntsville) has made his first media purchase of the 2024 election cycle, according to FCC records obtained by 1819 News. Daniels is the presumed frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for District 2. However, the media buy should still help him stand out in the crowded field of 21 […]
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Judges to rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in 2024 elections | #elections | #alabama
A three-judge federal court will rule shortly on which congressional map Alabama will use in next year’s election, after ruling the state should have a second district with a substantial percentage of Black voters.More than two years have passed since lawsuits were first filed claiming Alabama’s congressional map violated the Voting Rights Act.After a three-judge […]
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