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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AL-2 primary results show district ‘in reach’ for GOP — ‘It is certainly winnable’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
When the federal courts redrew Alabama’s second congressional district in favor of Democrats, some in the Alabama Republican Party felt they were given a political death sentence by being forced to give up a solid Republican U.S. House seat. However, after a strong showing in last Tuesday’s primary election for AL-2, Republicans now think they have a […]
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Brewbaker, Dobson head to Republican runoff • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former Sen. Dick Brewbaker of Pike Road and attorney Caroleene Dobson are headed to a runoff for the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District. Brewbaker had 22,556 votes (39.59%) in unofficial returns Tuesday evening. Dobson had 15,075 votes (26.46%) as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, narrowly ahead of Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, who had 14,434 […]
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Brewbaker, Dobson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama’s 2nd District | #elections | #alabama
In the state’s redrawn 2nd District, former state senator and one-time Montgomery car dealer Dick Brewbaker has advanced to the runoff for the Republican nomination. Amid a competitive field of seven candidates, Brewbaker emerged as the frontrunner, setting the stage for a face-off against attorney Caroleene Dobson on April 16. Dobson, who secured her spot […]
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Montgomery attorney Caroleene Dobson first Republican candidate to declare in newly drawn second congressional district | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Montgomery-based attorney Caroleene Dobson is the first Alabama Republican to announce her candidacy for the newly drawn second congressional district in the 2024 election. With the federal court-imposed congressional map in play for 2024, District 2 incumbent U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) will challenge District 1 incumbent U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) for the newly […]
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Republican CD2 candidate Wallace Gilberry says he learned life lessons from playing football | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Wallace Gilberry Republican Second Congressional District (CD2) candidate Wallace Gilberry is reminding voters of his success playing football for the University of Alabama and in the National Football League. “I cut my teeth on the gridiron in Tuscaloosa,” Gilberry said in a recent fundraising email. “I played for Mike Shula and Nick Saban, then made it 9 seasons in the […]
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Congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson promises to limit Tik Tok influence and prevent social media companies from silencing conservative voices | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Caroleene Dobson Photo Credit: www.maynardnexsen.com On Thursday, Congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson released a statement promising that she will lead efforts to block the influence of the Chinese-owned TikTok video app and prevent social media conglomerates from silencing conservatives on their platforms if elected to Congress. Dobson, a Montgomery real estate attorney, is a Republican candidate for Alabama’s Second Congressional […]
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