A Mobile County judge threw out state Rep. James Buskey’s lawsuit seeking to strip independent challenger RaShawn Figures from the November ballot, ruling his court lacked jurisdiction over a pre-election contest.
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Reid Cummings Launches District 6 Council Bid With Business Community Behind Him
Commercial real estate executive Reid Cummings kicked off his Mobile City Council District 6 campaign with a show of support from business colleagues and a notable guest: former Mayor Mike Dow.
Baldwin County
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Davis Hits Byrne Over PACT, and 48,000 Alabama Families Are the Audience
Artur Davis attacked Bradley Byrne over a remark about the state’s legal obligation to the failing PACT college tuition program, opening a general election fight months before either man had won a primary.
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A Facebook Page and a Promise: Nathan Davis Challenges Jim Barton in District 104
Republican Nathan Davis launched a primary challenge to veteran state Rep. Jim Barton with a Facebook page and a platform built on one very local promise: no more annexation of Tillmans Corner.
Baldwin County
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Sparks Stays in the Governor’s Race, Passing Up an Open Congressional Seat
Ron Sparks scheduled a three-city announcement tour and let speculation build that he might abandon the governor’s race for the 5th District. The scheduling itself gave away the answer.
Baldwin County
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The December Scramble: Alabama’s Governor Candidates Race a Fundraising Deadline
With campaign finance reports due Jan. 31, the candidates for governor spent December begging, cajoling and raffling lunches, each trying to make the bottom line look like momentum.
Bayou La Batre
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West Mobile Principal Enters School Board Race, Pledging to Give His Salary Away
Hutchens Elementary principal William Foster confirmed a run for the Mobile County school board’s District 5 seat, saying he would turn his board salary into scholarships and field trip money for students.
Baldwin County
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Mobile Native Dale Peterson Joins Crowded Race for Agriculture Commissioner
Mobile native Dale Peterson entered the Republican race for Alabama agriculture commissioner, joining a field that included John McMillan of Stockton in a contest with a distinct South Alabama flavor.
Baldwin County
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Sparks Proposes Tapping Alabama’s Oil and Gas Trust for a Decade of Road Work
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ron Sparks endorsed drawing $100 million a year for ten years from Alabama’s oil and gas trust fund to rebuild highways, reviving a long-running fight over the state’s savings.
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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 machine?