Talk among defense lawyers has the veteran Baldwin County prosecutor mulling a comeback. Whetstone says he intends to get more politically active, but not to run for office again.
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News from Bay Minette in Baldwin County, Alabama.
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Baldwin County Politics Stirs: A Challenger Eyes the DA’s Office, a Forester Waves Off a Draft
Attorney Russell Watson confirmed he was weighing a run for Baldwin County district attorney against incumbent Judy Newcomb, while Art Dyas said talk of a commission bid was not coming from him.
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Jack Edwards Tells Fairhope Republicans the GOP Must Widen Its Tent
The former South Alabama congressman told a packed Eastern Shore Republican Women luncheon at the Fairhope Yacht Club that the party’s future depends on drawing in the voters it has long failed to reach.
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Bay Minette Attorney Bob Wills Signed On to Run Tim James’ Baldwin County Campaign
Tim James named Bay Minette attorney and longtime school board president Bob Wills as his Baldwin County regional director, tapping one of North Baldwin’s most durable civic figures for his run for governor.
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Regional Planner Chris Miller Took Sunrise Rotary’s Podium as Coastal Growth Pressed In
The assistant executive director of the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission — and a former Bay Minette city administrator — headlined the Rotary Club of Mobile-Sunrise as the club opened a busy December.
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Asked to Name a Statesman, Alabama Lawmakers Crossed Party Lines
Coastal legislators were asked which colleagues outside their own delegations deserved to be called statesmen. The answers, from Republicans and Democrats alike, revealed who commanded respect in Montgomery.
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Cooper Presses Pittman for Four Debates and a ‘Play Nice’ Campaign Pact
Democratic nominee A.J. Cooper asked Republican Trip Pittman for four Baldwin County debates and proposed a written accord limiting spending, banning personal attacks and cleaning up campaign signs.
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Pittman Routs Riley-Backed McKinney in Baldwin Senate Runoff
Trip Pittman’s lopsided win over Randy McKinney in the Baldwin County Senate District 32 Republican runoff raised hard questions about how much a popular governor’s endorsement is actually worth.
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Baldwin Insiders Split on Senate Runoff: ‘Razor Thin’ or a McKinney Win
On the eve of the Baldwin County Senate District 32 runoff, political veterans offered sharply divided predictions, with negative mail and the governor’s endorsement dominating the closing arguments.
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Five Republicans, One Baldwin Senate Seat and No Clear Favorite
With the special primary less than four weeks away, Alabama’s interest groups had spread their money across five candidates in District 32, and the state’s political veterans could not agree on a winner.