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 […]
Read MoreShomari 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, […]
Read MoreAL-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 […]
Read MoreBrewbaker, 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 […]
Read MoreBrewbaker, Dobson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama’s 2nd District | #elections | #alabama
- Google-News-Wire
- March 6, 2024
- 2024 elections
- 2nd Congressional District
- Caroleene Dobson
- DICK BREWBAKER
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 […]
Read MoreDick Brewbaker enters new District 2 Republican primary — ‘We just don’t need another Democrat congressman from Alabama’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
- Google-News-Wire
- November 6, 2023
- DICK BREWBAKER
Former State Sen. Dick Brewbaker (R-Montgomery) will officially file on Tuesday to run in the Republican primary for Alabama’s new second congressional district in 2024. Brewbaker served two terms in the Alabama Senate from 2010 until 2018. Earlier this year, he sold his Montgomery-based car dealership. State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) and Caroleene Dobson, a […]
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