A look at Alabama’s few competitive State House races in 2022
While all 140 seats in Alabama’s Legislature are on the ballot Tuesday, few are truly contested. In the House, just 25 of 105 districts have both a Republican and a…
Sheriff’s Race Set: Deputy Burch to Face Newcomer Perkins in November
The race for Mobile County Sheriff is now a two-man contest heading into the November general election, pairing a longtime sheriff’s deputy against a political newcomer. Perkins Ran Unopposed for…
Mobile County DA Candidate Blackwood Disavows Pre-Dawn Robocall, Cries Foul
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile County District Attorney candidate Keith Blackwood said a robocall that jolted voters awake early on Election Day 2022 did not come from his campaign, and he…
City Parks Supervisor Chamyne Thompson Joins Race for Mobile City Council District 1
MOBILE, Ala. — A longtime City of Mobile employee has jumped into the race for Mobile City Council District 1. Chamyne Fortune Thompson, a facility supervisor with the city’s Parks…
Republican hopefuls in Alabama’s 1st District, Senate races post strong fundraising
Money is pouring into Republican campaigns for Alabama’s 1st Congressional District and the U.S. Senate, according to third-quarter federal filings reviewed by a Mobile-based political strategist. Four Republicans are vying…
AL-01 Candidate Bradley Byrne Points to Two-Year College Cleanup in Bid for Congress
Bradley Byrne, a Mobile native running for the First Congressional District seat, made his case to Southwest Alabama voters in September 2013 by leaning on his record cleaning up Alabama’s…
Stimpson Takes Mayoral Campaign to Alabama Music Box as Voter Drive Signs Up Nearly 100
Mobile mayoral candidate Sandy Stimpson and City Council District 2 candidate Greg Vaughan made an unusual campaign stop on Friday, Aug. 9, 2013: the Alabama Music Box on Dauphin Street,…
A Senator for the Defense: Richard Shelby Gets Appointed to a Mobile Drug Case
A clerical mix-up in Mobile County District Court assigned U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby to represent an indigent defendant. The senator called the judge himself to sort it out.