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Alabama

What Marilyn Lands’ special election win means for Alabama, and Republican politics | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Marilyn Lands’ victory in an Alabama statehouse race in North Alabama on Tuesday followed a similar script for Alabama Democrats on the rare occasions they topple a Republican within the ruby red state. That includes winning a special election, receiving a boost from national media exposure, and generating support from Republicans. It happened for Doug […]

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Election stuff, and who won’t be buying BSC: Down in Alabama | #elections | #alabama

Here’s a reminder, as if you need it, that we’re in a big election year. And of course it’s going to get wild. Reaches a fevered pitch every four years. Everybody you know will at some point this summer start believing that you wake up in the morning just to log onto social media and […]

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Alabama Republican urges fertility clinics to reopen; UAB says it’s not so simple | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama’s Republican lawmakers are considering legislation to protect in vitro fertilization and their vision of the right to life following the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling that frozen embryos are people. While legislation proceeds, some conservatives said over the weekend, Alabama fertility clinics that shut down last week should reopen. “These clinics should start providing […]

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Secretary of State Wes Allen says Alabama’s new absentee voting law in effect for November election | #elections | #alabama

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen said his office will work to implement a new state law that criminalizes payments for the distribution and collection of absentee ballot applications for the general election in November. But he emphasized new law generally does not affect volunteers giving voter assistance. Allen said his office will update the […]

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Roy S. Johnson: Alabama GOP’s $5 million bet to diminish Black vote in D2 races | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

This is an opinion column. Were I a wagering man, I would have confidently bet that Alabama Republicans weren’t simply going to walk out and leave the keys to the 2nd congressional district – like an abandoned foreclosure. That they wouldn’t simply tuck and run and allow a silly ole U.S. Supreme Court ruling to […]

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Why Alabama’s 2nd congressional district ‘is in play for Republicans’ after Tuesday’s primary | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

For months, the prognosticators labeled Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional district as a Democratic district, removing it from so-called “toss up” categories by noting that President Joe Biden would have won it by 12 percentage points in 2020. But Tuesday’s primary turnout illustrated that it’s a whole new ballgame. Democrats cast only 161 more votes […]

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Why did election date change on Alabama lottery proposal? How much will it cost? | #elections | #alabama

Many things changed in a new, scaled-back version of an Alabama lottery and gambling bill approved Tuesday by a state Senate committee. That includes the date of the election for voters to decide whether to approve the plan in a constitutional amendment. The bill that passed the House three weeks ago set the vote for […]

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Alabama Super Tuesday 2024 primary: When polls close, where and how to vote, results, more | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Alabama will have its say on who should be the party nominees for president next week when voters head to the polls as part of Super Tuesday, when a large chuck of delegates will be at stake across the country. “Before heading to the polls on March 5, I encourage Alabama voters to visit www.AlabamaVotes.gov […]

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Twinkle Cavanaugh fends off Republican primary challenger for PSC President | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh appears to have defeated challenger Robert McCollum in Tuesday’s Republican primary election for President of the Alabama Public Service Commission. Cavanaugh appears poised to secure a fourth term leading the PSC, which is Alabama’s primary regulator of utilities. No Democratic candidate has filed to oppose Cavanaugh in November’s general election. As of […]

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Alabama 2024 primary updates, results: District 2 runoffs set; Barry Moore defeats Jerry Carl | #elections | #alabama

Alabama’s Super Tuesday primaries ended with an incumbent losing his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives losing his seat to another sitting Republican Congressman and set the stage for April 16 Democrat and GOP runoffs for the redrawn District 2. Rep. Jerry Carl lost his re-election bid to Rep. Barry Moore, after District 2 […]