Mobile and Baldwin County News
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones' 2005 campaign raised more than $832,000 in cash and spent nearly $936,000 to win a four-seat race, according to the annual year-end financial report filed in…
By March 2005, Mobile's mayoral candidates were assembling professional campaign teams, and one veteran local adman crossed the aisle from John Peavy's camp to Ann Bedsole's.
With Mayor Mike Dow preparing to confirm he would not seek a fifth term, Mobile's 2005 mayoral field began to form around Ann Bedsole, Sam Jones, John Peavy and Bess…