Alabama gambling bills get Senate committee hearing without public notice • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
An Alabama Senate committee heard objections to gambling legislation in a committee meeting Wednesday. But what that legislation will look like will remain a mystery. The Senate Tourism Committee’s meeting Wednesday was posted with little notice and with neither of the two gambling bills that passed the Alabama House earlier this month on the agenda. […]
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Alabama Senate reviewing House-passed gambling legislation | #elections | #alabama
The Alabama senator carrying two House-passed gambling bills said Monday he does not expect a committee vote on the measures this week. Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, who has sponsored several gambling bills in the past, said in a phone interview that the majority Republican body needed to look over the legislation. “We got to do […]
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At least 21 candidates qualify for Alabama 2nd Congressional District race | #elections | #alabama
The race to fill Alabama’s new 2nd Congressional District will be a crowded one. At least 21 candidates – 13 Democrats and eight Republicans – had entered the race by the time qualifying ended at 5 p.m. on Friday. As of 5 p.m. Friday, the Democratic candidates were: James Averhart, a retired U.S. Marine and […]
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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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AL-2 GOP hopeful Albritton downplays living outside district — ‘I know this district, I know the people’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
State Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore), a candidate for the GOP nomination for Congressional District 2, will not be able to vote for himself in next year’s Republican congressional primary. Albritton is a resident of Atmore, in the first congressional district. However, he does not see that as an obstacle and vows to move to his […]
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State Sen. Albritton to run for U.S. House in District 2 while living outside district | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
It’s legal, but can a candidate get elected to Congress without living in the district he would represent? Republican voters in Alabama’s newly reconfigured District 2 will likely get a say on that question in the March 5 Republican primary. Two Republican candidates have announced they will seek the nomination to represent the 13 counties […]
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