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How abortion views could impact elections in Illinois in 2024 | #elections | #alabama

Following a flipped seat in the Alabama Legislature, abortion-rights advocates say a roadmap exists for Illinois Democrat challengers in the November election. Marilyn Lands’ victory in deeply conservative Alabama last month overturned a district long held by Republicans, her campaign focusing on the state’s near-complete abortion ban and ensuring protection for in vitro fertilization after […]

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Alabama 2nd Congressional District race: Figures vs Dobson | #elections | #alabama

Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson will face off in November for Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District seat. The two candidates won their respective runoffs Tuesday, setting the stage for a general election campaign that Democrats are closely eyeing. A Democratic win would give the party an additional seat in the state’s congressional […]

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Alabama 2nd Congressional District: Figures wins Democratic runoff | #elections | #alabama

Shomari Figures, a former Obama administration official, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday for Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. Figures received 58.7 % of the vote, defeating opponent Rep. Anthony Daniels, who received 41.1%, according to the unofficial results from the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that the […]

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AL’s 2nd Congressional District: Figures wins Democratic runoff | #elections | #alabama

Shomari Figures, a former Obama administration official, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday for Alabama’s newly redrawn 2nd Congressional District. Figures received 61% of the vote, defeating opponent Rep. Anthony Daniels, who received 39%, according to the unofficial results from the Alabama Secretary of State’s office. “Thank you to the people of District 2,” Figures said […]

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Alabama voter turnout doubles in redrawn congressional district | #elections | #alabama

Voter turnout for the Democratic primary in Alabama’s second congressional district was remarkably higher in the first election since the district was redrawn in a way that could allow the party to pick up a key seat. According to the National Redistricting Foundation, there were 57,129 ballots cast in the district’s Democratic primary election Super […]

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In Alabama, hate only wins if we stay home in November | #elections | #alabama

Election years tend to bring out the worst in politicians vying to hold on to power and win elections. Recently, in Alabama, that materialized through a set of education bills that recall the state’s segregationist past and reject the promise of a free and inclusive public school system that is the bedrock of our democracy. This […]

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Alabama DEI law is the latest GOP effort to gloss over America’s past | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

When you think of the Civil Rights Movement, you probably think about Alabama. The state is associated with the worst of the Jim Crow Era, but also the people who stood against it. It’s a shame that Alabama’s legislators would rather not talk about these things. Last week, the Alabama Legislature passed SB129, a law […]

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Advocacy organizations sue state officials over Alabama voting law | #elections | #alabama

A united front of civil, disability and voting rights organizations on Thursday sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, the state’s 42 District Attorneys, and Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen over the signing of SB1 into law. SB1 bans ballot harvesting, the act of collecting individual ballots, by an organization or individual person, and delivering them to […]

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IVF, abortion rock Alabama race as Supreme Court weighs mifepristone | #elections | #alabama

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the debate around abortion rights in America exploded. Democrats and Republicans campaigned on access to the procedure in pivotal midterm races. And advocates trying to protect abortion have since notched victories with ballot measures in half a dozen states − even in deep red areas. […]

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Democrat Marilyn Lands wins Alabama District 10 on abortion platform | #elections | #alabama

A Democrat won a contentious special election Tuesday for a state house seat in Alabama, in win that could signal the dominant role of abortion and in-vitro fertilization in elections across the country in 2024. Marilyn Lands beat Republican Teddy Powell in a race for the seat that was left vacant after former Republican Rep. David Cole […]