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Five Takeaways From Last Night’s GOP Debate in Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—Nikki Haley’s Republican presidential nomination rivals attacked her for being too cozy with American corporations during a debate Wednesday night that showcased her ascent in the race and the party’s sharp populist turn. The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador took heat for receiving support from wealthy Democratic donors on Wall Street […]

Alabama

Alabama ruling could help Democrats in multiple states | #elections | #alabama

The Supreme Court’s ruling that Alabama’s congressional map violates the Voting Rights Act could lead to new Democratic-leaning districts in several states and influence the battle for control of the House next year. The ruling said Alabama had to create another district where Black voters could influence the election, but there is similar pending litigation […]

Mayor

Charleston elects Republican mayor for first time since 1870s

The city of Charleston, South Carolina, has elected its first Republican mayor since the reconstruction era of the 1870s. According to the South Carolina Election Commission, state Rep. William Cogswell defeated incumbent Mayor John Tecklenburg (D) by two percentage points in runoff election Tuesday. Five hundred and sixty-six votes separated the two candidates, according to […]

Alabama

Next month’s 4th GOP presidential debate will be in Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A fourth Republican presidential debate has been set for next month, with heightened polling requirements that could make the stage less crowded than before. In a memo sent to campaigns on Friday and obtained by The Associated Press, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said the fourth debate would take place Dec. 6 in Tuscaloosa, […]

Mayor

Mayor candidates addresses voters ahead of election

On Monday, candidates for the city of Greenville’s mayor’s race spoke to potential voters at a forum ahead of the November election. Incumbent Mayor Knox White and challenger Michelle Shain took to the podium at Wade Hampton High School.Each candidate touched on topics like affordable housing, public transportation, and how to help essential workers. “I […]

City Council

Charleston City Council approves funding for several projects, sets meeting date to address council size | #citycouncil

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Charleston City Council approved funding for several projects at its meeting Monday night. Council members approved $5 million in funding for the Capital Sports Center, $1 million for the Public Safety Center, $350,000 for turf for the North Charleston Community Center and $200,000 for HVAC and roof repairs at the Kanawha […]

Alabama

Legal fights over voting districts could play role in control of Congress for 2024 | #elections | #alabama

FILE – A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Democrats got a potential boost for the 2024 congressional elections as courts in Alabama and Florida ruled in the summer of 2023 that Republican-led legislatures had unfairly diluted the […]

Alabama

Eight Republican candidates qualified for the first GOP debate | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won’t be on the Republican debate stage Wednesday. But the former president is driving the conversation on and off the debate stage anyway. Trump supporters including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will be in Milwaukee. There are questions about how many of his campaign surrogates will be allowed into Fox […]

Alabama

Donald Trump seems inescapable but many Republicans embrace a campaign discussion without him | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump’s decision to skip the first Republican debate may hurt television ratings and put more pressure on the eight contenders who will be on stage. But plenty of rank-and-file conservatives said they were eager to see their options without the former president dominating the conversation. “People are just so focused on […]

Alabama

Fact check: Trump makes new false claim to support old false claim that he won Georgia in 2020 | #elections | #alabama

Washington CNN — Former President Donald Trump keeps telling the lie that he won Georgia in the 2020 election. This weekend, he delivered a new false claim in support of that old false claim. Trump’s deception about what happened in Georgia has not relented even as he prepares to turn himself in this week to […]