Redistricting Fight Comes to Mobile as Rep. Randy Davis, Joe Reed Headline Luncheon
Rep. Randy Davis and Alabama Democratic Conference Chairman Joe Reed will debate Alabama's redistricting fight at a Mobile luncheon.
Artur Davis Said to Be in Line for U.S. Attorney Post After Primary Loss
Legal and Justice Department sources said the congressman defeated in Alabama's Democratic gubernatorial primary could be offered the U.S. attorney's job in Montgomery, a post left conspicuously unfilled.
Insiders Sort the Winners and Losers of Alabama’s Primary Night
The morning after Alabama's June 1 primaries, political veterans across the Mobile Bay area tried to explain Robert Bentley's surge, Artur Davis's collapse and the defeat of a sitting attorney…
Political Insiders Hand In Their Predictions Before the June 1 Primary
Days before Alabama's June 1 primaries, a panel of lawyers, lobbyists, former officeholders and consultants offered their forecasts on the governor's race, two district attorney contests and the fight over…
Alabama Democratic Conference Backs Herman Thomas in Senate District 33 Fight
The state party's Black political caucus endorsed former Circuit Judge Herman Thomas over incumbent Sen. Vivian Figures, giving a jolt to one of Mobile's most closely watched Democratic primaries.
Artur Davis Is Losing Democrats on Purpose, and Sam Jones Is Staying Anyway
The congressman's health care vote and his snub of black political organizations have infuriated Democrats. Mobile's mayor disagrees with both moves and says he is voting for him regardless.
Reading Reed Between the Lines: A Rival’s Blessing in Senate District 33
Reports that Joe Reed would back Vivian Figures against Herman Thomas cut across four decades of Mobile political rivalry, and turned on a single legislative vote about a building's name.
The Davis-Reed Rift: A Feud That Tested the Machinery of Alabama’s Democratic Party
The public break between gubernatorial front-runner Artur Davis and Democratic power broker Joe Reed raised a question veteran Alabama strategists were happy to answer: is the old machine still the…
Tyson’s Options Narrow: Democrats Look Elsewhere for an Attorney General Candidate
Mobile County's district attorney was his party's nominee for attorney general in 2006. Three years on, the path to a rematch looks steeper, and other Democrats are circling the 2010…
Obama’s Alabama Campaign Removes 40 Would-Be Delegates, and the Faithful Feel the Sting
Barack Obama's Alabama campaign invoked a dormant rule to install its own convention delegates, cutting about 40 candidates from the ballot. Those passed over described hurt, anger and grudging understanding.