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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, […]

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Alabama

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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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, […]

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Alaska

Alaska Federation of Natives joins feds in lawsuit against state over subsistence rights | #alaska | #politics

Salmon being cut at a fish camp along Kuskokuak Slough on the Kuskokwim River near Bethel, AK on Saturday, June 28, 2014. (Bob Hallinen/ADN) The state’s largest Alaska Native organization this week intervened on the side of the federal government and other groups in a battle with the state of Alaska over subsistence rights and […]

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