Biden could miss the deadline for the November ballot in Alabama, the state’s election chief says | #elections | #alabama
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By KIM CHANDLER – Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama, the state’s elections chief said Tuesday, because the state’s certification deadline comes several days before the Democratic Party’s convention. Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen, a Republican, made the statement Tuesday, a day after […]
Read MoreU.S. destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
By ANDREW DeMILLO, THOMAS PEIPERT and DYLAN LOVAN – Associated Press RICHMOND, Ky. (AP) — The last of the United States’ declared chemical weapons stockpile was destroyed at a sprawling military installation in eastern Kentucky, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced Friday, a milestone that closes a chapter of warfare dating back to World War […]
Read MoreAmended budget adds parks, recreation deputy director | #citycouncil
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The City of Orangeburg is adding three new positions to the city’s staff: a special projects manager, a risk and safety coordinator and a deputy director of parks and recreation. Council gave third and final reading Tuesday to amend the city’s current — 2022-23 — budget and the city’s organizational chart to provide for the […]
Read MoreLawmakers urge Parson to cancel execution of Amber McLaughlin, scheduled for next week | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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This image provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Amber McLaughlin. McLaughlin, the first openly transgender woman set to be executed in the U.S., is asked Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson to spare her, on Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Uncredited – hogp, Missouri Department of Corrections JEFFERSON CITY — U.S. Reps. Cori Bush and […]
Read MoreEditorial Roundup: Alabama | #elections | #alabama
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Dothan Eagle. November 9, 2022. Editorial: A foregone conclusion As the polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, word went out immediately that incumbent Gov. Kay Ivey had won re-election, and that GOP candidate and Enterprise native Katie Britt would replace her mentor, Richard Shelby, in the United States Senate. How is it possible that […]
Read MoreAlabama sheriff’s race ends in tie, goes to a recount | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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EVERGREEN, Ala. (AP) — The race for sheriff in southern Alabama’s Conecuh County has ended in a tie, and is heading to a recount. Republican Mike Blackmon and Democrat Randy Brock each received 2,225 votes, according to certified election results posted Tuesday. Blackmon had been losing the race by one vote until provisional ballots were […]
Read MoreWhat to expect on election night | #elections | #alabama
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Republicans are looking to extend their current lock on all statewide offices in Alabama in the face of opposition from the Democratic and Libertarian parties. The race to replace U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, 88, who is retiring after six terms, is the marquee contest. GOP nominee Katie Britt faces Democratic pastor Will Boyd and Libertarian […]
Read MoreDemocrat Pansing Brooks faces tough road in winning Nebraska’s 1st Congressional seat | #alaska | #politics
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Democratic voter registrations in Nebraska have been declining, contradicting the expectation that the numbers would bounce back following a surge of Republican registrations in the May primary. In her bid to become the first Democrat in decades to represent Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District, Patty Pansing Brooks is seeking to defy conventional wisdom that Republicans […]
Read MoreEXPLAINER: Bused, flown migrants can live in US — for now | National | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
By ELLIOT SPAGAT – Associated Press Republican governors have been sending more migrants released at the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic strongholds, raising questions about their legal status, how they are lured on board buses and planes and the cost to taxpayers. Florida’s Ron DeSantis flew about 50 Venezuelans last week to the small, […]
Read MoreCrash that killed Rep. Walorski blamed on failed passing try | National | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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AP ELKHART, Ind. (AP) — A staffer for U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski was trying to pass a flat-bed truck on a northern Indiana highway last month when the SUV they were in crashed into an oncoming car, killing Walorski and three other people, police said Friday. A witness traveling behind the SUV told investigators it […]
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