We are less than 24 hours from the primary elections for multiple local and statewide offices. We’ve been following the campaigns closely for months now, especially the race for governor. Governor Kay Ivey had a busy final day on the campaign trail, making five stops across the state. Ivey is feeling confident and encouraged going into election day, but says…
The deadline to qualify for state elections is closing in. The deadline is this Friday at 5 p.m. Here’s breakdown of some of the candidates who have qualified so far: Republican candidates for Governor: Kay Ivey, Tommy Battle Scott Dawson, Bill Hightower and Michael McAllister Democratic candidates for Governor: Sue Bell Cobb, Walt Maddox, James Fields and Anthony White Republican…
The Alabama primary election to fill Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ senate seat is fast approaching. So is the deadline to register to make sure you can vote. There is a crowded field to fill Sessions’ seat in the Senate. Republican candidates including incumbant Senator Luther Strange, former Chief Justice Roy Moore, and Congressman Mo Brooks. Democratic candidates include U.S. attorney Doug…
Congress’ Republican leaders are preparing to greet incoming President Donald Trump with investigations into whether Russia intruded into last month’s elections to help him win the White House. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to say Monday whether he agreed with the CIA assertion that Russian hacking and public release of Democratic emails during the presidential campaign were designed to…
Apple CEO and Alabama native Tim Cook quotes Martin Luther King, Jr., in a memo to Apple employees in the aftermath of Tuesday election win by Donald Trump. I recall something Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said 50 years ago: “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk. If you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever…
Days are counting down until Tuesday’s Presidential Election and with neither candidate showing true Christian values, those voters are having a difficult decision choosing who will be a better leader. “I’m not looking forward to what we’re in for for the next four years regardless of who gets elected,” said Christian Voter Ed Sims. “I have in mind who I’m…
A civil rights group is challenging Alabama’s practice of electing appellate judges by statewide vote, saying it has resulted in all-white courts in a state where one of every four people is African-American. The NAACP’s Alabama chapter and four black voters sued the state on Wednesday in Montgomery federal court, arguing that electing judges through at-large elections in Alabama violates…
Four Republicans are running for former House Speaker Mike Hubbard’s legislative seat. The Alabama Republican Party announced Friday that Jay Conner, Joe Lovvorn, Brett Smith and Sandy Toomer had qualified to run for the Lee County House seat. No Democrats are running for the legislative district. Hubbard was removed from office in June after a jury convicted him of 12…
Voters in several counties will head back to the polls Tuesday for runoff elections. Alabamians will decide primary election contests in which no candidate received more than half the vote. One race many people will be watching is the seat on the Montgomery County School Board. The candidates vying for the seat in the democratic primary runoff for District 7…
Alabama’s secretary of state is urging a federal judge to let Alabama’s voter ID law stand. Secretary of State John Merrill, in a court filing last week, argued that Alabama has one of the most inclusive photo ID laws in the nation. The state since 2014 has required voters to present photo identification at the polls. Merrill’s attorneys argued that…
