Jay Hovey and Sherri Reese face off to be State Senator of District 27 | #elections | #alabama
LAUREN JOHNSON Democrat Sherri Reese and Republican Jay Hovey are the two candidates running for the position to be State Senator of District 27 in the 2022 general election on Nov. 8. District 27 is made up of parts of Lee, Russell and Tallapoosa counties. Reese, 49, was born and raised in Opelika. She graduated […]
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State Republican Party to close election contest hearings to public | News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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Alabama Republican Party will hear four election contests | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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Alabama Republican Party sets date for Whatley and Hovey to present their sides | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
LAUREN JOHNSON The Alabama Republican Party has decided to hold hearings for four contested elections, including the State Senate District 27 race between Jay Hovey and incumbent Tom Whatley. Hovey clung to a four-vote lead over Whatley on election night after all the votes were tallied from the polling places in Lee, Russell and Tallapoosa. […]
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‘Left-leaning Democrat’ Auburn professor boasts of swaying State Senate District 27 GOP primary in NY Times op-ed | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The anecdotal evidence of Democrat crossover voting in last month’s State Senate District 27 Republican primary that resulted in a one-vote loss for incumbent State Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) to Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey continues to accumulate. In an op-ed published in Monday’s edition of The New York Times, Auburn University creative writing professor […]
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Tom Whatley bows out of tied District 27 Alabama State Senate Race | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
ALABAMA (WTVM) – Senator Tom Whatley is stepping away from the tied District 27 Alabama State Senate Race as of Friday, July 1. A statement from Whatley is below: The last twelve years have been fantastic. I have loved serving in the Alabama Senate. I have made lifelong friendships with many fantastic people. Hands down, […]
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State senator withdraws challenge to 1 vote defeat | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A state senator has dropped a challenge to his one-vote defeat in the Republican primary. The Alabama Republican Party said state Sen. Tom Whatley withdrew before the latest re-hearing in the dispute. Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey is the Republican nominee in the race. He will face Democratic nominee Sherri Reese in November. The party […]
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Forget that coin toss: Hovey declared winner after ALGOP reverses decision to grant provisional vote to Whatley | Local News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
LAUREN JOHNSON The Alabama Republican Party announced late Friday morning that it had decided to “vacate its earlier decision” to grant a previously rejected provisional vote to incumbent Tom Whatley that had made his state senate primary race against Jay Hovey an astounding 8,373-8,373 tie. The decision meant that there would be no coin toss […]
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Plan B: Hovey qualifies for city council race in case he loses coin toss | Govt. and Politics | #elections | #alabama
JOHN WEST Auburn city councilman Jay Hovey has qualified to run again for Ward 7. The announcement came through the City of Auburn’s Department of Affairs on June 28, the last day of qualification for the municipal elections. Hovey has been in a tight race for State Senate District 27, against incumbent Tom Whatley. After […]
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Hovey qualifies for city council race in case he loses coin toss | Govt. and Politics | #elections | #alabama
JOHN WEST Auburn city councilman Jay Hovey has qualified to run again for Ward 7. The announcement came through the City of Auburn’s Department of Affairs on June 28, the last day of qualification for the municipal elections. Hovey had not qualified for election prior to this cut-off date. Hovey has been in a tight […]
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