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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A voter’s guide to the House District 10 special election • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
Voters in southern Madison County go to the polls Tuesday to choose a representative for Alabama House District 10. Madison City Councilman Teddy Powell, the Republican nominee, will face Democratic nominee Marilyn Lands, who ran in 2022, in a rare competitive battle for a seat in the Alabama Legislature. Elijah Boyd, who appeared as a […]
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Huntsville-area voters to choose state representative in rare competitive race • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Next Tuesday will feature something rare in Alabama: a competitive legislative election. The contest will take place in House District 10, covering south Huntsville, southern Madison County and parts of Madison. Madison City Councilman Teddy Powell, the Republican nominee, will face Democratic nominee Marilyn Lands, who ran in 2022. The seat opened after former Rep. […]
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Trump comes out against Alabama IVF ruling as national Republicans scramble for distance • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former President Donald Trump called on Alabama lawmakers Friday to “find an immediate solution” to remedy a state Supreme Court ruling that threatened the availability of in vitro fertilization, and national Republicans running for Congress sought to distance themselves from the Alabama decision as well. In a post to his social media site, Truth Social, […]
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Ann Eubank’s political interests started with anti-Common Core drive • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
This is one in a series of profiles of Alabama State Board of Education candidates. Read the profiles to date here. Ann Eubank started going to the Alabama Statehouse in 2010 to protest Common Core, standards aimed at providing consistency in state educational standards around the country. “So I went to the Legislature and I […]
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Arkansas Supreme Court justices Wood, Baker headed to runoff for chief justice • Arkansas Advocate
UPDATE: This story was updated at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2024. The race for chief justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court will be decided in a November runoff between two sitting justices — Rhonda Wood and Karen Baker. Wood, 51, of Conway and Baker, 60, of Clinton were the top two vote-getters in a […]
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Brewbaker, Dobson head to Republican runoff • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former Sen. Dick Brewbaker of Pike Road and attorney Caroleene Dobson are headed to a runoff for the Republican nomination for the 2nd Congressional District. Brewbaker had 22,556 votes (39.59%) in unofficial returns Tuesday evening. Dobson had 15,075 votes (26.46%) as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, narrowly ahead of Sen. Greg Albritton, R-Atmore, who had 14,434 […]
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4,600 people received erroneous voting information • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama
The Montgomery County Board of Registrars said Tuesday that 4,600 voters in Montgomery County received incorrect information about which congressional district they resided in ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Zane Snipes, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Registrars, said Tuesday that postcards reminding people of their voting precincts and districts misidentified people as living […]
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