Republican Barry Moore of Enterprise will be heading to Washington, DC. He won the District 2 race for the U.S. House of Representatives. Moore beat Democratic candidate Phyllis Harvey-Hall of Montgomery by about a two-to-one margin. Moore will replace outgoing Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby, who chose not to seek re-election after serving for ten years. District 2 includes much of…
(Source: Will Dismukes) Will Dismukes, a former Republican candidate for Alabama’s 2nd congressional district, endorsed Republican candidate Jessica Taylor Tuesday. State Representative Will Dismukes of Prattville said, “Our country desperately needs a new generation of conservatives to take on radical socialists like AOC, Ilhan Omar and their ‘squad.’ That’s why, today, I’m endorsing conservative Jessica Taylor for Congress.” Dismukes dropped…
Alabama State Rep. Will Dismukes (R-District 88) has dropped out of the Republican race for the second district congressional seat. His campaign manager Henry Thornton made the announcement by email this afternoon. “It is with a heavy heart that I announce today that I am withdrawing from the 2nd congressional district race,” Dismukes said in the emailed statement. “I want…
Alabama News Network’s political analyst Steve Flowers is sharing his thoughts on the 2020 race for the state’s 2nd Congressional District, now that current Congresswoman Martha announced she is not seeking reelection. “It was a surprise first of all, her not running, because I think she had a safe, smooth ride for a long tenure in Congress,” Flowers says. After…
Alabama News Network Political Analyst Steve Flowers is sharing his thoughts on the 2020 race for Alabama’s Second Congressional District. Current Congresswoman Martha Roby has announced that she won’t seek a sixth term. Flowers says potential candidates don’t have a lot of time to make up their mind on whether to run. The primary is March 3. That could be…
U.S. Rep. Martha Roby (R-Alabama) has announced she will not seek re-election to a sixth congressional term in 2020. She released the following statement on her website: “Riley and I, and our children, Margaret and George, will be forever grateful to the people of Alabama’s Second District for giving us the tremendous privilege and honor of serving our state and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
