Alabama Republican Party will hear four election contests | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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Alabama Republican Party sets date for Whatley and Hovey to present their sides | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
LAUREN JOHNSON The Alabama Republican Party has decided to hold hearings for four contested elections, including the State Senate District 27 race between Jay Hovey and incumbent Tom Whatley. Hovey clung to a four-vote lead over Whatley on election night after all the votes were tallied from the polling places in Lee, Russell and Tallapoosa. […]
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‘Left-leaning Democrat’ Auburn professor boasts of swaying State Senate District 27 GOP primary in NY Times op-ed | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
The anecdotal evidence of Democrat crossover voting in last month’s State Senate District 27 Republican primary that resulted in a one-vote loss for incumbent State Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) to Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey continues to accumulate. In an op-ed published in Monday’s edition of The New York Times, Auburn University creative writing professor […]
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Tom Whatley bows out of tied District 27 Alabama State Senate Race | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
ALABAMA (WTVM) – Senator Tom Whatley is stepping away from the tied District 27 Alabama State Senate Race as of Friday, July 1. A statement from Whatley is below: The last twelve years have been fantastic. I have loved serving in the Alabama Senate. I have made lifelong friendships with many fantastic people. Hands down, […]
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State senator withdraws challenge to 1 vote defeat | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
A state senator has dropped a challenge to his one-vote defeat in the Republican primary. The Alabama Republican Party said state Sen. Tom Whatley withdrew before the latest re-hearing in the dispute. Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey is the Republican nominee in the race. He will face Democratic nominee Sherri Reese in November. The party […]
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Forget that coin toss: Hovey declared winner after ALGOP reverses decision to grant provisional vote to Whatley | Local News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
LAUREN JOHNSON The Alabama Republican Party announced late Friday morning that it had decided to “vacate its earlier decision” to grant a previously rejected provisional vote to incumbent Tom Whatley that had made his state senate primary race against Jay Hovey an astounding 8,373-8,373 tie. The decision meant that there would be no coin toss […]
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Re-hearing set for ‘tied’ Alabama Republican primary race | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – The Alabama Republican Party has granted a motion for re-hearing in the election contest between state Senate District 27 primary candidates Jay Hovey and Tom Whatley after previously declaring the race a tie. Hovey requested the party re-examine its decision following a Sunday statement from the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency that […]
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Ala. GOP committee declares tie in state Senate race; to be decided ‘by lot’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVM) – The Alabama Republican Party Candidate Committee has released its final decision on the Senate District 29 primary election race. Following deliberations at a Saturday hearing, the committee declared the race between Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey and incumbent Tom Whatley a tie. Hovey last month unofficially beat Whatley, who has held […]
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Alabama State Senate District 27 race separated by 1 vote | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) – Provisional ballots were counted in Lee County today. The outcome of those ballots could change the results of The Alabama State Senate race in District 27. On election night last Tuesday, results showed Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey in the lead by a mere four votes over Incumbent Tom Whatley. As […]
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Still not over: Results of Hovey-Whatley state senate race contested, recount likely | Govt. and Politics | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
LAUREN JOHNSON The State Senate District 27 election results have been contested. Jay Hovey unofficially won the race by one vote on Tuesday over incumbent Tom Whatley after the provisional ballots were added to the total number of votes. Jeannie Burniston, the Alabama Republican Party communications director, confirmed that the paperwork to contest the results […]
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