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Caroleene Dobson wins the Republican nomination for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District | World News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Caroleene Dobson has won the Republican nomination in a runoff for Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District. The attorney defeated former state legislator Dick Brewbaker and will face the Democratic nominee Shomari Figures, a former top aide to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, in November. Figures defeated state House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels […]

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House speakership fight puts Houston Republican Dan Crenshaw’s chairmanship dreams at risk – Houston Public Media | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) The fight over the speakership of the House is keeping two Houston Republicans from taking up leadership posts. The contest could cost one of them a desired and high-profile committee chairmanship. Congressman Michael McCaul is the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He’s likely to get that chairmanship whether […]

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Kuwait holds second election in two years amid gridlock | Ap | #elections | #alabama

KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Voters in Kuwait returned to the polls on Thursday for the second parliamentary elections in less than two years, hoping to move the wealthy Gulf Arab nation out of a prolonged period of political gridlock. Kuwait has the freest and most active assembly in the Persian Gulf, but political power is […]

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Nigerian presidential hopefuls sign election peace accord | Ap | #elections | #alabama

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Presidential candidates in Nigeria signed an accord Thursday committing to a peaceful campaign for the 2023 election. Nearly all of the 18 candidates for president signed the pact at an event in Abuja, the nation’s capital, where authorities also rolled out plans to ensure a hitch-free election. Similar peace accords have […]

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Opposition leads in 1st round of Czech Senate election | Ap | #elections | #alabama

PRAGUE (AP) — The major opposition party in the Czech Republic appeared to be leading Saturday in the first round of elections for one-third of the seats in Parliament’s upper house, the Senate. With ballots from more than 95% of ballot stations counted, the centrist ANO movement led by former Prime Minister Andrej Babis had […]

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5-at-10: Braves’ big beginning, Tiger talk on Tour, Alabama’s poll dominance | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Big start Take that Metropolitans. (Side question: Metropolitans as a nickname, friend or foe?) Game 1 of a critical — way more so for Atlanta than the Mets — four-game series at Truist Park in Smyrna became a soggy tail-whipping. The Braves got just about everything they could have hoped for in the 13-1 win. […]

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Dollar General stores in Georgia cited for unsafe working conditions and more business news | #elections | #alabama

Dollar General is cited for dangerous worksites Dollar General faces penalties after three of its Georgia locations were cited for dangerous working conditions. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $1,292,783 in penalties for violations at stores in Smyrna, Pembroke and Hogansville, Georgia, according to a Monday news release. The workplace […]

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Republicans sweep 12th Judicial District Thursday as voters choose new DA, public defender and judges | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Thursday’s vote tallies changed the face of the six-county 12th Judicial District in a single stroke. With all Republican district circuit judges on the ballot facing no opposition combined with landslide victories for Courtney Lynch in the district attorney’s race and Ted Engel in the public defender’s race, the GOP on Thursday swept the six-county […]

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Tennessee Republican Rep. Warner, former Rep. Tillis square off in social media war | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Embattled state Rep. Todd Warner and his former opponent, ex-Rep. Rick Tillis, are going at each other in a social media fight as the Aug. 4 election nears. Warner, who has been under investigation by the FBI since early 2021, sent out a text message blast recently telling constituents in House District 92 they would […]

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Biden nominates former TVA chair to return to federal utility board | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Former Tennessee Valley Authority Chairman Joe H. Ritch could soon be returning to the TVA board a decade after he was first named to help oversee the federal utility. President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated the Huntsville, Alabama, attorney to serve as a TVA director again. Ritch was first appointed to the nine-member TVA board […]