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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 […]

Alabama

McConnell to step down as U.S. Senate GOP leader • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said on the Senate floor Wednesday, announcing the end of a run as party leader that broke records for its length and shaped American politics over nearly two decades. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is […]

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The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump | #elections | #alabama

ATLANTA – Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his “stand in the schoolhouse door” to oppose the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The state that propelled Wallace, a Democrat and four-term governor, into national politics is now dominated […]

Alabama

The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump | #elections | #alabama

Alabama

The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump | #elections | #alabama

Alabama

The next Republican debate is in Alabama, the state that gave the GOP a road map to Donald Trump | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican presidential candidates will debate Wednesday within walking distance of where George Wallace staged his “stand in the schoolhouse door” to oppose the enrollment of Black students at the University of Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. The state that propelled Wallace, a Democrat and four-term governor, into national politics is now […]

Alabama

Jefferson County Republicans announce slate of local candidates | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

FILE – In this Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, file photo a poll worker displays “I Voted” stickers (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File) On Wednesday, the Jefferson County Republican Party announced their slate of countywide and local candidates. Major party qualifying for the 2024 election cycle ended on Friday. The Jefferson County Republican Party is running […]

Alaska

Joe the Plumber, who questioned Obama’s tax policies during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49 | #alaska | #politics

by JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Mon, August 28th 2023, 7:30 PM UTC FILE – Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, answers a question from Joe Wurzelbacher, also known as “Joe the Plumber,” right, in Holland, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008. Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as âJoe the Plumberâ after […]

Alaska

Opinion: Sarah Palin lost the battle, but won the war | #alaska | #politics

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. He is the author and editor of 24 books, including, “The Presidency of Donald J. Trump: A First Historical Assessment.” Follow him on Twitter @julianzelizer. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more […]

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Election Day coverage of the 2022 midterms | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Russian billionaire admits to interfering in U.S. elections Yevgeny Prigozhin controls Concord Management and Consulting LLC. Alexander Zemlianichenko | AP Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said he interfered in past U.S. elections and would continue doing so in the future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics. In […]