Biden cracks jokes about Trump’s hair, acquires another major union endorsement • Arkansas Advocate
WASHINGTON — Cheered for his pro-union stance and promise to rework the tax code, President Joe Biden picked up a major endorsement Wednesday from North America’s Building Trades Unions, a massive labor organization now committing resources in the battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The Democratic leader received multiple standing ovations at the union’s […]
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Alabama House committee approves bill to ensure ballot access for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Alabama House Constitution, Campaigns and Elections committee Wednesday approved a time extension to place President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on the state ballot in November. HB 448, sponsored by House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, would extend the deadline to certify candidates for the November general election from Aug. 15 to […]
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Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson head to general election • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson are headed to the November general election after winning runoffs Tuesday in Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District. As of 10:26 p.m. Tuesday, Figures, an attorney, had 21,926 votes (61%) while House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, had 13,990 votes (39%) in unofficial returns. In the Republican runoff, […]
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Civil rights groups file suit against Alabama law criminalizing some absentee ballot assistance • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
A group of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama against a new Alabama law criminalizing some forms of absentee voting assistance, alleging it amounts to voter suppression. Gov. Kay Ivey signed SB 1, sponsored by Sen. Garlan Gudger, R-Cullman, on March 20. “Voter […]
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Joe Biden campaign hints at litigation if Alabama keeps president off ballot • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign Wednesday urged Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen to put the president on the ballot, and hinted at litigation if he didn’t. In a letter to Mike Jones, general counsel for the Alabama Secretary of State’s office, Birmingham Attorney Barry Ragsdale, representing the campaign, said the party could provisionally certify […]
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Meet the candidates running in Alabama House District 27 • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Voters in Marshall County will choose a Republican nominee for the Alabama House in a special election Tuesday. Six Republicans will compete for the party nomination in House District 27. The seat is solidly Republican: Former Rep. and current Sen. Wes Kitchens, R-Arab, got 84% of the vote in the 2018 election and 89% of […]
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States rush to combat AI threat to elections • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
This year’s presidential election will be the first since generative AI — a form of artificial intelligence that can create new content, including images, audio, and video — became widely available. That’s raising fears that millions of voters could be deceived by a barrage of political deepfakes. But, while Congress has done little to address […]
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What Marilyn Lands’ win says, and what it doesn’t • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
One thing is clear from Marilyn Lands’ House District 10 victory: Abortion still motivates Democrats. Lands turned a seven-point loss in 2022 into a 25-point romp on Tuesday. And for the first time since 2002 – when then-Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman almost pulled off a shocking re-election upset – Alabama Democrats came out of an […]
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McGruder, Barnett victorious in Arkansas Delta Democratic runoffs • Arkansas Advocate
Two eastern Arkansas Democrats earned spots on the November ballot following victories Tuesday night in their respective primary runoff elections. Jessie McGruder defeated Raymond Whiteside with 59% of the vote in the House District 35 race, while Hughes Mayor Lincoln Barnett beat Fred Leonard with nearly 56% of the vote in the House District 63 […]
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Early voting begins in three Arkansas House primary runoff races • Arkansas Advocate
Primary runoff elections are underway in three Arkansas House districts where the incumbents did not seek reelection. Early voting began Tuesday and runoff election day is April 2 in races for House District 35, 63 and 88. Runoffs occur between the two candidates that received the most votes in a race where no candidate garnered […]
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