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Rick Pate Beats State Sen. Gerald Dial in GOP Runoff for Agriculture Commissioner

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Lowndesboro Mayor and farmer Rick Pate has defeated longtime state Sen. Gerald Dial (R-Lineville) for the Republican nomination for commissioner of the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries. The 63-year-old Pate led the 80-year-old Dial and three other candidates in the primary in June, but he didn’t get enough votes to win the nomination outright. He widened his lead in…

Attorney General Steve Marshall Holds Off Challenge from Troy King in GOP Runoff

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  Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has won the Republican nomination for attorney general and now faces his first statewide general election challenge. Marshall defeated former attorney general Troy King in the Republican runoff Tuesday. The former Marshall County prosecutor will face a general election challenge from Birmingham lawyer Joseph Siegelman, the son of former Governor Don Siegelman. The 53-year-old…

U.S. Rep. Martha Roby Defeats Bobby Bright in GOP Congressional Runoff

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  U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-2nd District) has won the Republican runoff for her seat after President Trump endorsed her despite  her criticism of him during his 2016 presidential campaign. Roby beat Bobby Bright, who used to represent the district as a Democrat but ran this year as a Republican embracing Trump. Roby drew multiple challengers in the primary after…

Alabama Legislature: Runoff Winners and Losers

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State Rep. Alvin Holmes (D-Montgomery) was defeated in Tuesday’s Democratic Party runoff. Longtime State Rep. Alvin Holmes (D-Montgomery) has lost the seat he has held since winning it in 1974. His defeat in District 78 is one of the most significant of the Alabama runoffs. Click here for complete election results Holmes lost to challenger Kirk Hatcher in the Democratic…

Registered Sex Offender Faces Robbery Charges in Troy

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Otis James Guice, 48, of Brundidge has been arrested by the Troy police and charged with Robbery 1st degree. The charge against Guice stems from an incident that took place around 4:00am on July 16, 2018. Police say Guice flagged the victim down on Montgomery Street and told him that his car was broken down and asked the victim for a…

ASU Partners with Maxwell Air Force Base

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Alabama State University has committed itself to building partnerships within its community, the metropolitan area and beyond to create opportunities for the community and the University. On July 16, ASU President Quinton T. Ross, Jr. and Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton, commander and president of Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, entered into a Community-University partnership to continue to expand…

Campaign 2018: Alabama Runoff Results

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Alabama News Network has your complete results of Campaign 2018, The Alabama Runoffs. Click here to see the latest results. Some of the notable statewide races are the Republican runoffs for lieutenant governor, attorney general and agriculture commissioner. In addition, for many voters in our part of the state, there’s the Republican runoff for the U.S. House of Representatives, District…

Noon Update: A Case of the Muggies

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Not much change today in the overall weather; the sky will be occasionally cloudy with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms by afternoon as a surface front approaches from the north. Highs today should be in the lower to mid 90s. As we see each day, storms will produce very heavy rainfall and frequent lightning. Always to remember TURN AROUND,…

Runoff Election Preview on Big Races

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Several big offices are at stake as the runoff elections get underway Tuesday. When it comes to the L. Governor’s race between Twinkle Cavanaugh and Will Ainsworth, Steve Flowers says Cavanaugh is the most likely winner. “Our area of the state will vote more heavily than other areas because of this Congressional race here. And she will benefit because she…

Global Defense Contractor Creating More Jobs with Alabama Expansion

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Governor Kay Ivey welcomed plans by global defense contractor BAE Systems to launch a major expansion that will create a substantial number of jobs and add new capabilities at its operations in Huntsville. In an announcement coinciding with the start of the Farnborough International Airshow near London today, BAE Systems revealed the $45.5 million project to expand its operations in…

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