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Alabama

Alabama Legislature changed deadlines to get GOP candidates on ballot in 2020 | #elections | #alabama

Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen notified the state and national Democratic parties on Tuesday that the Democratic National Convention, scheduled to begin Aug. 19, is a few days too late to meet a deadline in state law to get the party’s nominee for president, presumably Joe Biden, on the ballot for the general election […]

Mayor

With Finance Director Ron Wynne retiring, Mayfield Mayor Bodnar chooses Angie Rich as his replacement

MAYFIELD, Ohio — With Finance Director Ron Wynne getting set for retirement, Mayor Brenda Bodnar has decided to get Rich, as in Angie Rich, as his replacement. In a March 25 letter to Village Council, Bodnar said interviews for the job had been completed and that Angie S. Rich, currently the executive director for accounting […]

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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 […]

Alabama

Democrat Lands’ House victory significant, but also will be hard to replicate | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY — In what marked the first net gain for Democrats in the Alabama Legislature in more than 20 years, Marilyn Lands, running on reproductive rights, secured a decisive victory this week during the special election to represent House District 10 in north Alabama. Winning by nearly 25 percentage points and flipping the district blue, […]

Alabama

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 Democrat Marilyn Lands, running on IVF ruling, flips Republican House seat | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Democrat Marilyn Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell in a special election Tuesday night for a state House seat in north Alabama that drew national attention. Lands, a licensed professional counselor, flipped the seat from red to blue by besting Powell, a Madison city councilman, 62 percent to 38 percent with 100percent of the precincts in […]

Alabama

In rare competitive Alabama election, Democrat focuses on reproductive rights, outraises Republican | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A Democratic candidate has outraised her Republican opponent in today’s special election to replace a Republican lawmaker in north Alabama. Marilyn Lands, a licensed counselor and the Democrat in a special election in Madison, received $236,465 in donations since August of 2023. About 84% of that comes from individual donors. She leads Republican Teddy Powell, […]

Alabama

Mooney, Long win Alabama state school board races | #elections | #alabama

Kelly Mooney and Allen Long have won their Republican primaries for the State Board of Education, according to unofficial results from the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. Because there are no Democratic challengers, both winners will be seated in January for a four-year term. Mooney appears to have avoided a runoff with 51.2% of the […]

Alabama

5 questions with Republican Alabama House District 10 candidate Teddy Powell | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Madison City Councilman Teddy Powell announced in October that he would seek the Republican nomination in the Alabama House District 10 Special Election. Powell describes himself as a lifelong Republican and longtime resident of Madison. He says he brings a “passion for service and dedication to (the) community” and hopes to “bring the successes of […]

Alabama

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 […]