bobby bright

Bright Issues Statement on Trump’s Endorsement of Roby’s Re-Election

Republican Second District Congressional candidate Bobby Bright has issued a statement on today’s endorsement by President Trump of Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby. Despite Roby saying in 2016 that she would not be voting for Trump because of her disappointment with his personal conduct, the President says he supports her re-election. Bright and Roby’s other Republican challengers had made an issue…

Trump Tweets Endorsement of Roby in Re-Election Campaign

Friday morning, President Trump took to Twitter to endorse U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Alabama) in her re-election bid to represent Alabama’s Second Congressional District in Congress.  Roby is seeking her fifth term. This endorsement is significant because Roby, a Republican, said in the 2016 presidential campaign that she wouldn’t vote for Trump and had asked him to step down in…

GOP Rejects Challenge to Bobby Bright Candidacy

He'll be on Primary Ballot in June.

Former Democratic 2nd District Congressman and Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright will be able to run as a Republican for his old seat in the June Republican Primary. Bright went before a closed door  GOP committee meeting in Montgomery this afternoon to address a challenge to his candidacy. The challenger said Bright was too tied to the Alabama Democratic Party to…

Bobby Bright Will Try to Win Back His Congressional Seat, This Time As a Republican

Former District 2 Alabama Congressman Bobby Bright has announced that he is running to reclaim his seat in Congress, but this time as a Republican. Bright was a Democrat when he held the seat from 2009-2011, before being defeated by Republican incumbent Martha Roby. Previously, Bright was Montgomery Mayor from the time he defeated longtime incumbent Mayor Emory Folmar in…