General election matchup set in potentially historic race for new Alabama district, CNN projects | #elections | #alabama
Former US Justice Department official Shomari Figures will win the Democratic primary runoff in Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District, CNN projects, a seat that was redrawn under a new map that could result in two Black House members from Alabama serving together for the first time in history. Figures is projected to defeat state House Minority […]
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Rep. Terri Sewell introduces bipartisan ARCH Act to help rural communities | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Terri Sewell Last week, U.S. Reps. Terri Sewell (AL-07) and Carol Miller (WV-01) introduced H.R. 6430, the Assistance for Rural Community Hospitals (ARCH) Act. This bill would provide greater financial stability for rural hospitals by extending the Medicare-dependent hospital program and Medicare low-volume hospital payments for five years each. The bill would also require a […]
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Rogers summons defense leaders to testify on SPACECOM headquarters | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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WASHINGTON ― House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers is asking three top Defense Department officials to testify before Congress after the Biden administration revoked a previous decision to place the Space Command headquarters in his home state of Alabama and instead designated Colorado as its home base. The Alabama Republican on Tuesday invited Air […]
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Alabama redistricting ‘protecting the political preferences of a white majority’ | #elections | #alabama
U.S. Rep Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) urged a federal court to throw out a new congressional map recently passed by Republicans and have a court-appointed special master draw a new map for the 2024 congressional elections in Alabama. According to a brief by Sewell and CBC members filed […]
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Alabama Voters Prep for Another Map Fight After Republicans Flout SCOTUS Ruling | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Voters in Alabama are preparing for another legal battle after the state’s GOP-dominated Legislature and Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday approved new congressional districts that critics say defy a surprising recent decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. The latest map “is really a slap in the face, not only to Black Alabamians but to […]
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Former Senator Doug Jones, Terri Sewell donor David Silverstein enters Jefferson County Commission special election | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A Birmingham-area Democrat and former donor to U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) and former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has entered a special election to determine which party has the majority on the Jefferson County Commission. Former Jefferson County commissioner Steve Ammons announced in May that he would be stepping down to become the Birmingham Business […]
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10 Years After Supreme Court Gutted Voting Rights, Advocates Say Congress Must Reverse Damage | #elections | #alabama
Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Shelby County v. Holder exactly 10 years ago Sunday, at least 29 states have enacted nearly 100 restrictive laws including many that are racially discriminatory, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice. The nonpartisan law and policy think tank said Friday that […]
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Five candidates who could pose a threat to incumbent U.S. Rep. Sewell for the Democrat nomination in a redrawn congressional district | #elections | #alabama
Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down the congressional district map approved by the Alabama Legislature in 2021 was immediately hailed as a victory for Alabama Democrats. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham) immediately took to cable news to applaud the ruling. “This is so exciting,” Sewell said in an interview with CNN host Kate […]
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How Did Alabama’s Congressional Delegation Vote on the $1.7T Omnibus to Avoid a Government Shutdown? | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WHNT) — Almost all of Alabama’s congressional delegation voted to reject a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government Friday. The final package passed on a 225-201-1 vote. According to The Hill, the bill includes an increase in defense spending, $40 billion in aid to Ukraine, reform for the Electoral […]
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Republican agenda not thwarted in sweeping Alabama wins | Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
(The Center Square) – Promising protection of the unborn, the Second Amendment and a quest for jobs, Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey led a winning Republican trifecta on Election Day. Ivey, snagging two out of every three votes in defeating Democratic challenger Yolanda Rochelle Flowers, says the next four years will continue her quest for […]
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