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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]